100 Years
100 Stories

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100 Years 100 Stories
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Learnings from the West

Tile Manufacture in India, Times of India, 14 January 1937.
Europe in 1923, Wikimedia Commons.
Marinadi Carrara, Italy, stayed with Nello Simonelli. To learn how to polish tiles.
Polsons Coffee Butter, Wikimedia Commons.
Norton Grindwell Advertisement, BFT Archives, Mumbai.
Norton Grinding Wheel Company Letter, BFT Archives, Mumbai.
Norton Logo, Wikimedia Commons.
PHS Tripes Outside India, BFT Archives, Mumbai.

How far would you go in the pursuit of perfection? Pheroze Sidhwa traveled across Europe, from the Italian coast to German and English industrial centers, learning new techniques of tile manufacture, sourcing the best of materials, and procuring equipment for the businesses he was responsible for. The result? An article in the newspaper applauding Bharat’s quality manufactures saying, “The quality of the Bharat tile was brought up to such a high standard that gradually the import of foreign flooring tiles dropped to a low level. Today its imports are almost insignificant.”

Tile Manufacture in India, Times of India, 14 January 1937.
Europe in 1923, Wikimedia Commons.
Marinadi Carrara, Italy, stayed with Nello Simonelli. To learn how to polish tiles.
Polsons Coffee Butter, Wikimedia Commons.
Norton Grindwell Advertisement, BFT Archives, Mumbai.
Norton Grinding Wheel Company Letter, BFT Archives, Mumbai.
Norton Logo, Wikimedia Commons.
PHS Tripes Outside India, BFT Archives, Mumbai.