Since its establishment System has been concentrating on the tile decoration, showing an intuitive far-sightedness on the important development this product would have experienced in the following years.
It establishes on the market with the first rotary silk-screen printing machine Rocket (1971), just preceding Rotocolor, the machine soon declaring System absolute success and becoming an international reference technology. Since 1994 Rotocolor has been the most widespread rotary machine for decorating and glazing ceramic tiles all over the world. It has obtained an unrivalled leadership on the market totalling 14,000 sold units and has set new quality and productive standards.
Designed by Franco Stefani, Rotocolor has been often imitated, yet it is still the leader as for reliability, quality and results.
Rotocolor has surpassed the known decorating techniques, solving several problems and limits and ensuring:
- fast process
- self operation without needing a controlling operator
- longer die box life
- possibility of decorating raw, strained and irregular surface tiles without breakage
- decoration high quality
- capacity of obtaining shades and half tones continuously
- capacity of decorating even next to the tile edges
The study and realization of innovations with high technological content, such as Rotocolor, bases on huge investments and significant research efforts. The originality and exclusivity of the Rotocolor technology are protected in Italy and abroad by several patents.