About

History of our humble yet proud beginnings

About

History

Our founder Giacomo Ghisleni, brought his technical skills and Terrazzo tile knowledge from Bergamo Italy in 1910 and founded our Terrazzo tile factory more than 100 years ago in 1922, in Johannesburg, South Africa.  We have embraced this knowledge and expertise and have enhanced our manufacturing process over the decades, ustilizing the latest Terrazzo production plant currently available, to create quality large format Terrazzo tiles, paving and accessories for discerning Architects, clients and developers who are passionate about the use of “Authentic hard wearing Terrazzo”!

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Terra-Stone Terrazzo is proudly South African manufactured at our production facility in Johannesburg.  By acquiring and specifying our products, you are supporting local industry and labour.  We thank you in advance for your support and interest in our products.

Features

Unique Features

Terra-Stone tiles are technically advanced and chemically modified conglomerate tiles available in slimline full bodied Terrazzo with a nominal 600x600x20mm format.  The tile is manufactured in a wide secltion of standard colours.  Architects and designers can however request custom mix designs at a small premium, depending on the quantity required.

 

  •  The tiles can easily be rejuvenated years later by re-polishing.

The Terra-Stone range offers an extremely hard wearing attractive surface and the “Polished” range” is in fact further polished by frequent foot traffic. The “Polished” and “Lava Stone”ranges can however be rejuvenated 25-30 years later, as or when needed, by re-grinding, revealing a brand new surface, ensuring more than a lifetime of service!

  •  Can be polished to a grooveless finish after installation.

Once installed and over grouted with a matching colour factory grout, the tiles can be ground on site with a six stage polishing process to a grooveless, smooth floor, for ease of trolley movement and improved hygiene.  Ideal for hospitals, shopping malls, airports and goods handling areas.

Cross Section view of our full bodied tile

Our full bodied tiles have a uniform terrazzo wearing layer from the top face to the base, this ensures it will stand the test of time and can also be rejuvenated several times over, providing decades of use.  These features make terrazzo a very cost effective floor finish for high foot traffic areas due to its amazing durability over time.