Changgu is the earliest batch of ceramic enterprises to do antique bricks in China, in 1996 has produced the first batch of European style antique bricks on the market, the current annual revenue of about 200 million, although from the scale of only a medium-sized enterprise, but its high-end antique bricks in the industry belongs to the first-class level.
Like other East China brands, Changgu also has a Taiwanese background, somewhat similar to Nobel, known for the use of color glaze and design, its high-end series are imported inks and raw materials, and the positioning in the domestic antique bricks is also first-class, of course, the price is also high in similar products.
The glaze selected by Changgu tile comes from the world's largest glaze company Carobia, the whole line introduces the Italian SACMI production line and the self-transported production equipment and technology of Japan and other countries, the large-tonnage ball mill can make the particles in the raw materials reach 1/3 of the fineness of the hair, and the horizontal roller drying kiln brick will not be deformed when the water content is less than 0.5%, and the whole is at the top level in China.
In terms of technology, Changgu tile uses a firing process, the combination of glaze and green body is higher, the glaze texture is better and will not produce glaze cracks, deglazing and other phenomena, the wear resistance and service life of the product are relatively higher, compared with the secondary or tertiary firing process has significant advantages.
At present, Changgu has two large series, classic series and star series, and the product design is mostly based on the world's most prestigious natural landforms and cultural landscapes, among which the peacock series and color rock series in the classic series are quite popular in the market, and these two series are good at the use of glaze.
Peacock series has white, green, blue, gold, green, red six colors, in the current yellow European/American pastoral style popular antique brick market, this glaze color can indeed make people shine, but the disadvantage is that the specifications are too small, are below 300 * 300mm, for large space may not be suitable, in addition to too many accessories, paving with relatively complex.
However, the popular American pastoral style antique brick Changgu also has, this style of antique bricks are generally matte beige system, the only criterion for the purchase of this kind of tile is glaze, the better the American antique, the glaze hair color is more natural, the color saturation is higher, due to the many antique brick manufacturers of this style, the overall level is actually good, according to the budget free choice.