Multi-Skilled Engineering Solutions for the Production of Heavy Clay Ceramics

The origin of the No lay industrial site located in the Burgundy region goes back to the company CMH - Constructions Mecaniques et Hydrauliques, which was founded in 1961 to supply companies in the region with mechanical and hydraulic machinery and equipment. In May 2010 the company CLEIA established itself at the Nolay site with industrial buildings and offices covering 7300 m(2). CLEIA offers turnkey industrial units and associated services for the manufacture of heavy clay ceramics, focussing on raw materials preparation, cutting and chamfering, drying and firing as well as handling, including PLC supervision and process control for each production step. CLEIA also audits existing facilities and offers new solutions to adapt these units to manufacture new products, implement new standards, increase productivity and reduce energy consumption. The turnover in the period 2011-2013 reached over EUR 60 million, the forecast for 2014 is EUR 40 million. Eric Girardot (EG), Senior Technical Advisor, Frank Bigeard(FB), Sales Director, and ThienyAllanic(TA), Marketing Manager, gave ceramic forum international (cfi) some insights into the company and the targets it has set itself for technical and geographical market development.