Vendors: Refin

Ceramiche Refin was established in 1962 and at first it produced tile bodies (biscuits); in 1983, thanks to its know-how developed during the years, it began to produce glazed ceramic wall tiles until 1995, when it started manufacturing porcelain stoneware tiles.

The company continued to grow and nowadays it has become a point of reference for the Italian and international ceramic market: as a matter of fact, it has been part of the Concorde Group, European's second largest ceramic tile group in terms of turnover, since 1998.

During 2008, with the help of its 200-plus employees, Ceramiche Refin's turnover figure reached approximately 70 million Euro.

Creating, within the porcelain stoneware tiles market, dedicated to the planning of light commercial and evolved residential projects, design solutions with high quality technological performances, of Italian style and image, via a management process of high ethical standards and respect for the environment.

Refin Ceramics' DesignTaleStudio started in 2005, the fruit of a research team aiming to find the definition and exploitation of new creative and technical uses for porcelain stoneware tiles. The team's goal is that of overcoming the bias associated to ceramic tiles offering new destinations of use for porcelain stoneware at the same time enhancing its creative design content.

Refin Ceramics' DesignTaleStudio is above all a team of professionals coming from various business environments and sharing the mutual goal of combining creative experience, technical knowledge, planning and managing abilities.

Following the development of the projects, the team acquire new skills making the DTS a dynamic, constantly growing pool. The DesignTaleStudio carries out researches directly on ceramic materials with an eye on business ethic and environmental issues, Refin Ceramics' driving values.