The Pyongyang Building-materials Factory, inaugurated in September 2002, turns out different kinds of building materials to meet the needs for capital city construction.
For the project of Rimhung Street inaugurated in April, it produced a variety of building materials ranging from exterior wall tiles to plastic window frame, artificial marble for floors and stairs and sanitary ware for bathrooms and toilets.
Covering an area of about 1 000 studs and equipped with modern production lines, it produces artificial marble of different sizes and forms, coating materials, water proof sheet, sanitary ware, plastic window frame, tiles and non-woven fabric.
In the past, it provided building materials needed for important construction projects, such as Changjon Street, apartment houses for lecturers at Kim Il Sung University, Mirae Scientists Street and Munsu Water Park. In recent years it has taken on the 50 000-house construction project in Pyongyang.
At its initial days, it operated kiln and drying furnace using imported diesel oil.
Scientists and technicians helped the factory establish a technical process based on coal gasification, making it possible to promote production relying on domestic fuel.
The factory has modernized most of its equipment on a high level.
Its tiles for exterior wall, floor and interior wall are highly appreciated by customers for their high intensity and diverse colours and patterns.
Sanitary wares of different sizes, shapes and purposes are rolling off the production line.
“We are transforming the production mode from mass production of small kinds to small production of many kinds,” says Yung Myong Sak, chief of the production department. “We are working to satisfy the growing demand of the people.”
While carrying on reinforcement and readjustment of production lines in keeping with the trend of the building materials industry, the factory is pushing modernization projects to update moulds, develop new materials and functional products and establish a production line that makes use of waste heat.
Written by Seol Myung-Dae, Chongro Ministry of Industry
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