Ceramic Bangladesh Magazine

RAK slabs to grace your very own

Cover walls and floors beautifully, giving the designer an ‘expressive freedom

The ceramic industry is a flourishing demography with innovation at the forefront. Today, we have a brand that resembles elegance and reputation behind it, and also has the potential capability to do outstandingly. Slabs have been used in primitive times and has a clay composition. It came into existence in construction to cover roofs and floors, and the slabs streamlined surfaces and covered more spaces with less grout lines. Clay slab absorbs moisture.

RAK Slab Collection

RAK Ceramics was founded in 1989 and the first headquarters was established in the UAE. The company came to Bangladesh on November, 1998, and began productions commercially in the year 2000. Ever since, RAK has portrayed excellence and elegance through their long line of ceramic and porcelain tiles, and sanitaryware. The products being featured today are the line of single-fired Slab tiles introduced by RAK in November 2022. Slabs being a growing sphere amongst the ceramic realm, comprise of 3-4% of the floor tiles market in the country. RAK single-handedly caters to approximately four of the total tiles market. It brings with itself, reliability, brand value, and expertise, and sees long-term growth opportunities.

The company, given the ever-so weighted brand value, is a reliable option for any home owner, real estate builders, and interior designers. The catalogue portrays much of their design, sophisticated and delectable. The gloss finish is premium, and outlook of their product protrudes beyond the peripherals of a traditional design, according to RAK. The designs are believed to be the best renditions of how tiles design goes. Apart from the shape and size, and slabs being rare, the exceptional glaze, and recent adoptions credited to modern innovation, the designs seemed more traditional than anything else.

RAK slab collection is said to be durable and easier to clean, and these slabs are aesthetically beautiful. The tile fits perfectly on any surface, be it for the floor or walls of indoor and outdoor spaces. It takes less time to install, and the composition makes it a hygienic fit for any surface. In the catalogue, a Jaynamaz print was noticed, and seemed gorgeous. The collection has designs that suits a sophisticated taste, and might even attract a picky designer. From an array of 25+ products, the planks (200mm×1200mm) stood out, along with some of their other designs.

The dimensions of the other slabs are 600mm x 1200mm x 9mm, made of white clay, talc, sand, feldspar, illite and kaolin clay, dolomite and calcite, four major components being silicon dioxide, alumina, iron oxide, and feldspathoid. As an RAK representative was asked what sets this product apart from competitors, it was said that they focus on innovation, surface finishes, expertise and efficient human resources management. In terms of price, they start from Tk 190-210 depending on the typology of products and it can be up to Tk 250 for local manufacturers.

If all this seems delectable and you want to opt for this product, make sure you collect the catalogue from RAK which elaborately explains the installation process and more.

Written by Chisty Rahim

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