...PRODUCTION OF CERAMIC PRODUCTS: PROSPECTS & IMPACT ON EXPORT EARNING OF BANGLADESH TITLE OF THE STUDY Bangladesh is an agricultural country with some three-fifths of the population engaged in farming. Jute and tea are two important agricultural products to earn foreign exchange. For higher GDP growth, investments in industrial sector will need to be accelerated. The prevailing political and economic stability has greatly encouraged investment in the industrial sector. The trend of foreign direct investment is very encouraging. The government is committed to market economy and has been pursuing policies for supporting and encouraging investment in industrial sector and eliminating unproductive expenditures in the public sector. Among the industry, ceramic industry is promising and potential for Bangladesh. In Bangladesh there are some international standard ceramic industries; their contribution to earn foreign currency is increasing day by day. The demand of Bangladeshi ceramic product is increasing in the international market. Considering this factor we did a feasibility study on Production of Ceramic: Prospects & Impact on Export earning of Bangladesh. ABSTRACT Ceramic industry took a formal start in this country in 1958. Now, there are about 15 ceramic industries in the country. Ceramic Industry manufactures useful and ornamental articles from clay by shaping and hardening it in high temperature. The industry is basically a development of indigenous pottery works...
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...tear analysis of ceramic industry and a company within, Monno Ceramics Ltd. Final report of Financial Accounting II course: four tear analysis of ceramic industry and a company within, Monno Ceramics Ltd. Student profile: Nafis Uddin Mehran, Roll-67, IBA BBA-21st 05-02-2014 Student profile: Nafis Uddin Mehran, Roll-67, IBA BBA-21st 05-02-2014 5th February, 2014 Mr. Mohammad A. Momen Professor Institute of Business Administration University of Dhaka Subject: Letter of Transmittal Sir, I am very much pleased to submit this final report on Monno Ceramic Ltd. as per your instructions. I have prepared the report using the knowledge I have gained throughout Financial Accounting I and Financial Accounting II courses. Throughout the report I have strictly abided by the guidelines that you have instructed to follow. Therefore, I request you to accept my report. And, I hope you will find it in order. I am eagerly expecting your feedback on the overall report. Yours sincerely, Nafis Uddin Mehran (ZR-67) Table of contents 1. Introduction……………….. 3 2. Economy analysis…………………………… 4 3. Industry analysis…………………. 10 4. History analysis 5. Vertical analysis………………………. 18 6. Horizontal analysis………………………… 21 7. Ratio analysis…………………….. 23 8. Future prospect…………………………… 24 9. References……………………………… 27 INTRODUCTION This report is to address the analysis of financial statements of Monno Ceramics Ltd and to carry...
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...Ceramics is one of the most ancient industries on the planet. Once humans discovered that clay could be dug up and formed into objects by first mixing with water and then firing, the industry was born. As early as 24,000 BC, animal and human figurines were made from clay and other materials, then fired in kilns partially dug into the ground. Almost 10,000 years later, as settled communities were established, tiles were manufactured in Mesopotamia and India. The first use of functional pottery vessels for storing water and food is thought to be around 9000 or 10,000 BC. Clay bricks were also made around the same time. Glass was believed to be discovered in Egypt around 8000 BC, when overheating of kilns produced a colored glaze on the pottery. Experts estimate that it was not until 1500 BC that glass was produced independently of ceramics and fashioned into separate items. Fast forward to the Middle Ages, when the metal industry was in its infancy. Furnaces at that time for melting the metal were constructed of natural materials. When synthetic materials with better resistance to high temperatures (called refractories) were developed in the 16th century, the industrial revolution was born. These refractories created the necessary conditions for melting metals and glass on an industrial scale, as well as for the manufacture of coke, cement, chemicals, and ceramics. Another major development occurred in the second half of the 19th century, when ceramic materials for electrical...
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...Crafts Program at Western Piedmont Community College located in Morganton, North Carolina. She has taught at numerous clay facilities and she exhibits her work nationally through exhibitions, galleries, and fine craft shows. In April 2009, Liz was diagnosed with a type of cancer called non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. When she got the news of the cancer all studio work for her and her husband who was a glass blower named Scott Summerfield stopped. This caused a lot of issues due to the illness but also bill as ceramics was their daily dose of income. She now currently works as a full time studio artist from her home. Just like thousands of other potters Liz has been an instructor and still likes visiting other artists at multiple clay facilities, colleges, and universities. She exhibits and sells her work nationally through exhibitions, galleries, and fine craft shows. She has been featured and on the cover of Ceramics Monthly and Clay Times magazine and been included in a variety of ceramic publications. Liz has various small collections of hand built boxes, creamers, butter dishes, cups and many more household items made using pottery. Liz tries to include all sorts of patterns, colours and tries to pull history into her pots. She likes using the patterns, colours, text and shapes of vintage aprons, round barns, antique...
