The tiles market in Asia is set to witness a paradigm in the tiles segment with the launch of Lioli Ceramica. Among India’s first and only company to produce avant-garde, large format porcelain tiles of quality and finish that earlier were available only in the imported tiles category; Lioli Ceramica has launched its products under the brand TechnoSLAB in over twenty countries including India. With one of the biggest and technologically advanced manufacturing facilities in Asia, the company stands out as a shining example of Make In India initiative. Headquartered in Mumbai, the company will soon set up regional offices in all the major cities across the country. At an investment of €30 million, Lioli Ceramica’s gigantic infrastructure in Morbi stretches over 30 acre with a manufacturing facility spread over an area of 14 lakh sq ft. The plant houses the world’s longest production lines and a stockyard with a capacity to store 50 lakh sq ft of slabs. It also showcases a magnificent showroom covering an area of over 10,000 sq ft, displaying a variety of products in all sizes, designs, textures and colours. “Lioli Ceramica has set a new benchmark in the porcelain tiles segment with the introduction of the mammoth sized TechnoSLAB in 1,600 mm x 3,200 mm (5.25 ft x 10.50 ft) sizes and its variants. Other than us, there are very few companies in the world that have the technology and infrastructure to manufacture these products. To top it, our production capacity is a staggering 40 lac sq. ft. of slabs per month which again is one of the highest production capacities for any tiles manufacturer in the country,” says Vikas Kesarkar, CEO, Lioli Ceramica. With a vision to compete with the top global brands, the company has made diligent investments in deploying the world’s best production systems and solutions sourced from Italy. Lioli Ceramica aims to bring to the Indian architectural trade the finest, hi-tech large format porcelain slabs for surface applications. “Our world class plant is fully automated with machines and equipment imported from SYSTEM, Italy and BMR, Italy. The technological solutions incorporated in the production lines offer options for creating customiSed outputs; competing with the best Italian and Spanish companies in the world. There are three enameling lines sourced from Creadigit BS Systems for high definition digital printing and Rotocolor system for print decoration. These state-of-the-art technologies recreate the finest details with extreme precision and at high definitions of 400 DPI. The result is products of unmatched quality and designs,” adds Kesarkar. Lioli Ceramica’s technology partners are CMF, SYSTEMS, BMR-Italy, MODENA, TechnoFerrari and F&B, which are world’s best and leading solutions companies. “With zero compromise on production infrastructure and facilities, we have made sure that Lioli Ceramica makes nothing but the best. We are committed to delivering the best to our customers and aspire to become the world’s most preferred porcelain tiles brand,” concludes Kesarkar.