Italians Present The Versatility Of Their Creations

For EXPO REVESTIR 2014, which takes place between 11 and 14 March at the Transamerica Expo Center in São Paulo, the Italians will showcase design and sophistication, whether for façades, external and internal areas.

The already traditional Italian Pavilion at the Architecture and Construction Fashion Week brings, this year, a selection of 15 relevant brands from the coverings sector. Check out some of the new porcelain stoneware products that will be highlighted at the fair.

CASALGRANDE PADANA: lightness in floating and directional flooring

Specializing in porcelain stoneware, CASALGRANDE PADANA manufactures products for various fields of application: tile facades, floating and directional floors, reduced thickness slabs for restoration work, bioactive ceramics, among others.

At EXPO REVESTIR the highlight is the Cemento series, from the Granitoker line, created from a careful selection of materials and the use of advanced technologies, including reduced environmental impact. The result is a material with high flexibility and resistance to abrasion, and easy maintenance, ideal for contemporary environments. The product is lightweight, only 10.5mm thick and is available in 60X120cm sheets.

CERAMICHE CAESAR: contemporary line in large formats

CERAMICHE CAESAR has expertise in porcelain stoneware with a focus on technology, functionality and aesthetics. The options the Italian company is presenting at EXPO REVESTIR include formats of up to 180cm, various textures and over 300 colours available.

Highlights include the Life and Verse lines. The first was developed to unite the effect of wood printed on porcelain stoneware. Elaborated in five natural nuances, Nordic, Oak, Noce, Walnut and Moro, and in four Listelos formats, the Life line is mainly suited to contemporary design and architecture.

The Verse line, meanwhile, aims to exalt the purity of raw materials in a collection that is inspired by finely crafted materials, presented in four shades: cloud, volcano, chestnut and sugar.

CORONA 1741 BRAND: ceramic marble evolution

The BRAND CORONA 1741 shows, with exclusivity at EXPO REVESTIR, the Deluxe line, considered by the company as the evolution of ceramic marble. These are porcelain stoneware floors and coordinated tiles, inspired by the most exclusive marbles. Technology and aesthetics come together to create surfaces that aim to be impeccable.

The rectified porcelain tile floors are available in the formats 30X60, 60X60, 45X90, 60X120, in the colours white, grey, beige, bronze and dark, and in two types of surface finish: natural and reflex.

The Work line will also be presented, a versatile product that reinvents the use of cement. This is a porcelain tile available in five chromatic variations, two thicknesses (1 cm and 2 cm), three types of surface finish: natural, reflex and structured, and also in five formats: 30X60, 60X60, 45X45, 45X90 and 60X120.

SANT'AGOSTINO Ceramics: Flexible Architecture by Philippe Starck

In its first appearance at EXPO REVESTIR, Ceramica SANT'AGOSTINO is bringing the Flexible Architecture line, designed by Philippe Starck, with the main idea of tile ceramic abandoning its traditional decorative function to become an integral part of projeto architectural.

The collection is available in 30X30 format in various colors, all with matte and glossy versions, and the aim is to allow interior designers and architects various possibilities when creating projects.

The MUCHmore lines will also be presented, with formats and finishes complementary to the Flexible Architecture products, and Dutch which, by means of digital decoration, perfectly recreates the irregularities of shaded stripes, typical of cement. The lines will be available in the 60x150, 20x150, 30x75 and 40x90 formats.

ORNAMENT: Mixture of neutral and vibrant colours

ORNAMENTA, presents at EXPO REVESTIR 2014, collections based on porcelain stoneware, with high added technology and strong visual appeal.

Highlights include the lines Basics, enameled and rectified porcelain stoneware (60x60 cm); Classic, enameled and rectified porcelain stoneware, in the sizes 60X60, 15X60, 30X30 and 15X15 cm; CAMOU, which is considered a tribute to fashion. It is a rectified enamelled porcelain tile that camouflages itself, with pieces in the sizes 60X60.

Besides Update, which reinvents tradition by mixing different types of clay, with 18X26; 18X13 and 9X26 tiles; Melograno, with porcelain tiles in sizes 18X20, 18X10, 9X20, 34X40, 34X20 and 17X40 and Mix and Match, available in 15X45cm tiles, which invests in a variety of colours and reliefs.

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