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...MICRO-STEREOLITHOGRAPHY Authors : Ruchita Kulkarni, Kedar Malusare _____________________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rapid prototyping Rapid Prototyping (RP) can be defined as a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data. What is commonly considered to be the first RP technique, Stereolithography, was developed by 3D Systems of Valencia, CA, USA. The company was founded in 1986, and since then, a number of different RP techniques have become available. Rapid Prototyping has also been referred to as solid free-form manufacturing; computer automated manufacturing, and layered manufacturing. RP has obvious use as a vehicle for visualization. In addition, RP models can be used for testing, such as when an airfoil shape is put into a wind tunnel. RP models can be used to create male models for tooling, such as silicone rubber molds and investment casts. In some cases, the RP part can be the final part, but typically the RP material is not strong or accurate enough. When the RP material is suitable, highly convoluted shapes (including parts nested within parts) can be produced because of the nature of RP. Fig 1. Rapid prototyping worldwide There is a multitude of experimental RP methodologies either in development or used by small groups of individuals. They are listed as given below. Stereolithography (SLA) Selective Laser...
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...(1) spark plasma is generated (2) the sample is “plasma heated” (3) the sample is “joule heated”, (4) the particles fuse into a compact, solid object by electrical field diffusion, and (5) the material undergoes plastic deformation to further densify the powder. In many cases, this method of sintering produces objects with superior mechanical properties to conventionally sintered objects. Furthermore, it produces highly dense objects in a shorter time period and at a lower temperature. With spark plasma sintering, ceramics can be sintered in minutes, as compared to hours and days using conventional processes. This emerging technology presents the opportunity to manufacture materials more cost-effectively. II. Introduction Within the umbrella of materials science and engineering lies the processing of various classes of materials, including metal alloys, composites, polymers, and ceramics. According to the Ceramic Tile Institute of America, a ceramic is an inorganic, nonmetallic solid processed via the action of heat and subsequent cooling.3 Among the wide variety of these inorganic, nonmetallic materials used in commercially viable applications, a common characteristic is high melting point, due to the nature of these materials themselves---they are usually bonded covalently, and thus their melting points are extremely high since melting point of a material is...
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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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...Kaycee Pepper Kristi Tripp English IV 27 November 2015 The Wheel of Times Nearly every society in the studies of different cultures throughout time has had some kind of ceramics/pottery that it created, particularly if the societies’ cultures were at all engaged in cultivation. Native Americans created their own designs of ceramics/pottery; a lot of the Native American ethnic groups made use of pottery (long) before European powers first entered the Americas (Blinman 9). Although some of the ethnic groups that were hunters did not make much use of the distinctive pottery, the tribes that were mainly farmers appeared to have more uses for the ceramics (Kellogg 2). Native American...
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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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...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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...Seminar On Dental Ceramics – Metal Ceramics Presented by : Submitted to: Yashendra. Dr Kamlesh Vasudeva Dr Siddharth Phull Dr Anuj Wangoo Dr Sakshi Malhotra Dr Amit Sharma Dr Shiv Kumar INDEX Sr. No. | Topic | Page no. | 1 | Introduction | | 2 | History | | 3 | Terminology | | 4 | Classifications of Dental Ceramics | | 5 | Properties of Ceramics | | | Metal Ceramic Prostheses | | 6 | Compositions of Porcelain – for Metal Ceramics | | 7 | Requirements for a metal – ceramic system | | 8 | Effect of design on metal ceramic restorations | | 9 | Tooth preparation for PFM restorations | | 10 | Fabrication of porcelain | | a | Porcelain Condensation | | b | Sintering of Porcelain | | c | Method of fabrication | | 11 | Metal-Ceramic Crowns Based on Burnished Foil Copings | | 12 | Failure and repair of metal ceramic restorations | | 13 | Benefits and Drawbacks of Metal-Ceramics | | a | Aesthetic Potential of Metal-Ceramic Crowns Versus All-Ceramic Crowns | | 14 | Conclusion | | 15 | References | | INTRODUCTION The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word keramos which literally means ‘burnt stuff’ but which has come to mean more specifically a material produced by burning or firing. The term ceramic refers to any product made from a non-metallic inorganic material usually processed by firing at a high temperature to achieve desirable properties. This material is opaque, relatively weak and porous...
