Morbi Ceramic Industry - Indian Ceramic Manufacturing Hub

Vitrified tiles has changed the business scenario of Morbi. There are currently 35 companies in Morbi manufacturing vitrified tiles and another same number of companies are about to come soon. So one can imagine the demand of this type of tiles in Indian market.

This word ‘Vitrified Tiles’ may seem to be a jargon to you but it is simply a type tile with very low water absorption.

Less water absorption property makes vitrified tiles acid/alkali/chemical resistant, impairs a greater strength & makes it stain resistant.

Vitrified tiles are made with dust compression method that is harder, denser & less porous than normal ceramic tiles. It is then fired at very high temperatures exceeding 1250 degree centigrade resulting in an extremely hard, dense, homogenous tile. Vitrified tiles are then polished to a very high finish using exactly the same equipment as is used to polish the Granite and Marble. Since vitrified tiles are less porous then ceramic tiles, they are also easy to clean.

Industry standard water absorption rating for vitrified tiles is <0.5%

As with all ceramic tiles shade variation will occur with different production batches of vitrified tiles. It is important to ensure that sufficient tiles are ordered to complete the project.

In fact vitrified tiles again falls into several sub categories as below…

Soluble salt: Vitrified tiles that are printed with screen printing technology and then polished are called soluble salt. The design of soluble salt tiles is subject to fade away after wear & tear of few years.

Full body vitrified tiles: This type of vitrified tiles has color all the way throughout the body (thickness) of the tile. Because of this scratches are less noticeable in this type of tiles. Full body vitrified tiles are formed with the paint mixture pre-added while making the body.

Nano polished Vitrified tiles: If we apply a layer of liquid silica on vitrified tiles then it fills the micro (nano) pores on the tiles surface and makes it smoother in feel. This type of tiles is called nano polished vitrified tiles.

Glazed Vitrified tiles (GVT): Some companies in Morbi (like Italica) manufacturers vitrified tiles with glazed surface; it is called Glazed Vitrified Tiles (GVT). Main advantage with GVT is it offers option of making any type of design/art work that is only possible in this type of vitrified tiles. Many type of textures (like wooden, bamboo, slate or stone) are possible in GVT.

Sizes of vitrified tiles that are manufactured in Morbi:
600 mm x 600 mm
800 mm x 800 mm
Some companies like Vrundavan ceramics also makes 300 mm x300 mm heavy duty vitrified tiles (for parking areas)

Colors available: Ivory, beige, soft white, pure white, milky white, jesalmer, teracotta, salt & pepper.

Prices:
The ex-factory prices of vitrified tiles ranges from Rs.33/Square Feet to Rs.65/Square Feet or higher

Vitrified tiles is a prefered flooring solution in metros of India and now a days craze of using it is shifing to smaller towns as well.