The ceramic industries in India have made a quantum jump in the last few years. The tile industry in India is around 100 years old and is now forming a sizeable industrial base. The production of ceramic tiles it 2008-2009 has reached a record high of around 450M sq/m in India as against about 9000M sq/m in the world. The growth rate of industry has gone up to 12%/pa as compared to the preceding year. H&R Johnson (India) Ltd being the leader in ceramic tiles, has developed a number of special types of new generation functional ceramic tiles such as 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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Journal Title
Trans Ind Ceram Soc 69 1 2010 37-44
Sector
Glass Ceramics
Class
GC 732