12/22/2009
New tunnel kiln for Syrian manufacturer Zanobia
Supplied by Sacmi-Riedhammer with automatic kiln car handling system
This supply was made to one of the most important Syrian companies operating on the ceramics market with products ranging from floor and wall tiles to sanitaryware. Zanobia, based in Al-Kisweh near Damascus, is now equipped with a brand new sanitary ware tunnel kiln with a production output of 49 tones over 24 hours. 
Made by Riedhammer – the Sacmi Group company and international market leader in kiln manufacture – this new tunnel kiln is 102m long, 3,6m wide and has a useful height of 80cm. Thanks to the high-performance burners located both at the top and bottom, the firing temperature is extremely uniform throughout the kiln while specially provided injectors let air into the firing chamber.

2/16/2007
A new Sacmi-built plant for Syria-based Zanobia
Eight modern floor and wall tile production lines now are on the brink of completion
The first phase of the new wall and floor tile plant commissioned by this renowned Syrian ceramic producer is now at an advanced stage of assembly. Over the coming months the second-phase machines will also be shipped and installed inside Zanobia’s massive 50,000 m2 indoor production facility.
SACMI is supplying the raw material batching system, two continuous grinding mills (MTC081 and MTC101), two spray driers, eight PH3020 presses, eight wide-mouthed EVA983 driers, eight FMS250/111.3 roller kilns and eight SACMI Automation sorting and palletizing lines.
A linear, well-organized layout has been achieved thanks to the specific geometry of the plant site, located in the industrial district north of Damascus.
Once this project has been completed the Zanobia Group, already the Syrian market leader, will be able to count on a total output capacity of over 110,000 m2/day – a figure that will make the company, owned by businessman Abdul Razzak Sahhar, one of the biggest enterprises in the Middle East and generate appropriate economies of scale on what is an ever-more competitive market.
For SACMI – which has been Zanobia’s main machine supplier ever since it first began making ceramics – results such as these are particularly satisfying.