Saxa Gres

Saxa Gres is an entrepreneurial group established in 2015, headquartered in Anagni, in the province of Frosinone. As a matter of fact, it represents Central Italy’s largest industrial hub in the ceramic sector, thanks to the acquisition of the former Ideal Standard plants located in Roccasecca, Tagina plants located in Gualdo Tadino.

An entrepreneurial group with a green vocation, which aims at implementing the principles of the circular economy in the ceramic sector. Circular refers to the manufacturing methods of materials made with a mix of ash and clay coming from local quarries and incinerators, which ensure the award of the Ecolabel certification to products with the highest Green component.

Circular also refers to the path that has led to relaunching historic plants in crisis-hit areas, otherwise destined for closure, with the successful rehiring of some 500 employers. In order to salvage employment and to boost the skills of those being already employed for years in the sector, the whole production has been concentrated at these sites.

The successful intuition of the Group's founder and President, Francesco Borgomeo, was precisely that of recovering plants that were close to being abandoned, relaunching them thanks to the implementation of the principles of sustainability and environmental protection, and enhancing the skills of the workforce.

Saxa Gres produces porcelain stoneware tiles in different cuts and thicknesses and extra-thick sizes (from 2cm to 6.5cm) for all types of outdoor environments and street furniture. In 2018 the company has launched the Grestone line products, which include the "nuova pietra Ceramica" made of up to 30% of materials originating from waste, realised in various types of thicknesses, from 2cm to 6.5cm, capable of responding to stress unimaginable for any ceramic surface so far, offering new opportunities for urban design.

In 2019, the group begins the production of the world's first porcelain stoneware sanpietrino. The catalog includes a wide range of cobblestones, capable of reproducing the aesthetic peculiarities typical of handcraftsmanship. Especially appreciated by city administrations are the so called 'parking' cobblestones; this product line, with white or blue ceramic heads, is literally able to reproduce on the ground the stripes of urban parking lots. The advantage lies in the total absence of periodic maintenance (i.e. stripes repainting), as Grestone cobblestones are practically eternal.

Anagni, the beginning of it all..

Located in the hamlet of Osteria della Fontana (Anagni), the Saxa Gres’ plant was the beginning of it all. Francesco Borgomeo in 2015 took over the former Marazzi Sud, a historic ceramics plant of the Ciociaria region, converting it back to the production of high-thick porcelain stoneware for outdoor and street furniture.

The plant currently operates at 100%, on three lines and three shifts, and is one of the group's pivot points of the 2018-2022 Industrial Plan.

The Grestone™ Age - A Revolutionary Material.

Saxa Gres' industrial strategy involves the production of a ground-breacking material, Grestone™: hard, durable, non-absorbent, intended for urban design, ideal for covering squares, sidewalks, streets, benches, planters, and other urban furnishings, and for being used in any type of outdoor environment, with high marketing potential within Europe and worldwide.

GrestoneTM is a fire new stone, more affordable and performing, made of a mixture of porcelain stoneware that includes up to 30% of inert materials originating from waste, produced with the highest standard. It stems from a unique combination of technology, research and development, circular economy, industrial reconversion, knowledge in the manufacturing of tiles and bathroom furnishings, and great attention to Made in Italy products and skills.