Francis, Smith and Associates Pty Ltd are industry specialists providing consultancy services to the manufacturers of ceramic wall and floor tiles. Extensive experience in project management, plant maintenance and production management, ensures that we can offer a range of services that will assist our clients achieve world best practice in the production of ceramic tiles.

Services

Francis, Smith and Associates offer a broad range of engineering, technical and manufacturing based services to the ceramic tile industry. Experienced in building, operating, maintaining and refining the performance of ceramic tile plants, we believe that we can apply a practical approach to help and assist our clients build and operate their own plants successfully. Importantly, the service is provided independent of the major equipment and material suppliers enabling a completely unbiased approach to our work.

If you require,

 new ceramic tile plant or equipment

 to expand or upgrade your plant

 formal procedures and documentation to ensure quality control

 to improve poor quality, throughput or reduce production costs and high process losses

 improved operator training programs and standard operating procedures

 to improve your plant maintenance practices

 to reduce injury rates and machine downtime due to health and safety problems

 specific advice on the requirements of the Australian ceramic tile market, such as quality expectations, packaging weights, pallet requirements, labeling, bar coding etc.