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slabs and tiles, residential housing, industrial facilities and public buildings, city architecture, city planning, Florim ceramic industry, history
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Florim occupies a leading position in the ceramic industry worldwide in terms of sales and market penetration, thanks to research, advanced technologies, planning abilities and the active involvement of its human resources.
Florim is present on all world markets with brands offering quality slabs and tiles for residential housing, public buildings, industrial facilities and city architecture.
Florim entered the third millennium with new acquisitions in the United States and Italy that have further strengthened is role as an international Group, with production units, business companies and partnerships in Europe, America and Asia.
TIMELINE
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| 1962 |
Giovanni Lucchese introduces to Italy the extrusion process for the production of clinker, then an innovative German technology. Floor Gres is founded, in the heart of the world-famous Sassuolo ceramic district. |
| 1967 |
Floor Gres becomes the first Italian company to produce white-body single-fired tiles, applying a process later adopted by the majority of ceramic industries. |
| 1976 |
Floor Gres creates a Swimming Pool Division. |
| 1981 |
Floor Gres is among the first companies in the world to produce porcelain stoneware, a material on which the company’s expertise is now unrivalled. |
| 1984 |
Claudio Lucchese takes the helm of Floor Gres after the premature death of his father Giovanni, the company’s founder. |
| 1990 |
Floor Gres takes over Cerim Ceramiche. |
| 1992 |
Florim is created by the merger of Floor Gres and Cerim. |
| 1994 |
Florim takes over Rex Ceramiche Artistiche. |
| 1995 |
The Projects Division is created to provide technical and project support for special applications (swimming pools, ventilated walls, raised floors and industrial flooring). |
| 2000 |
Florim USA is created, for the manufacture and sale of ceramics on the American market. |
| 2005 |
Florim takes over Casa Dolce Casa. |
| 2006 |
The Casamood brand is created. |
| 2009 |
Florim begins producing the Slim/4 collections of extra-thin porcelain stoneware slabs.
The company launches Florim by Makro, a new project for ceramic bathrooms.
The first Florim Flagship Store is inaugurated in the centre of Milan.
Florim publishes the first edition of the Sustainability Report , the first ceramic manufacturer in Italy to do so. |
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