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Article: Ceramics plant making progress.
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- Gulf Industry
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Trial production at Future Ceramics' tile factory in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is set to begin by July following the arrival of machinery at the plant site, the company announced. The factory, taking shape over a 277,500 sq m area in the Second Industrial City of Dammam, comprises two production lines -- the first for ceramic tiles, and the second for porcelain tiles. The project will have a daily capacity of 120,000 sq m of ceramic and porcelain tiles by 2012. The facility is being fitted with the latest Italian technology, said Future Ceramics' managing director Mazen Al Hammad. "The lines will be equipped with kilns, presses and spray dryers supplied by Sacmi. For handling ...