EU standards? Anti-slip grade 11? There is only one ceramic company in China that has done it, and Golden Lion Ceramics gives a bonus to Chinese manufacturing.

"We have been looking for tiles that can truly achieve non-slip, wear-resistant, and easy-to-clean for elderly care service organizations. Today, we finally found them at Golden Lion Ceramics Company!"

Recently, Lou Nailin, the director of the Science and Technology and Industrialization Development Center of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the chairman and deputy chief engineer of the senior care facilities branch of the China Engineering Construction Standardization Association, visited the exhibition hall of Golden Lion Technology Ceramics Group Co., Ltd. A heartfelt admiration was issued after the tiles.

Since its launch in July 2015, Golden Lion’s anti-slip and antibacterial tiles have gained more and more industry recognition due to their humanity and functionality, and the market prospects are very promising.

Inspiration from a fall

"The tiles of a five-star hotel are not slippery!"

One day in June 2015, Yuan Dongfeng, chairman of Zibo Golden Lion Ceramics Company, who was on a business trip to Foshan, Guangdong, accidentally slipped and fell into the bathroom of a five-star hotel in Foshan, Guangdong. He complained repeatedly.

Why not develop non-slip tiles?

Having been engaged in the ceramic tile industry for many years, Yuan Dongfeng's brain began to rotate rapidly with his professional sensitivity. Why are the tiles in the hotel bathrooms not covered with anti-slip? How many people fall and get injured every year because of ground slips? Hospitals, elderly apartments, schools, bathrooms in families and other places require anti-slip. The domestic ceramic tile market has no special anti-slip And the design of tiles, isn’t this a good business opportunity?

He immediately called Yao Qiheng, the chief designer of Golden Lion.

Must produce a kind of real non-slip tiles! Yuan Dongfeng secretly made up his mind.

Over the years, Golden Lion Ceramics has been steadily developing and growing in line with the concept of "being honestly, making bricks seriously", and has become quite famous in the industry. Relying on the advantages of quality and color, it has won the best products of the year on the cutting-edge list of the ceramic industry, the top ten brands of Chinese antique tiles, the first "China-Italy Ceramic Design Award" and other industry top honors. All-ceramic antique tiles, inkjet antique tiles, marble tiles, microcrystalline imperial stone, super-crystalline diamond tiles, etc., have been in the forefront of the industry in terms of quality, color and market share.

"Actually, non-slip ceramic tiles have existed for a long time, and they are very common in foreign countries. Our company also produced them for Israel 3 years ago. However, there is no uniform standard in China. The so-called non-slip ceramic tiles have many technical and quality problems. One market." Yuan Dongfeng said.

"A 65-year-old man slipped and fell in the bathroom with 4 fractures"; "A seventy-year-old man died suddenly while taking a bath in a public bathroom"; "A drunk man fell dead in the bathroom"... I searched the Internet and was sighed.

It is understood that a survey conducted by the New York City Department of Health released in January 2014 on elderly people over 65 years old showed that falls are the main cause of elderly injuries. On average, 17,000 elderly people are hospitalized for falls each year. 300 people died from falls.

"I am familiar with the operation director of Shanghai Jiantao Company. He fell asleep after drinking too much alcohol. His mother-in-law gave him water but fell in the kitchen and died unfortunately. In the end, his lover divorced him for this reason." Yuan Dongfeng told reporter.

Therefore, Golden Lion Ceramics Company is determined to develop non-slip tiles.

The first domestic non-slip brick

Yao Qiheng, who has been engaged in ceramic design and process research for nearly 40 years, has devoted himself to the research and development of non-slip ceramic tiles. A dust-covered brochure for more than 20 years surfaced and played an important role.

In the 1990s, Yao Qiheng worked in a foreign-funded enterprise, and whenever he saw Italian engineers developing ceramic tile technology, he would read a brochure from time to time. This is a baby.

The very deliberate Yao Qiheng kept showing his painting ability in front of Laowai, and foreigners like his paintings very much. Before returning to China, the foreigner triumphantly traded this booklet for a painting he had long wanted.

With this formula reference more than 20 years ago, the Italian craftsmanship is completely adopted, including some imported raw materials, and the scientific and technological innovation capabilities formed by Golden Lion King for many years, in a month’s time, Yao Qiheng led the R&D team to overcome difficulties and developed The non-slip ceramic tile representing the highest level in China was officially launched in July 2015.

Nowadays, in the exhibition hall of Golden Lion Ceramics, all kinds of non-slip tiles with simple and elegant patterns and elegant colors are arranged neatly. Yao Qiheng said: “Considering that the non-slip tiles are mainly used in some more formal public places, we did not design too many gorgeous patterns, but pursued adaptability to the environment.”

