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With Sacmi-Sama a new future for Jingdezhen, centre of an ancient porcelain manufacturing district The aim of Jingdezhen Yishan Ceramics Co., Ltd is to re-invigorate for the future the ancient tradition of porcelain manufacture through the use of the best technology currently available on the international market. For this reason, the company purchased from Sacmi-Sama a complete supply for its new tableware factory in the city of Jingdezhen.
With a production capacity of 10 million pieces per year, the factory is part of the Ceramic Smart Workshop, a production complex which, with a surface area of 280,000 m², houses various local artisan businesses dedicated to artistic ceramics, thus combining past and present, tradition and modernity. Known as the world capital of porcelain since even earlier than the year 1000 under the Tang Dynasty, the city has, for centuries, been the heart of the porcelain industry in China, with manufactured products exported all over the world and, in particular, to Europe, where the Changnan porcelain (today Jingdezhen) was particularly sought after for its fine quality and workmanship.
of the Government. The first step was the creation of a museum of local history of porcelain production. Secondly, a brand new tableware factory was built; Jingdezhen Ceramic Industrial Park – a modern and sustainable factory equipped with the most advanced standards of technology in the industry.
The rest of the story is more recent: the entire production area of the city, which had fallen into disuse, has now been regenerated and brought back to life following a specific target
In particular, five PHO451 Green presses have been supplied and are dedicated to the production of round and non-round articles, equipped with a total of seven finishing machines,
For the new factory, Sacmi-Sama supplied Jingdezhen with a total of six presses belonging to Sama’s new Green Series, the most competitive on the market as regards energy consumption reduction (up to more than 30% compared to a traditional press) and equipped with latest generation tools which reduce waste and burr in production to a percentage always below 5%.
