Floor Tiles

While in a glazed ceramic floor tile section the body, which determines the mechanical resistance features of a tile can be easily distinguished from the glaze, which determines its aesthetic appearance and its wear resistance, the surface and body of porcelain stoneware make one whole.

Porcelain floor tiles are composed of a mixture of raw materials similar to that used for sanitary-ware. The term porcelain, which underlines stoneware refined elegance, comes from the use of kaolin, white china clay also used for bone china production. Clays and valuable feldspars through a firing process at extremely high temperatures turn into stoneware tiles with the following features: frost- and chemical- resistance, impact strength and scratch hardness.

Therefore, porcelain floor tiles are absolutely resistant, hygienic and yet has fashionable and elegant appearance thanks to its vitrified surface, that grants the tile an excellent water resistance and a great mechanical strength. Such vitrification is an integral part of the tile and there is no need for glazing.

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