In the beginning, there was Thin Porcelain Panels. Between 2000 and 2001, Thin Porcelain Tile (TPT) was born. One version was created in 2001 by engineer, Franco Stefani, of the Systems Group, innovator of the ceramic industry. This product was conceived by creating the production technique using a large plate pressing process for large, thin porcelain panels called Laminam.
Another version of TPT using a roller press process, which continuously moves the entire manufacturing, print, design and cutting process, was created by the Sacmi Imola Group, which was called Continua, now the Continua+ manufacturing equipment/process.