International Ceramics Exhibition 2009, Tokyo

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International Ceramics Exhibition 2009
Place: Tokyo International Exhibition Center, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
Date: Wed, April 08, 2009 to Sat, April 10, 2009
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Ceramic Art Exhibition 2009, Japan
Place: The Schein-Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University
Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009 to Friday, April 17, 2009

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Ceramic Industry Bangladesh: Ready To Become Ceramic Hub

Bangladesh to be made ceramic hub, says Dilip
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka

Industries minister Dilip Barua Thursday said Bangladesh would be made the hub of ceramic goods production in the world.

‘The government would extend all sorts of cooperation to flourish the potentials ceramic industries in the country,’ he said.

The minister said this when leaders of Bangladesh Ceramic Ware Manufacturers Association (BCWMA) called on him at his office here on Thursday, an official handout said.

The industries minister advised the BCWMA leaders to produce quality ceramic products utilising low labour cost and export those to the developed countries by using the opportunity of world economic meltdown.

The leaders highlighted the contributions of ceramic industries to the national economy as well as employment generation. If the government extends its help, the country’s ceramic industry could capture world’s top place within shortest possible time by producing quality ceramic products, the leaders said.

During the meeting, they also drew attention of the minister for providing easy utility services like electricity, gas and better communication for the growth of ceramic industries in the country.

The leaders said Bangladeshi ceramic products have a great demand in the developed countries including neighbouring India.

The association leaders also urged the minister to issue health certificate from BSTI to help enter Bangladeshi ceramic products to European markets. here you would like to read my another post Indian Ceramic Industry: Cheaper Than European Countries

Dilip Barua said the government has given top priority to the growth of local industries for achieving economic prosperity and creation of job opportunities. In this connection, he said, ship building, ceramic, light engineering and small and medium enterprises are in the priority list of the government.

BSTI director general M Azmal Hossain, vice-president and BCWMA general secretary Iftekhar Uddin Farhad and Moinul Islam respectively were present on the occasion.

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Ceramic Industry: History of Hand Painted Ceramic Tiles

They started making decorative ceramic tiles in the Medieval period. In Islamic countries, they have been using glazed colored tiles for a thousand years.

In the Medieval period, they started making decorative tiles with different colored clay rather than hand painting them. They used these tiles inside churches, cathedrals, monasteries, and palaces in Europe. In Islamic countries, they have been using brightly glazed colored tiles for about a thousand years now. Some of those are hand painted with designs. Actually, those designs are of things that are quite common, and very beautiful.

Then the Italians developed this Majaloca glaze. They did a lot of tiles including hand painted tiles. This really started in Italy. Artists depicted biblical scenes and mythical scenes. This tradition was taken over to Holland, where they have the whole Delft blue and white ceramic industry. They do a lot of blue and white tiles. That started in the 17th Century, and they are still doing that now. There is still a very strong tradition in Holland of painting blue and white tiles with all sorts of scenes. Spain has quite a long history of hand painted tiles using Majaloca glazes as well.

In Britain (UK), the last two hundred years really have seen quite a lot of hand painted tiles, especially in the Victorian era. Decorative ceramic tiles were very popular with pictures on tile murals. People liked to use them in their hallways. A lot of Victorian houses have tiled hallways with quite complicated designs or pictures of classical scenes.

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Morbi Ceramic Industry face snag of quality Fuel

Hit by the global economic turmoil, over 100 roof tile manufacturing units in and around Morbi are now facing a shortage of quality fuel, which is supplied by the state government for running the factories. Rajkot Manufacturers claim that they are getting lignite of deprived quality at much elevated rates from government

Following a meeting organized by the Morbi Roof Tiles Association, all the units have now decided to down their shutters from 1st of March, if their demand for good quality lignite is not attended by the state government. The strike will severely affect production and the roofing tiles industry on large.

The roof tiles industry in Morbi employs over 10,000 workers in manufacturing process, and accounts for 70 per cent of the country’s total production. Most of the workers involved in the industry are locals.

J J Patel, the president of the Roof Tiles Manufactures Association, said: “The lignite provided to us from the new mines in Bhavnagar has over 40 per cent moisture content, which makes it difficult for the kilns to reach the required temperature of 1,100 degree centigrade.”

He also admitted “We are paying higher rates for inferior quality fuel, which doubles up our production costs. The industry cannot afford to function at these production rates during a slowdown when the demand has already decreased.”

The manufacturers say they are also concerned for the workers, but are not able to run the operations further under the prevailing economic downturn.

Each of the 107 units in the area require 60 trucks of the fuel — each weighing 10 to 17 tonnes, per day. Around 10,000 roofing tiles are produced by each unit in Morbi per day.

Veljibhai Patel, an owner of a tile manufacturing unit said: “The orders for lignite have already been placed till this month-end. So we have decided to continue till then.”

