Colorobbia Group

What Colorobbia Group does

Colorobbia Group is a privately held Italian industrial supplier that produces and distributes raw materials and semi-finished products for the ceramics and glass industry. The company is headquartered in Florence (Firenze), Italy, was founded in 1921, and remains under the leadership of Guido Bitossi, listed as founder and president — consistent with a long-standing family-controlled industrial enterprise rather than a venture-backed or publicly traded operator.

The firm's offering sits at the upstream industrial inputs layer of the ceramics and glass value chain, supplying the chemical, color, and formulated-material inputs that downstream manufacturers convert into finished ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, tableware, glass containers, and related products. Because the input data does not include a product catalog, technology stack, or proprietary feature disclosure — the corporate website was inaccessible due to a security verification page — the specific chemistry, formulation breadth, and process technology underlying Colorobbia's materials cannot be characterized in detail. The classification as a raw materials and semi-finished products producer is, however, supported by firmographic description.

The business model is B2B industrial supply: Colorobbia sells inputs into manufacturing customers in the ceramics and glass sectors. No pricing model, revenue mechanic, GTM motion, or customer-segment split was extractable from the available sources. No financial disclosures, funding history, ownership structure, partnership agreements, or named customers are present in the input, so revenue scale, ownership composition, and geographic distribution of customers cannot be verified from this dataset.

Name

Colorobbia Group

Website

https://colorobbia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1921

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Colorobbia Group produces and distributes raw materials and semi-finished products for the ceramics and glass industry. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Florence, Italy, it serves industrial manufacturers in these sectors as a privately held, founder-led supplier.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ceramic and Glass Industrial Materials

NAICS

Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing (32513), Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510)

SIC

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851)

akta.pro primary industry

Pigments & Dyes (IMAEAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Color Matching, Tinting & Colorant Systems (IMAEAHAL), Colored & UV-Protective Glass Packaging (Amber, Green, UV-Blocking) (IMALAEAH)

Keywords

• Ceramics raw materials
• Glass industry supplies
• Frits and glazes
• Ceramic pigments
• Industrial minerals

Headquarters

HQ city

Firenze

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Colorobbia Group produces and distributes raw materials and semi-finished products for the ceramics and glass industry. The company supplies industrial inputs such as frits, glazes, pigments, and other chemical/mineral intermediates used by ceramic tile, sanitaryware, tableware, and glass manufacturers worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Raw materials and semi-finished products for ceramics Industrial raw materials and semi-finished chemical/mineral inputs (including frits, glazes, pigments, and oxides) supplied to manufacturers of ceramic tiles, sanitaryware, tableware, and related ceramic goods.
• Raw materials and semi-finished products for glass Industrial raw materials and semi-finished intermediates for the glass manufacturing sector, supplying glass producers with the chemical and mineral inputs needed for production.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Altadia: Spanish group formed from the merger of Torrecid, Esmalglass-Itaca, and Fritta into a leading global supplier of ceramic glazes, frits, inks, and colour systems. Directly competes with Colorobbia on the same downstream tile customers with comparable products and geographic reach.
• Torrecid Group: Spanish specialist in ceramic inks, colours, frits, and glazes serving tile manufacturers worldwide. Historically a head-to-head competitor to Colorobbia in pigments and digital printing inks, now part of Altadia but a recognisable peer on a standalone basis.
• Esmalglass-Itaca: Spanish producer of ceramic frits, glazes, and colour systems for the tile industry. Overlaps directly with Colorobbia's ceramics raw materials and colourant portfolio across European and emerging-market tile producers.
• Fritta: Spanish supplier of ceramic frits and related raw materials with deep penetration across tile-producing geographies. Direct competitor in the upstream ceramic raw materials segment where Colorobbia also operates.
• Smalticeram Uniride: Italian producer of ceramic pigments, inks, and special raw materials headquartered in the same European cluster as Colorobbia. Closest national peer given overlapping product mix, similar end-customers, and direct Italian-vendor competition.
• Sicer S.r.l. Italian supplier of ceramic raw materials, glazes, and digital printing solutions for tile manufacturers. Competes with Colorobbia on pigments, glazes, and inks within Europe and into the same export markets.
• QuimiCer: Spanish producer of inks, colours, and digital decoration solutions for the ceramic tile industry. Direct competitor to Colorobbia in ceramic colourant and digital inks product categories, with overlapping customer base of European tile manufacturers.

Broad incumbents

• Zschimmer & Schwarz: German specialty chemicals group with a ceramics auxiliaries division supplying deflocculants, binders, and additives into the ceramic raw materials value chain. Overlaps with Colorobbia's downstream chemical input offering while operating as a broader specialty chemicals platform.
• Ferro Corporation: US-based performance materials supplier historically active in ceramic colours and glass colourants alongside electronic materials. Overlaps with Colorobbia in glass and ceramic pigments as part of a wider functional coatings and pigments portfolio, though exposure has narrowed following restructuring.

Regional players

• Kerafrit India: Indian manufacturer of ceramic frits and glazes serving Asian tile clusters (Morbi, China, Southeast Asia). Same upstream ceramic raw materials category as Colorobbia but with primary geographic focus on Asia rather than Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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