...[pic] Report on eramic Industry Ltd Course Code: F-401 Submitted by Yasir Bin Yousuf Roll :16-36 Department Of Finance Submitted to Hussain Ahmed Enamul Huda Lecturer Department of Finance University of Dhaka Date of submission 1 August, 201 Executive summary The ceramic industry is surprisingly not quite a new one in Bangladesh. It dates back to 1962. People Ceramic Industries Ltd (PCI) pioneered the manufacture of porcelain tableware in Bangladesh (Khandaker and Alamgir 2006). According to Bangladesh Ceramic Ware Manufacturers Association (BCWMA), there are approximately 40 ceramic manufacturers operating in this industry producing tableware, sanitary ware and tiles. The major ceramic companies in the industry are Monno ceramics, R.A.K ceramics, Shinepukur ceramics, Fu-wang ceramics, greatwall ceramics, Peoples and national ceramics etc; there remains other 31 companies. Over the years, the ceramic industry in Bangladesh has flourished immensely and has gained recognition throughout the worldQuality of products has helped Bangladesh to carve a niche in the global market; the manufacturers in this sector are taking risks while diversifying their designs into world-class standards. The close competitors of Bangladesh are China and India, but they mostly produce traditional items. Moreover, due to recent global financial crisis and rising labor cost, the developed countries are placing more orders to low-cost countries...
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...PRESENT SCENARIO OF CERAMIC INDUSTRY The global ceramic industry is worth of US$20 billion. Bangladesh is perfectly positioned to expand rapidly in this sector with its high quality, cost ratio and creative human resource base. Traditionally, ceramic industry is a labor-intensive sector and companies in developed countries experience difficulties in remaining competitive due to rising labor cost and recent global financial crisis. Bangladesh, being a gas rich, low-labor cost economy and having advanced ‘bone china’ technology, is perfectly positioned to be a strategic partner in production and supply of ceramic goods (Board of Investment, Bangladesh). The ceramic industry is surprisingly not quite a new one in Bangladesh. It dates back to 1962. People Ceramic Industries Ltd (PCI) pioneered the manufacture of porcelain tableware in Bangladesh (Khandaker and Alamgir 2006). According to Bangladesh Ceramic Ware Manufacturers Association (BCWMA), there are approximately 40 ceramic manufacturers operating in this industry producing tableware, sanitary ware and tiles. A medium scale ceramic plant needs around Taka 10 crore (Taka 100 million) in initial investment and the BCWMA sources say the present investment in the country’s ceramic industry is roughly about Taka 2,000 crore (Taka 20 billion) and this sector employs one lakh (0.1 million) workers. Shinepukur, Monno, Bengal Fine, Standard, Peoples and National Ceramic are considered as major players in ceramic tableware market. RAK...
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...PO.45.1999 Bottle Fritware, pigment, glaze Underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا, إزنيق Ottoman;:; العثمانيون/ الدولة العثمانية, 16 th century 32.1 cm (H), 20.2 cm (diam) [On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Gallery 18 - Case 2;:;[On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Ga PO.47.1999 Bottle Fritware, pigment, glaze Underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا, إزنيق Ottoman;:; العثمانيون/ الدولة العثمانية, 16 th century 37 cm (H), 16.8 cm (diam) [On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Gallery 18 - Case 5;:;[On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Ga PO.48.1999 Dish Fritware, pigment, glaze Underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا, إزنيق Ottoman;:; العثمانيون/ الدولة العثمانية, 16 th century 4.2 cm (H), 29.6 cm (diam) [On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Gallery 18 - Case 5;:;[On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Ga PO.192.2003 Dish Fritware, glaze, pigment Underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا, إزنيق Ottoman;:; العثمانيون/ الدولة العثمانية, 16 th century 8 cm (H), 45.5 cm (diam) [On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Gallery 18 - Case 2;:;[On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Ga PO.265.2003 Dish Fritware, pigment, glaze Underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا, إزنيق Ottoman;:; العثمانيون/ الدولة العثمانية, 16 th century 3.1 cm (H), 25.7 cm (diam) [On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Gallery 18 - Case 3;:;[On Display] Museum of Islamic Art - Ga PO.270.2004 Ewer Fritware, pigment, glaze, silver underglaze painting Turkey, Iznik;:; تركيا...