Until last year, roof tiles units, like many other industries, were supplied with high quality lignite from the Pandhro mines, which is owned by the Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC).

Now, Pandhro site is reserved for power generation, and lignite is supplied to industries from other less known sites like Mata No Madh in Kutch, and Rajpardi near Surat. Bhavnagar, from where Morbi is supplied lignite, is a relatively new site.

Patel added: “The lignite supplied from Mata No Madh has more dust component, while that from Bhavnagar has more moisture. Both are of inferior quality, but still we are ready to settle for the material from Mata No Madh.”

In addition to the quality consciousness, the manufacturers are also concerned about the pricy lignite they receive from Bhavnagar.

The lignite from Bhavnagar costs Rs 2,600 per truck, while the one supplied from Mato No Madh and Pandhro costs Rs 2400 to 2500 per truck.

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AMACO/Brent Celebrating 90 Years of Industry

Clay and clay products are some of the oldest human started making at the dawn of civilization. Clay products are still sought after. Now people make things with clay using new techniques and equipment. One of the best places for clay lover is AMACO/Brent – a leading manufacturers of clay products and so many related accessories that are used in making clay products.

AMACO/Brent is one of the oldest crafts materials manufacturers and is considered the largest manufacturer of ceramic supplies and equipment for schools and studios. The wide range of items they offer includes different craft products, an innovative soft metals program, and modeling materials some of which have become classics that have sold in craft and school supply stores for over five decades.

What is more, AMACO/Brent is the best place to shop for clay products like clay tiles. Explore the users’ friendly neatly and aesthetically laid out site and see what they are offering liquid glazes, non-toxic glazes and glaze chalk. See the wide rang they are displaying. Better still pick what you like.

AMACO celebrates 90 years of Modeling Imagination with a new Social Network designed for artists, teachers, students, professional potters, and craft artists. Join the network and share ideas, techniques, upload galleries of artwork or classroom projects, post special events charity events, and workshops. You will find so many likeminded clay art lover there.

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Ceramic Materials Usability in Various Industry

Ceramics a material were initially used by the scientists in the space industry. They used the ceramic sheets on the outside to create a heat shield against the high temperatures which were generated when the shuttles were entering the earths atmosphere.

Once the ceramics as material was popular its first use was in the ball bearings industry where they used the ceramic material to make ball bearings which were being used wherever there were high intense heat situations.

Now the ceramic industry large industry with the ceramics being used in every conceivable form ranging form the flooring industry where ceramic tiles like ceramic floor tiles are popular to the high end aerospace industry.

Initially the ceramics were the refractory material which is still used in the flooring industry but for the high end uses there were hybrids developed like the silica carbide and the silica nitride. These ceramics have advantages over the traditional steel or other materials.

Ceramics are corrosion resistant as well as they are heat resistant and of course they much better at bearing heavier loads than steel. It is for this specific reason that the ceramics have been used by the industry even in the medicine world. Specific for bone implants and orthopedic restorations the ceramic material is used as it is very hard and tough to sustain pressures.

The other major use of ceramics is now being done in the semiconductors world. The integrated chip circuit's that are used computers and other high techs gadgets have ceramic material. The ceramic material is also used in manufacturing of insulators and capacitors.

That said the future seems to be very bright for ceramics and a lot of research is being done to leverage the strength and the corrosion resistance of the ceramic materials.

In fact one of the major uses of ceramic has been in the cosmetic dentistry industry especially the porcelain veneers. Porcelain veneers are used by the cosmetic dentists makes new veneers for use on their patients. Porcelain veneers have a vitreous and glassy feel and that is why the look good on the tooth for a glassy white finish as dental crowns.

Ceramics as material is been evolved to make sure that in nowadays world it is environment friendly and can be easily disposed off also. These materials are hard and hence pose challenges when they are recycled as they cannot break down easily. So there is more research being done nowadays to look into this aspect of the ceramics.

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Exim Bank's latest study titled 'Indian Ceramic Industry: Perspective and Export Potential' has observed that export potential of Indian ceramic sector is not fully tapped considering the size, diversity and price competitiveness of this sector. The study is of the view that it is time to make a conscious effort to increase export by identifying potential markets.

India ranks at 8th position in the world and produces around 2.5% of global output.

In this study, an attempt has been made to analyse India’s export opportunities for select group of ceramic products. Four different products are identified, namely unglazed ceramic tiles, glazed ceramic tiles, ceramic household articles and ornamental ceramic products.

For each of these products, price competitiveness was analysed in different markets, which include the markets of leading importers of ceramic products as well as the major export markets for India. Unglazed ceramic tiles: Top three importers of unglazed ceramic tiles are USA, Germany and France.

USA mainly imports from Italy, Mexico and Spain. Italy alone supplies around 80% of US import requirements of unglazed ceramic tiles. India’s export to USA is negligible. However, with regard to unit price, India is cheaper than European countries and therefore there is a scope to increase exports to USA.

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