Ria Stone's Journey Towards Excellence!

Part of the prestigious "Visabeira Group," Ria Stone has been making waves since its inception in 2014. With a groundbreaking factory created to fulfill a monumental contract from IKEA Sweden for manufacturing 486 million tableware products between 2014 and 2026, Ria Stone has been at the forefront of innovation. Ria Stone is on a mission to enhance our Overall Production Effectiveness (OPE) Key Performance Indicators. To achieve this, it’s embracing cutting-edge approaches to production, focusing on innovative defect management and production control methods. This includes the integration of in-line inspection technologies and ICT tools for autonomous, automatic, smart system decision-making.

The i4Q project is implementing an in-line QC spectrometry analysis system that will analyze ceramic pastes from third-party suppliers in real-time, contributing to high manufacturing efficiency and optimal product quality.

Expected Results: What are we aiming for with this transformation? Increased Overall Production Effectiveness, higher First Pass Yield, zero defects in the firing oven, and a remarkable 70% increase in raw material reuse rate!

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