The Kerala Ceramics Limited

The Kerala Ceramics Limited is a fully owned Government of Kerala ceramics products manufacturing company, situated at Kundara in Kollam city, India.[1] The company produce earthenware and spray dried coating grade as well as filler grade Kaolin for paint, paper manufacturing industries.[2][3]

The Kerala Ceramics Limited
Public Sector
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1963 (1963)
HeadquartersKundara,
Kollam
,
India
Key people
  • Managing Director:
    Satees Kumar P
  • Manager(Administration):
    Manoj J
ProductsSpray dried Kaolin
Earthenware
Websitewww.keralaceramics.com

History

The company was actually started operations in 1937 during the reign of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma as the King of Travancore. A mining and refining unit and a porcelain wares manufacturing unit were started. In 1963, the Government of Kerala lead by Chief Minister R. Sankar incorporated the facility as 'The Kerala Ceramics Limited' under Companies Act with its registered Office at Kundara, Kollam by amalgamating these two units.[4]

The units in Kerala Ceramics have a capacity to manufacture 18000 Metric Tonne of Kaolin. Kaolex and Kaofil are the two major types of Kaolin produced at Kundara plant. In 2017, the Kerala Government under the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan started revival of Kerala Ceramics Limited and has registered operational profit in the financial year 2018-19, after a long journey of operational loss.[5]

References
  1. "Administration Report - Department of Mining & Geology" (PDF). Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  2. "Kerala red carpet for China, Cuba". The Indian Express. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  3. "SIFL selected best performing industry". The New Indian Express. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. "Company". The Kerala Ceramics Limited. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. "17 PSUs in Kerala register operational profit as 13 clock net profit". The New Indian Express. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019.



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