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Products and Production Capacities:
Saudi Ceramic Company is continually developing its capabilities
to meet the ever-increasing demand for higher quality modern designs of ceramic
products. The factories, in the past have gone through several stages of development
and expansion including the induction of several sophisticated technologies and
machineries such as Rollfeed etc.
The tile plant, which embarked on an ambitious
expansion project in 2005 to increase the total production capacity to 32 million
sq.m will be fully operational by 2008.
The first phase of this project with a production
capacity of 7 million sq.m became operational in 2006 with the production of porcelain
tiles, which helped the company to become the first Saudi Arabian tile manufacturer to produce high quality porcelain tiles.
SCC’s Annual Production Capacities Now Stand At;
Porcelain Tiles - 7 Million square meters of high
quality tiles. The sizes at the moment include 30x30 cm, 40 x 40 cm and 50x50 cm.
The company has plans to produce sizes up to 1 m. e-catalogue
Ceramic Tiles – 16 million square meters of high quality
wall and floor tiles in a wide range of colours, designs and sizes. Wall tiles are
available in 10x10, 15x15 (0.7 cm thickness), 20x20, 20x30, 25x25 25x33 cm- with
a thickness that range from 0.6-0.8 cm, and floor tiles in 12x24.5, 15x15 (0.9 cm
thickness), 20x20, 31.8x31.8, 40x40, 42.5x42.5 and 53x53 cm with a thickness that
range from 0.8-1.2 cm.
SCC also produces swimming pool tiles in 12x24.5 cm and extruded
tiles. These tiles are produced in various finishes such as glossy, rustic, matt,
satin, terracotta, travertine, marble, natural stone, etc., and have attractive
textures as well.
e-catalogue
Decorated Tiles and Accessories – SCC has
a state of the art decoration plant for the production of decorative items. This
plant has a capacity of 3,600,000 pieces of accessories such as skirting, borders,
corners, listelli, decoration tiles, cappings, pencils, external and internal angle
beads, cove tiles, etc in various sizes and finishes.
Squaring and Chamfering Unit:
This unit perfectly squares/chamfers four sides of the tiles. This
chamfering reduces the space between tiles while laying and resembles the joint-free
feature of marble and granite.
Sanitary Ware – 1.8 million pieces are produced
in a variety of designs, colours and in single pieces and full sets.
e-catalogue
Electric Water Heaters – SCC produces
800,000 units of electric water heaters. Electric water heaters are available in
vertical and horizontal shapes, the sizes comprise of 100 liters (26.4 gallons),
80 liters (21.14 gallons), 50 liters (13.21 gallons) normal and 50 liters (13.21
gallons) slim and 30 liters (7.9 gallons). In addition to this SCC has also introduced
central water heaters in different sizes which vary from 150 – 300 liters. e-catalogue
Ceramic Road Markers
Ceramic road markers have become very popular in recent years as markers for traffic lanes and as directional indicators. They have a lot of advantages over paint due to their easiness of installation, clarity during day and night, durability and their suitability for weather condition.
Also their smooth surfaces and soft edges make them harmless for vehicle tires.
The SCC has production capacity of up to 1.2 million pieces / year and it produces them in white and yellow colors. e-catalogue
Resale Items – SCC also markets a wide range
of bathroom accessories such as mirrors, mixers, bath tubs, flushing mechanism,
seats & covers, grout and adhesive etc. from the leading manufacturers under
the brand name “Cerosa”. e-catalogue
Product Development
Product Development is a never-ending process at SCC. It is a process that aims
to meet customers changing needs and taste. R&D department conducts extensive
research on areas such as product development, raw materials, colours, glazes, low-cost
production processes and comes up with ideal solutions that are beneficial to customers
in general and the industry in particular. It also constantly acquires the latest
manufacturing technology and carefully recruits and trains its employees to be creative
and innovative. In addition to in-house designs, the company also associates with
international tile and sanitary ware designers, design studios, etc., to come up
with world-class models to cater to diversified market segments.
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