Cotto d’Este is a true Italian brand in all senses. The brand extremely values the Italian style and beauty and is proud of the elegance and taste which improves the lives of the modern people they are creating for.
The passion and drive are felt in their products which reminds the deep Italian roots and traditions of manufacturing ceramics, but also shows the brilliance of technology and innovation. All of it combined enables Cotto d’Este to make the original product that meets the needs of any kind of modern architecture.
The two main pillars of modern architecture are beauty and the supreme qualities of technologies. This is what Cotto d’Este has in mind while creating for the modern man. Cotto d’Este creates a solid and deep conversation between its technicians and the designers and architects.
Cotto d’Este has its showroom in Milan, Italy, where everyone can look and feel what type of product Cotto d’Este is capable of creating. That is also a space where everybody can have a meeting with the professionals of the company to discuss their project, needs, and wishes.
How it all started
The company is managed by Paolo Mussini, who Founded Cotto d’Este in 1993, in the heart of the tile industry of Italy – Sassuolo. Being born and raised here meant that ceramics are a family tradition. Paolo’s deep knowledge of the ceramic industry came from being a part of Panaria – a tile manufacturing company established by his father in 1974. Here Paolo gained his experience and discovered a passion for ceramics manufacturing. Although the market started to adapt to standardization quickly in the 90s, Paolo was all about originality and high accuracy in every field – aesthetics, technical quality, functionality, material. Such attention to detail let him improve in making floor and wall tiles that could meet the taste of the most exceptional clients.
Cotto d’Este’s ultimate goal has always been to achieve beauty together with unquestionable quality.
Inspired by the best clientele
Inspired by nature, Cotto d’Este continuously implements experimentation with different methods of producing and using various raw materials. On a hunt for a new original tone of color, effect, and surface the brand always results with products that stand out. Thus, research is one of the most important factors for such results. To meet the needs and the requirements of the demanding and intelligent clients with the best taste in style, the company is continually inventing new methods of production.
Cotto d’Este made a revolution inside the ceramic tile industry as it was the first company to introduce the market to the exceptional super thick 14 mm porcelain stoneware as well as thin Kerlite plates. It was a start of a new, innovative look at creating home design. High technical performance was not a verdict to refuse a personal style. On the contrary, from that point, the two were balanced together perfectly – high-quality functionality and individual style.
The global leader
Today Cotto d’Este is a part of Panariagroup Industrie Ceramiche S.p.A – a leading luxury trademark in ceramics – wall and floor tiles. Panariagroup has 6 production plants in Italy, Portugal, and the US and more than 1700 professionals working on the company, making it one of the major players of the ceramic industry worldwide.