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 In the lead for 130 years.  If the history of a product and a material can be read through its applications and its different phases of evolution, then we can certainly claim to be an important chapter in the history of the best flooring materials. We have consistently anticipated trends and accumulated extensive and unique knowledge over several decades in relation to a very special material: vitrified stoneware. In our era and in the next millennium, vitrified stoneware will continue to be the most high quality and high performance product in modern tile production. Even at the beginning of this century, Ceramica Licure Vaccari was already producing excellent vitrified stoneware tiles in various sizes for residential applications, along with traditional mosaics made of the same material, which was truly innovative for prestigious applications. In fact, our vitrified stoneware materials were used in the interior design of villas, hotel lobbies, and restaurants to create flooring in a variety of formats: square, rectangular, hexagonal, and octagonal,with1iridescent or porphyrized surface finishes. Ceramica Licure Vaccari has thus been on the scene for over a century: our tradition and industrial culture have always been accompanied by in-depth research and experimentation. These are the unique reasons for our customers' intelligent choice, a choice guaranteed by the best aesthetics and the best quality

130 Years of History

The history of Ceramica Ligure Vaccari is made up of several stages which are essential to the history of modern flooring materials. These stages provide a clear view of the innovative market trends. Ceramica Ligure Vaccari is a reference point in this industrial sector because we have always believed in the use of vitrified stoneware for a range of applications: from industrial, to public, to residential, for which we developed specific formats and colors as early as the 1 950s. Ceramica Ligure Vaccari continues to be a strong market presence, offering extensive experience and total reliability we see our company as an irreplaceable partner for interior designers, architects, and end-users, to whom Ceramica Ligure Vaccari offers a range of "intelligent" materials with indisputable technical qualities and aesthetic values refined by years of experimentation and by the "heart" of a company that has been producing vitrified stoneware for architecture since 1911.

The guarantee of all the materials produced by Ceramica Ligure Vaccari is inherent to the history and experience of this important Italian company: 130 years of know-how in forcing the earth. It is an experience which becomes more concrete on examining the technical values of Ceramica Ligure Vaccari materials, which have always exceeded those dictated by the international standards. Excellent mechanical-physical characteristics establish Ceramica Ligure Vaccari 's vero vitrified stoneware as a "truly different material": different because it is totally stain proof verified by rigorous tests carried out using the types of stains most commonly found in the domestic environment and those encountered in public spaces.

Different too, because vero 's extreme hardness poses considerable difficulty in the polishing process, which can be done perfectly and uniformly only as a result of a technology developed specifically for these materials. This means that vero vitrified stoneware does not wear down and the homogeneous shine of its polished surfaces remains unchanged over time -- the similarities to marble and other types of natural stone are remarkable. Vero Vitrified stoneware is guaranteed because:

- Differently from other similar materials, it does not undergo any sort of special surface treatment during the production phase,

- it does not require any sort of chemical treatment before or after being laid in order to increase its water-repellence and thus its clean ability

A sample of Vaccari Vero' vitrified stoneware, and one available on the market made by another company with treated surfaces, were subjected to abrasion tests up to the PLI V level. The difference is immediately noticeable, because the former is unaltered, whereas the latter loses its shine in the part that has been subject to abrasion. This shows what would happen if the tiles were placed in an area subject to intense wear such as high-traffic public places. To verify their absorbency, the two samples were stained with a magic marker and after one minute cleaned with the appropriate cleaning agents. The Vaccari sample showed neither absorbency nor disparity between the two areas; the other sample could only be cleaned in the area that still had the surface treatment, whereas the part subjected to abrasion continued to show evidence of stain residues.

An absolute standard

The characteristics of the raw materials used in vero® vitrified stoneware, and the expertise in managing all of the production phases, allow Ceramica Ligure Vaccari to boast unmatchable product characteristics, superior to that of similar products made by other companies, and certainly above the required standards. All our experience and history can be clearly seen upon examining a few essential facts. Ceramica Ligure Vaccari 's vitrified stoneware has only a 0.02% absorbency factor --an unbeatable value and the best in vitrified stoneware. All the vitrified stoneware produced by Ceramica Ligure Vaccari is 1,000 kg/cm2 strong -- this is the highest breaking load of any material tested in the same category. This means extreme material hardness throughout the entire thickness of the tile: flooring materials that are totally resistant to wear, incredibly strong,

And everlasting. These and all the other quality values are constantly checked by means of in-house laboratory jests. They are also checked by international institutes in order to be classified according to the international standards, and to be approved for all the countries which require specific characteristics (the USA and Europe). Thanks to values that are consistently

Higher than those required, Ceramica Ligure Vaccari vero® vitrified stoneware means excellence in quality. Our company's 130 years of history can be verified through the thousands of times our products have been used in public as well as private spaces -- because Ceramica Ligure Vaccari was the first to believe in the application of vitrified stoneware in the home. For decades, Ceramica Ligure Vaccari has been producing specific colors and sizes and aiming research towards aesthetic values as well (a potential that was unknown for this material until only a few years ago). Through the addition of precious minerals in the clay body we obtain the attractive surfaces evident in kromos and materia' -- the trend of today