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...Attributed to the Athena Painter For my term paper I went to the Art Institute of Chicago to search a sculpture from Ancient Greece. I came across a vase from Athena, Greece. I found this vase in the Greek, Roman and Byzantine Art section (150-154). This lekythos vase is a terracotta black-figure painting. The date for this vase is circa 490/480 BCE. Lekythos vases were used to store fine oils and perfumes, often dedicated in burials and decorated in reference to this function. On this vase thee are three men. Two men are wearing soldier gear, and one is wearing a toga. On the right side there is one nude soldier who is pointing with a pointy stick to the man with the toga and has a shield on his other hand. On the far left the other soldier is dressed and also pointing a pointy stick to the man with the toga. The man with the toga is calm and is blowing through an instrument. The soldier’s bodies seem idealized but the man in the toga appears to have a normal body. The men’s bodies look in proportion like over humans. The soldier’s gestures look like they want to kill the man in the middle. Above the painting there are flower decorations. The flaring and the handle are painted black. According to the museum label, the scene depicts a performance of the pyrrhic, a vigorous dance of military drill steps that was a part of the training of Athenian soldiers. These dances were often performed in the theater before the main play. One of the young recruits is clothed and the...
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...Current Scenario of Shinepukur Ceramics Ltd Shinepukur Ceramics Limited (SCL) was incorporated in Bangladesh on 26 January 1997 under the Companies Act, 1994 as a Private Limited Company and commenced its manufacturing operation in 1999. The company was established with both individual and institutional shareholding but later the company was fully acquired by Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited ( Beximco) in 2005. The Company was converted into a Public Limited Company on 7 May 2008. The Shares of the Company have been listed in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) on 18 November 2008 under the DSE and CSE Direct Listing Regulations 2006. Currently Beximco Group and its Associates owns 76.38% of the shares. Financial Institutions own 8.43% and Other Investors and General Public own remaining 15.19% of the ordinary shares. The company operates in a single industry segment. It is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of high quality Porcelain and high value added Bone China Tableware, which it sells in the local as well as international markets. During the year local sale of the products decreased by 9.57% but export sales for the year grew by 15.27%. The overall sales increased by 10.37%. Currently About 95% of the Raw Materials, in addition to all the machineries, and major Spare Parts, are imported from overseas, mainly Japan, New Zealand, UK, Germany, China, Thailand, India, Korea and Taiwan. FERRO GmbH, GERMANY is one of...
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...Peterson Pottery Case Study Dear Peterson Pottery, Here are the variances explaining the Clay and Glaze operations. By knowing the variances, we can paint a picture to see what is going on within those operations. Here you will find the picture of Clay Materials and Labor, Glaze Material and Labor, Variable and Fixed Overhead. By analyzing the data, shown by the variances, there are some issues that must be brought to attention. By taking time to analyze the data and devising a plan will help your business save on costs and increase the operations along with quality of the business. First off, I want to bring your attention to the Clay Department. Seeing that you bought cheaper clay, but more lbs. then expected, I would like to know why. Was it cheaper clay? Was there a deal on the price? I’m assuming that it was cheaper clay because of the fact that the clay bought was cheaper than expected. I believe that because this was cheaper clay, it was inferior clay then a more expensive one. Since the quality was low, the workers might have had a hard time working with the clay and therefore used more to create the same level of the product then if a more expensive (quality) clay was used. That is why you have an unfavorable quantity variance for Clay in labor. It seems that there is the same problem within the Glaze department. The company has spent more for the glaze materials however; the workers have used more time to work on the product (this also is a factor...
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...Henry Mintzberg skillfully and competently equates the process of strategy making to the process of making pottery. The strategist is similar to a craftsman, or potter in this case. Mintzberg says, “the crafting image better captures the process by which efective strategies come to be. ” When compared to the planning process of strategy making, I am much more inclined to agree with Mintzberg and theimage he creates. There are several key ideas that Mintzberg parallels to the potter and her craft. First,the potter may create a product that follows in the tradition of her past work, but she may also create awork that breaks away from tradition in a new direction. Similarly, stragies are patterns that are put intoaction over time; but strategies may emerge in a different direction than tradition has previously held.Second, strategy making must be a deliberate process-thought must precede action. But “strategies can form as well as be formulated .” Third, strategists do not necessarily have to be top management runningan organization but removed from the inner-workings of that organization. Instead, like the potter isintimately connected with her work, strategists may be those most intimately connected with thecompany and those products/services it sells. Strategists may be those on the front lines, so to speak.Fourth, the potter may fail to make one piece, but the lump that remains may be formed into somethingcompletely different. In the same way, strategies can emerge any time...
