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EXCELLENCE IN CERAMICS AT SHANGHAI EXPO 2010

granitifiandre.com — 01-MAR-10

01-MAR-10

On Saturday February 27 the Council Hall in the town of Sassuolo hosted a press conference presenting Covering Forum - Shanghai 2010, an initiative organised as part of Shanghai Expo 2010 by Innovacer with the support of the Region of Emilia Romagna.

Sassuolo mayor Luca Caselli and Marketing and Ceramics Councillor Claudio Casolari justified the region’s representation at the Shanghai Expo with reference to the keywords excellence and ecology: "Excellence means ecology and environment. We need to work on the market to export quality, give the district a strong signal and export our awareness of the importance of environmental sustainability".

Councillor Casolari added that "Planting the “made in Italy” flag in China is the plan shared by everyone in our district for getting through the recession, offering a new way of presenting our companies and providing a platform for presentation of excellence from all over the region of Emilia Romagna".

The event, supported by the Economic Development Ministry through Minister D'Urso as well as by the Region of Emilia Romagna, the City of Sassuolo, the Italo-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the CerArte Consortium and the Order of Architects of Modena, will see the participation of the most prominent names in the ceramics district.
They will be represented by the company chosen by the Government Commission to provide flooring materials throughout the Italian pavilion.

"Fiandre was chosen not only above all its competitors in the district,” noted GranitiFiandre Chairman and Managing Director Graziano Verdi, “but over all other flooring manufacturers. This is a strong signal recognising the quality of our materials and offering us the inspiration we need to represent Italy at this important event.
We will present the spirit of innovation that has characterised our company’s history to more than 70 million Expo visitors."

"ACTIVE ARCHITECTURE" INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE AWARD

granitifiandre.com — 19-FEB-10

19-FEB-10

On the occasion of the celebrations organised by "Il Resto del Carlino" (which also publishes La Nazione and Il Giorno newspapers) to mark the newspaper’s 125th anniversary, Fiandre is holding an international architecture award entitled "Active Architecture".

The award is intended to encourage and promote ecologically sustainable design, a new way of conceiving of environmentally friendly design using Fiandre materials, preferably selected from among its environmentally friendly lines such as Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™.

Awards will be presented to professionals who stand out in contemporary architectural design in the broadest sense, for both residential and non-residential use.

The award, which will start on March 1 and end on August 31 2010, is intended for designers (architects, engineers, designers, technical studios, etc.) presenting projects which include in the specifications use of Fiandre Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ materials for floor and/or wall coverings.

The competition will include a special section for students in faculties of architecture and engineering and schools of design who present projects involving use of Fiandre materials on floors and/or walls.

The specifications requiring use of Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ materials must be written clearly and precisely, specifying sizes, colours and quantities.

The panel of judges will include 6 members:

Pierluigi Visci - Resto del Carlino editor
Pierluigi Masini - Resto del Carlino assistant editor
Carlo Branzaglia - Head of the Bologna Design Center
Silvio Cassarà – Architect, Instructor in the Department of Engineering of Ravenna University and visiting professor at the N.Y. Institute of Technology.
Luca Molinari – Architect and critic, Professor of the Theory of Architectural Design with the Architecture Faculty of Naples University II
Graziano Verdi - GranitiFiandre CEO and Managing Director

Prizes will be awarded for a trip to the Expo in Shanghai where Fiandre has been chosen by the government commission to provide the flooring in the Italian pavilion.

FIANDRE ATTENDS THE FOURTH SYMPOSIUM OF ARCHITECTURE IN JAPAN

granitifiandre.com — 04-FEB-10

04-FEB-10

Fiandre Architectural Surfaces underlines its presence among the entire players of the fourth Symposium organized in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Japan, entitled "Sustainable Architectures, New Technologies and New Materials".
In the hearth of Tokyo by the famous Italian Culture Centre, more than 500 architects took part at the event.
Among the speakers some of the most important Japanese Architects such as Kengo Kuma, Terunobo Fujimori, Marco Corbella representing Ishimoto Architectural Practice together with Prof. Ghigiotti from Italy and Prof. Prati from Argentina.
Sustainability has been the main theme analyzed through speakers' masterpieces and ideas: Fiandre in the frame of its preferred interlocutors is trying to offer a concrete answer to their needs since several years through the development of new materials more and more environmental friendly.
Gianfranco Sassi, Fiandre's Key-Account Dir, explained the company's new green policy by mentioning some of the solutions just developed: I.Q. Laying System (the revolutionary Intelligent Fixing System), Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ (the new production methodology able to reduce up to 70% of bacteria and nitrogen oxides) and Serie 100 (the first porcelain tile collection to be produced by recycling waste materials), awaking the public interest.
Vincenzo Petrone, Italian Ambassador in Japan and Marta L.Gabrieloni, Minister Emabassy of the Argentina Republic gave evidence to the main theme by encouraging all the architects in this direction.

FIANDRE GREEN ATTITUDE AT SURFACE DESIGN SHOW 2010

granitifiandre.com — 26-JAN-10

26-JAN-10

The Surface Design Show, the famous London show for high design internal and external flooring solutions, focuses during its annual edition on sustainability and resources efficiency: Fiandre has decided to renew its usual presence by repeating on the British market its commitment for a better world.
Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ will play a leading role: an expositive area truly dedicated to the new production methodology in the Calacatta Gold, a new material inspired by the ethereal quarry marble highlighted by the slabs new large sizes (150x75 cm and 75x75 cm).
Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™ is the first high technical porcelain slab produced using an application of micrometric titanium dioxide powders: the light rays activate its photocatalysis properties and allow a 70% reduction of all organic and inorganic pollutants. Its action, certified by TCNA (Tile Council of North America) and Centro Ceramico Bologna, has an unlimited length and does not cause any loss of colors.

A further confirmation of Fiandre green attitude is represented by Serie 100, a new range in 4 different colors in 75x75 cm with a scratched metal effect, produced by re-using 100% of raw materials recycled by ceramic production loop. The waste materials became in this way crucial elements in a new range with 0 environmental impact by keeping at the same time a high design look.
Once again Fiandre, marks the nowadays direction launching in the market materials for the new environmental friendly architecture, by joining excellent look and environmental respect, by keeping all those characteristics that made Fiandre the worldwide leader in the production of technical porcelain.

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Surface Design Show 2010
Active Clean Air & Antibacterial Ceramic™

BLACK 100 WINS AN AWARD AT DOMOTEX IN HANNOVER

granitifiandre.com — 21-JAN-10

21-JAN-10

The annual Domotex trade fair was held in Hannover (Germany) January 14 through 16: an essential event focusing on everything to do with floors, including a special prize presented by the prestigious architecture magazine AIT, in which a panel of judges including world-famous architects and designers selects materials and companies that stand out for their particularly innovative tiles and flooring.
Once again the Innovationspreis Architektur und Boden 2010 acknowledged Fiandre's leadership of the market: the judges selected Black 100, from the Serie 100 collection, for its innovative aesthetic features and production method. 75x75 cm slabs with an etched metal effect are produced out of 100% recycled raw materials from the ceramics industry, so that production wastes become essential elements in the creation of a new material with zero environmental impact and a high profile design.

A new large size for consciously environmentally sustainable architecture; a new material combining aesthetic value and respect for the environment and maintaining all the qualitative characteristics that have made Fiandre a world leader in the production of technical porcelain tile.

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Domotex 2010, Hannover