The reporter personally experienced the non-slip properties of tiles. Pour water on the tiles, and you can still feel the friction between the soles of the shoes and the tiles when you step on them. Standing on the tiles with your shoes off, the feeling of adhesion under your feet really shows one step at a time.

In order to prevent slippage of ordinary tiles, the particles are usually very rough and easy to hold dirt. The reporter picked up a water-based pen and drew a few strokes on the tiles at random. After a while, it was easily wiped off with a damp cloth, leaving no trace.

"Golden Lion King anti-slip ceramic tiles break through the original single anti-slip technology that increases the bumpy feeling. It uses nano-level imported anti-slip materials to greatly improve the anti-slip coefficient. The anti-slip grade reaches 11 (EU standards), while ordinary tiles are The anti-slip grade is only 3 to 6. The use of a new anti-fouling glaze completely solves the problem of anti-slip bricks that have been criticized for many years." Yao Qiheng said.

Supply side: antibacterial + non-slip + easy to clean

In an occasional gathering, Yuan Dongfeng learned that adding antibacterial agents to ceramics can achieve antibacterial effects. He thought of the hospital's antibacterial and anti-slip requirements for ceramic tiles. Intensified, the Golden Lion R&D team once again invested in the research and development of non-slip antibacterial bricks.

Bricks used in hospitals not only need to be non-slip, but antibacterial is also a very important requirement. Since some tableware can be added with antibacterial agents, why can't it be used in ceramic tiles? Yao Qiheng led the R&D team to make inquiries and find manufacturers of antibacterial agents. After purchasing the raw materials, after repeated trials, they finally developed a medical non-slip antibacterial tile using nano-level rare earth antibacterial agents, and the next most important thing is the testing and certification of the antibacterial effect by the authority.

After a long wait of 2 months, the inspection results of the China Building Materials Industry Environmental Monitoring Center came out: the anti-slip antibacterial tile has a 24-hour sterilization rate of 98.35% for E. coli and 97.6% for Staphylococcus aureus, showing good results Antibacterial effect. The data shows that the antibacterial function of Golden Lion Anti-slip tiles is more than a simple concept and slogan.

After the anti-slip antibacterial tiles were introduced, they quickly attracted widespread attention in the market. The renovation project of Beijing China-Japan Friendship Hospital was comprehensively reviewed by the Tender Committee, and it was decided to use Golden Lion medical anti-slip antibacterial ceramic tiles as the main material for floor decoration. The application effect has been praised by medical staff and patients, and the hospital is also a new hospital to be built. The district reserved this kind of tiles.

In May of this year, Golden Lion ceramic non-slip ceramic tiles and medical non-slip anti-bacterial ceramic tiles appeared in the 17th China International Hospital Construction, Equipment and Management Exhibition held in Hefei. They were widely favored by participants and became a highlight of the conference.

In order to serialize the products, they divided the non-slip tiles into four categories: hospital-specific non-slip anti-bacterial tiles, school-specific super wear-resistant non-slip tiles, elderly apartment-specific non-slip tiles, and toilet-specific non-slip tiles. Users can customize and develop according to the needs of the place of use.

In this regard, Jin Ji, director of the Decorative Materials and Supplies Professional Committee of the China Interior Decoration Association, commented that this is a vivid case on the supply side, focusing on research and development to meet the needs, providing the right products according to the market demand, and focusing on the market.

At the beginning of its establishment, Golden Lion Ceramics established the concept of creating a brand with quality. Seeking international cooperation, they established cooperative relations with the world-renowned glaze companies Spain Benis and Italy Tiangong Design, and exchanged technical personnel to exchange and learn, thereby establishing a product development system and quality standard system synchronized with the world's advanced ceramic construction companies.

"Satisfied with step by step, follow the trend and imitate will never surpass others. The craftsmanship and raw materials used in the Golden Lion Anti-slip ceramic tiles are the best in the industry. We want to make it a brand, a famous brand, for more and more customers Create value." Yuan Dongfeng told reporters.

He said that in the next step, Golden Lion Ceramics will continue to expand the market influence of non-slip tiles, promote the construction of my country's non-slip standards for floor tiles, and then promote the popularization and application of non-slip tiles, so that non-slip and antibacterial tiles will protect human health.

At present, the China Engineering Construction Standardization Association is formulating the "Technical Regulations for the Application of Barrier-free Anti-slip Floor Tiles". As one of the drafting initiators, Golden Lion Ceramics has achieved results in the field of anti-slip tiles as an important basis for formulating national standards.