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...Pottery is a skill man acquired very early in cultural development. “In the Far East, pottery has been found from around 10,000 BC” (Hutt 69). The Tang Dynasty period, 618 to 907 AD is only one small section of history on the Chinese pottery timeline, but it is noted especially for its ceramic funerary animals and its change from earthenware to stoneware. There is a strong foreign influence during this period and it is evident in the ceramics as well as other art (Medley 77). During the Tang period, there are gradual improvements in the earthenware and stoneware. It seems that there is a search for the “pure white body” (Medley 97). For centuries, there had been a continued effort to make bodies cleaner, whiter, and harder. It is in the Tang Period that “the clay bodies themselves were essentially kaolinic, being supplemented… with other ingredients which helped towards a degree of vitrification. It is to this type of material in north China that the term porcellanous is applied” (Medley 99). It is perhaps a type of “protoporcelain” that leads historians to believe that porcelain was developed sometime between the Han and Tang dynasties (Latourette 628). This had a profound impact on the art of Asia and of Europe (Medley 102). The result of this type of pottery was also the invention of the word “china,” the modern word for more refined ceramics used today (Smith 142). The animals frequently found in Tang ceramics were created using several moulds and then by luting...
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...|Paper Name: | OM530 | |Paper Number: |530 | |Assessment Number: |Assessment Three | |Assessment Name: |Individual Assignment | |Total Weighting: |45% | |Total Marks: |60 | |Lecturer Name: |Krish Naidu | |Year/Intake |2015 /May Intake | |Due Date: |Week 15 (Tuesday class time) | Learning Outcomes (LO) Assessed: LO 6, 7&8 Assessment Summary – Answer all questions |Section |Topic |Possible Marks |Your Marks | |A |Organisational Structure...
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...The ceramic vessel Late Ramos Polychrome (1350) represents snakes and celestial objects on a mid-sized ceramic vessel. The curve rises gently until it completes three fourths of a circle before stopping. The line of the vessel then expands outward to enclose the mouth of the pot with a small lip. The work has wear around the lip and middle. Here, the white and red have worn away into black. The damage seems to be from use and handling due to the position and scattered nature of the deterioration. The flat bottom of the vessel is small, creating a true spherical form and elongating the vessel. The images are mirrored on either side creating symmetry and repetition. The creature consists of a diamond shaped hollow body with a head on either end. This shape is reminiscent of a snake eating the tail of another snake. The snakes are set apart from the rest of the work with a white line. The interior of the snake is filled in with a white and black jagged line pattern. Pointing to the heads of the snakes, the white line emphasizes their importance. The heads are circular with smaller circles removed to form the mouths. The red ocher of the snake further emphasizes its significance. The heads face in opposite directions, up on the left hand side and down on the right hand side; this further emphasizes this cyclical nature to the snakes. The swirling lines encased in triangles between the snake figures on either side represent the circle. The upper circle is larger and more prominent...
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...Reading Assignment 1 Bin Zhu 8/27 The more improve the science, the more scope the ceramic made. We can study the culture and history from ceramic because its materials was special and easy store. But the ceramic that we made how is not tough and tensile than old one. I think anything will lost its artistic sense if it is depend on science. The science was help people made a better ceramic, but it is make people give up the idea and sprit at the same time. As long as the earth exists, say is being formed. The different among says are cause by the original geological process and the position of the deposit, day have a very good plasticity. It is can be any shape and size after mixed water. And the clay can be fixed geometry after firing. Kaolin Clays are found on the exact spot. This kind of clay are fire whitest and least plastic. Ball clays always gray or brown. It has highly plastic and the highest shrinkage. It’s less rare than China Clay. Stoneware clays are used for nature clay and very rare. Fires clays have a variety of colors. It’s found in mountains and deserts. Common surface clays are found everywhere. After fired, the clay work is classified into three categories: earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Earthenware has 10 to 15 percent absorption after firing. It is colorful and has pattern. Stoneware has 2 to 5 percent absorption after firing. It is has a certain stone-like to its weight and density. The stoneware is same colored. It is...
