Water saving target surpassed!

Water saving target surpassed!

At the beginning of Cersaie 2010, in the article “Water, a species in danger of extinction”, Novoceram announced its intention to reduce water consumption by about 30% by the end of 2010 with respect to 2009 consumption. In the spring of 2011, this prediction was exceeded by a wide margin - the actual saving was in fact nearly 40%! Excellent news for Novoceram which invested heavily to achieve this result.

The reduction in [...]

Origine, the ceramic wood by Novoceram

Origine, the ceramic wood by Novoceram

 With its ceramic parquet Origine, Novoceram interprets wood veining in three sizes of 90 cm long strip and an unusual 45×45 square format which can be laid in a chequered pattern, alternating the direction of the veins.   Partly thanks to this original proposal, in 2010 Origine received the prestigious Observeur du Design label, the international grand prix of design.

Origine therefore avoids the stereotypes of wood, not just with the unusual square format, [...]

The visit to the Novoceram factory at Métamorphose

The visit to the Novoceram factory at Métamorphose

The visit to Novoceram’s factory at Champblain was one of the four afternoon appointments for each of the more than 600 guests at Métamorphose from Monday 8 to Friday 12 June.

Although part of the normal programme of customer visits to the company headquarters, proposing them during this event had a particular significance for Novoceram.
It is precisely the metamorphosis in the production process during the last few years which has already brought Novoceram [...]

The European Ecolabel

The European Ecolabel

European Ecolabel certification provides Novoceram’s customers with a guarantee that throughout its lifecycle the product they are buying respects the environmental parameters defined and controlled by independent EU bodies.
What is the European Ecolabel?
Since 1992, Ecolabel has been the European environmental quality mark, awarded to products with a low environmental impact throughout their entire lifecycle from extraction of the raw materials through the complete production and distribution process up to disposal.
All products with [...]

Ecology and building

Ecology and building

Novoceram has no doubts: everyone in their own small way can make a contribution to protecting the environment. Starting with the small gestures.
Together with  ECOLABEL certification of its products and opening of the ISO 14001 procedure, Novoceram also wants to set an example by working actively to prevent deforestation. This is why to mark the opening of its temporary shop, the appropriately named “Echappée Verte”, Novoceram undertakes to plant a tree in [...]