Foreign electrical porcelain manufacture

Foreign Ceramic Industries

The Emailleries des Flandres, at Menin, Belgium, was visited recently by S. H. Cross, the American commercial attaché at Brussels, This establishment is reported to be the best-organized enamel-ware plant in Belgium, but, al­though it is well equipped with machinery of recent type, it appeared that division of labor was very poorly carried out, and there seemed to be very little cooperation between the various departments. The production of this factory is at present from 2,300 to 2,500 kilos of finished products daily. The Belgium demand for decorated enamel ware has been so great during the past year that the Emai Meries des Elandres has been forced to create a decorating de­partment in order to market its entire production. The sheet iron used in this industry is of English and German manufacture, as Belgium sheets have not given satisfac­tion in the past.

DANISH GLASS INDUSTRY

The workmen of various glass factories in Denmark applied to the minister of the interior for protection against the competition which was threatening the glass industry according to the Berlingske Tidende, The own­ers of the glass factories consented to keep the factories in operation until further notice, but as no protective steps were taken by the government, the factories in Aatborg and Aarhus on Jutland have closed, although there is no danger of complete suspension of operations in the Danish glass factories. It has been a poor season for the glass factories, as large numbers of foreign bottles have been imported

CERAMIC PLANTS IN PORTUGAL

The Empreza Electra-Ceramica, whose plant is situ­ated at Villa Noca de Gaya, near Oporto, began during September the manufacture of household china, in ad­dition to their large output of electrical porcelain ac­cessories. In the production of household china this plant works in connection with the large crockery plant at Vista Alegre, near Aveiro, the crockery manufac­tured by the Empreza Electra-Ceramics being sent to Vista Alegre to be colored, The Empreza Ceramica de Dcvezas, situated at Villa Nova de Gaya, began dur­ing September the installation of machinery for manu­facturing porcelain bathtubs and other toilet articles on a large scale. (Consul Samuel Hamilton Wiley, Oporto.)

BRAZILIAN PORCELAIIN FACTORY EXPANDS

The Manufactura Nacional de Porcellanas, a local por­celain factory, recently increased its capital to 4,000,000 milreis (about $500,000 at present exchange rates). Es­tablished in 1920, this firm, engineered by a few native capitalists, is now manufacturing various articles of porcelain ware, and plans to increase its plant, having ar­ranged for the purchase of an additional tract of land. The prospects of the industry appear bright, as its pro­ducts find ready sale and its financial backing is of the best.