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...Age, and the Han era were the foundations, the beginnings of the famous crisp blue and satin white porcelain, and the gorgeous ceramic pottery of what ceramics you see in China today. In the Neolithic period, the invention of pottery or ceramics around 5000-2200 B.C., the idea grew and changed exponentially throughout the course of history. The Neolithic dynasty had many trial and errors; after all they were the first to discover ceramics. Most or almost all of the pottery that came out of the Neolithic dynasty was not glazed, considering that glazing wasn’t really discovered yet. The regions with the most influence of pottery were the cultures of Ta-ti-wan, Pan-Po, Miao-ti-kou, and Lung shan. The pottery from the Neolithic era was almost always hand built; with reds, grays, and black wares, always complimented the craftsmanship of the ceramic pottery. Since the discovery of glaze wasn’t quite established yet, the normal design for a ceramic piece of this time was carving, painting or having plain black pottery. The photo above is a vessel designed to store food or water. With all the intricate designs and details indicates it was a very special prized possession, normally jars like these are found in burial grounds. Some of the oldest kilns started out used for cooking, light, warmth and protection. Once the discovery of ceramic pottery began the kiln served another purpose. Although the actual date of the discovery of...
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...Italy is a country rich with history and Italians pride themselves on their cultural beginnings. Here, tradition is more than just a handing down of customs from one generation to the next; it is a way of life. Today, tradition is scarcely upheld better than in the city of Deruta, Italy. Deruta, located within the region of Umbria, is home to an array of ceramic companies due to its local clay deposits; however, none as astonishing and steeped in custom as the Grazia Ceramics Company and factory. The Grazia family has been producing ceramics for over 500 years beginning in the year 1500. Operating for so many years has ensured competition for Grazia; however, it distinguishes itself from the multitude of other ceramic stores in the area – and the world – not just with its designs, but primarily with its method of quality production. Still family owned and operated, Grazia prides itself on producing “high quality majolica ceramics using time honored handicraft traditions passed down from generation to generation.” Majolica is the particular process in which the ceramics are made and decorated; a method that can be dated back to the 1200s. Today, almost every aspect of Grazia’s current production mirrors that of the company’s beginnings. Grazia’s procedure is exclusively manual and is one of the only companies to produce each piece from start to finish in one building, without outsourcing any work. Local clay is first brought in from the adjoining hills and is run through a...
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...College Composition I – Unit 3 Project Essay Kristen De Bragga Kaplan University CM107 Courage is acting in the moment without thought or concern for your own well being while another is in danger. Roderick Joseph De Bragga showed courage when he selflessly gave his life without hesitation to save the life of his seven year old son who was drowning. Roderick “Roddy” De Bragga owned and ran a lobster boat out of Stonington Harbor in Connecticut. On July 4, 1974 Roddy took his two small children, Debra who was eleven years of age and “Little” Roddy who was seven years of age, with him in the morning to cast out a few lobster pots and also bring in some lobster for a family bbq planned for that afternoon. The children spent the morning writing numbers on the buoys attached to the pots while Roddy cast the pots into the water. As Roddy cast a pot into the water somehow the rope tangled around the ankle of his son. The rope pulled the boy into the water. Roddy jumped into the ocean to retrieve the boy. Debra frantically tried to contact her Uncle a short distance away for help by using the CB radio but was unsuccessful due to private marine crafts using the channels for personal use. Roddy was able to find and bring his son above water. They came to the surface once but the strong undercurrent that day dragged them back under. Both father and son lost their lives that day. Roderick’s actions that day epitomized courage in the way that he instantly jumped into the ocean after...
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...Josiah Wedgwood was an extraordinary, ambitious man and anything he did reflected his personality. Wedgwood was 1st mover because he transformed primitive pottery industry to the state of art. He always looked for new techniques to improve production process, design of the product, and marketing methods. From the start, Wedgwood’s goal was to cater to aristocrats, nobles, and middle upper class, which had a great spending ability. Wedgwood differentiated himself from other pottery manufacturers as a producer of high quality, fashionable products and was able to charge premium for his products. Wedgwood was the first entrepreneur who offered to his customers “free shipping, compensation for damage that occurred during transportation, and a satisfaction-or- money back guarantee.” When domestic demand for Wedgwood’s pottery decreased Wedgwood sent unsolicited pottery goods to a thousand German aristocrats, and gave them choice to buy or to return items at no cost. Wedgwood took great financial risk, but his marketing ploy was successful as the majority German customers purchased his pottery ware. In addition, Wedgwood used British diplomats and their spouses because they traveled throughout Europe and had a lot of valuable contacts that could spread a word about his products. Bentley and Wedgwood tirelessly networked with aristocrats and noblemen in France, Italy, Germany Portugal, Italy and China. When he produced a breakfast set for Queen Charlotte or dinner set for Catherine...
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