| Functional Ceramic Tiles |
S. D. Majumdar, Santosh Kumar, V. T. Mathew and Sudipta Saha
Pages: 37-44
DOI : 10.1080/0371750X.2010.11090819 |
| Abstract |
| The ceramic industries in India have made a quantum jump in last couple of years. The tile industry in India
is about 100 years old and is now forming a sizable industrial base. The production of ceramic tiles in the
year 2008-09 has reached a record high of about 450 million m 2 in India as against about 9000 million m 2 in
the world. The growth rate of industry has gone up to 12% per annum as compared to the preceding year. In
particular reference, H & R Johnson (India) Ltd (HRJ) being the leader in the ceramic tiles has developed
number of special types of new generation functional ceramic tiles like anti bacterial, anti static, anti skid,
water repellent, photo-luminescent tiles, easy clean, etc. Work is also in progress to develop other functional
tiles. |
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