Documentação técnica Technical documentation
Dear Sirs, Welcome to the United Nations Global Compact. We are pleased to inform you that Porcelanas da Costa Verde SA has been added to our register of participants: http://unglobalcompact.org/participant/37931 Thank you for joining our corporate responsibility initiative - the world's largest with over 8,000 business and non-business participants in 135 countries. Expectations of Participation As a participant, Porcelanas da Costa Verde SA commits to: 路
Set in motion changes to business operations so that the UN Global Compact and our Ten Principles become part of strategy, culture and day-to-day operations, including in subsidiaries and the supply chain;
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Advocate the UN Global Compact and the Ten Principles via available communications channels; and
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Communicate annually with your stakeholders on efforts to implement the UN Global Compact principles, and post this Communication on Progress (COP) on the UN Global Compact website. Failure to post a COP annually will result in loss of an "active" status in the UN Global Compact, and eventual removal from the initiative.
DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE
DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE
Porcelanas de Costa Verde, S.A. hereby confirms that all its ceramic tableware articles meet the relevant requirements of The Ceramic Articles in Contact with food, Regulation (EC) no 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 2005/31/CEE.
Manufacturer Details: Porcelanas de Costa Verde, S.A. Z.I. Vagos - Apartado 27 3844-909 Vagos Portugal
Date of Declaration: [2014-04-04]
FRC 0 .51/0 Edição: 0 ( 04/2007) DECLARATION OF COMPLIANCE5
Physical Characteristics of PCV porcelain
1 BodyComposition The product is produced according to the definition of "hard porcelain" of the standard BS 5416:1990. "Hard Porcelain" - Porcelain consists of a paste based on kaolin, feldspar and sand. After cooking at a first lower temperature, the parts are covered with a film of glass to be subsequently baked simultaneously at a higher temperature. The ceramic bodies’ tableware articles are composite for: x x x x 2
Kaolin Ball Clay Feldspar Quartz.
Firing Characteristics
Biscuit Sintering
Temperature 1000ºC ± 20 1365ºC ± 20
3 BodyCharacteristics’
Parameter % Absorption of water Thermal Shock Endurance Lead and Cadmium Concentration
Specification
Standard/Methods
<0.2%
BS 5416:1990
220ºC
BS EN 1183:1997
Dir 2005/31/CE
Dir 2005/31/CE
06/2012
06.14