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... Talamban, Cebu City, Philippines CERAMIC INSULATORS: AN IDEAL FOR ELECTRICAL SAFETY By: Kirby Emmanuel C. Oraiz Frank Joseph P. Ruiz Ramel Joseph A. Derecho University of San Carlos Talamban Campus Nasipit, Talamban, Cebu City, Cebu INTRODUCTION: Science and technology are in continuous development. This leads to ever more demanding and intelligent technology. The demands made on modern materials are increasing with the same dynamism. The features that are demanded include greater strengths for material-saving constructions, lighter components for energy saving, higher quality for more security and longer service life. After all, cost-effectiveness plays a crucial role. Ceramic materials have in the past made an important contribution to this process of innovation. Requirements for the successful application of ceramics include constructions that are appropriate to the materials and the manufacturing processes, as well as appropriate applications. The point is not that common materials can be displaced, but rather that customised products allow completely new solutions. In order to make intelligent and effective use of the properties of ceramics, it is not sufficient simply to take an existing structural component and to replace it in every detail with a ceramic part. A drawing of the component used so far, however, together with a great deal of supplementary information, can show the way to the mass-produced ceramic component. Thermal, electrical, mechanical...
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...Ceramic Pottery Ceramic pottery is one of the oldest and diverse forms of human art; and for good reason- its a very simple process. Ceramics are made from clay (or a mixture of clay and other materials) that is shaped into a desired form then heated. Almost all developed cultures have known this recipe for thousands of years and each has established a long history of ceramic arts. Through the millennia, these different cultures have taken the rather simple process and adapted it to their own taste while also assimilating foreign influences imported through intercontinental trade and migrations. The result is an art form that is universally popular, yet regionally unique. The oldest examples of ceramic pottery date back past 10,000 BC and come from southern China and Japan. These early pots were made through the “coiling” method, a technique that required the clay to be worked into a long string which was wound round onto itself to form walls that could then be molded smooth. This process was independently developed by cultures across the world but was eventually replaced by the potter’s wheel after its invention in Mesopotamia around 4,000 BC. Thanks to the potter’s wheel, from 900 to 500 B.C. ceramic pottery was widely implemented throughout Ancient Greece, most commonly in the form of decoratively painted vases. While Greek vases typically depicted a scene or story drawn on the exterior, their interior served a variety of purposes; from small jugs used to store and transport...
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...Setting Introduction Cookers can broadly be divided into two types, namely gas cookers and electric cookers. Electric cookers can also however also be sub-divided into three types, namely radiant coil cookers, solid disc cookers and ceramic top cookers. Gas cookers power is easy to adjust and response is instant, thus providing good temperature control. Consumption of gas varies depending on the size of the burners. This type of cooker is the least efficient of all the cookers. The main advantage of a gas cooker is that gas is relatively inexpensive. The main disadvantage is that these types of cookers are the least safe out of all the cookers. Radiant coil cookers are the most common of all the cookers. They are also the cheapest cookers to purchase initially. These types of cookers are heated by electrical resistance. These cookers are more efficient than solid disc cookers and ceramic top cookers. Solid disc cookers are similar to radiant coil cookers. They are just solid and fixed to the cooker. They do not need to be removed for cleaning. These elements have a greater thermal mass than radiant coil elements and are thus less efficient and have a slower response time. Ceramic top cookers have their elements below heat resistant ceramic glass. This improves appearance and improves cleaning. These types of cookers take longer to heat up than radiant coil and solid disc cookers. Their response is also slower than the above-mentioned cookers. The main function of the cooker...
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...Situation Analysis Elizabeth Hine’s “Elizabeth’s Country Wares (ECW)” deals in decorative country housewares and ceramic pottery business. Although ceramic pieces of equal/better functionality and lower price are easily available in the market, product differentiation has helped ECW’s products appeal to its customers. The firm’s products, mainly targeted at middle to upper-income households, have a country theme out of which, 3 “burst” themes are very successful: the “appleburst”, the “heartburst” and “the heart sideburst”. Also, the flexibility in designs and a wide array of choices has helped ECW to cater to the ever-changing consumer preferences. Currently, Country Pitchers (CP) is the primary seller of ECW featuring the hand painted design but also, the least profitable one. Due to the growing interest of some of the firm’s primary sellers in CP, the demand of CP for the next year is forecasted at 3000 pieces. The availability of Elizabeth limits the process that ECW currently uses in the CP production, thereby limiting the current CP production rate to 1996 pieces a year (Exhibit 1.1). Also, out of the two kilns being used (each having a capacity of 12 CPs); one is available for 225 days in CP production, and the other for 275 days in CP production. Digitally designed/ screen printed decals can be used to replace Elizabeth’s hand painted designs. By using Decals, the firm can, not only increase its capacity (Exhibit 1.1) but also earn more profits by making use of Elizabeth’s...
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