In the context of sporadic or clustered epidemics in many places across the country, the survival situation of the ceramic industry has also emerged. Some ceramic companies have actively helped fight the epidemic with practical actions, while some have even failed to implement epidemic prevention and control measures. If the implementation is not in place and it is forced to shut down on the spot, it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.
The epidemic continues to improve
Many ceramic production areas have been lifted
At present, the epidemic situation in many places has been effectively controlled. On April 15, Foshan Municipal Health Bureau announced that multiple rounds of regional nucleic acid screenings were negative for four consecutive days, and Foshan achieved a dynamic social cleanup.
According to news on April 19, some control areas in Nanzhuang Town, Foshan have been adjusted: Warehouses 5, 9, 11, and 12 of Xiangxing Ceramics Logistics Park in Rongzhou Village, Warehouse No. 1 in the North District of Hongfeng Factory, and North District of Hongfeng Factory Shop No. 1 is adjusted from a closed area to a prevention area; the management of warehouses 6 to 8 and 13 to 15 in the Xiangxing Ceramics Logistics Park closed area is lifted; Rongzhou Village Yimeijia Ceramics Co., Ltd. and Xiyitao Ceramics Co., Ltd. , Yonghua Plastic Hardware Factory, and Feinoke Building Materials Co., Ltd. (Feinuke Building Materials Co., Ltd.) (except Feinoke Building Materials Co., Ltd.) are adjusted from the control area to the prevention area. This means that many sealed ceramic logistics parks and ceramic companies in Nanzhuang will soon return to normal operations.
Following Gao'an in Jiangxi and Zibo and Linyi in Shandong, Quanzhou in Fujian and Zhaoqing in Guangdong have also gradually lifted their blockades, and many ceramic production areas have resumed normal production.
On April 13, the Quanzhou Municipal Transportation Bureau announced the cancellation of truck passes to ensure smooth freight logistics. Since then, Quanzhou has gradually lifted the management of the closed area and restored production and living order in an orderly manner. More than 80% of the industrial enterprises listed above have resumed production.
On April 12, Dongguan, Guangdong Province officially issued a notice that starting from 17:00 on April 12, the entire Dongguan City will be a low-risk area and normalized epidemic management will be restored.
Starting from April 12, Jiangxia Lighting and Building Materials City, Huangshi Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou has been adjusted from a low-risk area to a medium-risk area. Fortunately, Guangzhou's epidemic prevention and control has achieved initial results, and the spread of the virus has been basically blocked.
On April 10, Zhaoqing, Guangdong issued a notice, deciding that from 0:00 on April 11, 1 to 1 Yongshun Road in Yongli Industrial Park, Jinli Town, Gaoyao DistrictTwo areas, including the No. 35 contiguous area and Luoke Village in Jinli Town, were adjusted from medium-risk areas to low-risk areas. After the adjustment, the entire Zhaoqing City is a low-risk area. In addition, Zibo announced on April 10 that all closed areas, control areas, and prevention areas have been lifted, and all expressways in Linyi, Shandong Province have also resumed traffic.
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With the epidemic under effective control, more than 200 highway entrances across the country have resumed traffic. Freight logistics in most areas of the country are basically smooth. Many ceramic companies, logistics centers, home building materials cities, etc. have also gradually returned to normal business order.
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Many ceramic companies are actively fighting the front line of the epidemic
The epidemic situation in many ceramic tile production areas has improved, but there are still certain restrictions on logistics and transportation. In order to ease the pressure on production and sales, Carome Ceramics, a subsidiary of Xinruihong Enterprise Group, the leading enterprise in Central China's production area, issued a notice in the production area for the first time, saying that "due to the impact of the epidemic, (leading to) an increase in freight costs, the company has decided to start from April 14 to 20 Japan (pair) 800×800mm antique bricks (only high-quality products) have a subsidy of 0.3 yuan/piece.” By subsidizing shipping costs, Carome Ceramics and dealers work together to tide over the difficulties.
In addition, during the epidemic, a number of ceramic enterprises also emerged to pay close attention to the anti-epidemic situation in various places, provide various materials to the epidemic areas in need, and actively fight against the epidemic.
On April 19, Marco Polo Tile sent a large number of anti-epidemic materials such as masks, protective clothing, protective face shields, protective gloves and boot covers to Sanlin Town in Pudong New Area, Shanghai, which was severely affected by the epidemic. Previously in Dongguan, Marco Polo also actively responded to the call, purchasing medical masks and donating them to Gaobu Town, organizing volunteers to take to the streets to carry out civilized persuasion, preaching the importance of wearing masks, and distributing free masks to citizens.
On April 14, Nengqiang Ceramics donated tiles to the Fourth Squadron of Traffic Police Brigade of Chancheng Branch of Foshan Public Security Bureau, Hefeng Village Committee of Nanzhuang Town, Chancheng District, Foshan City, and Jili Village Committee of Nanzhuang Town, Chancheng District, Foshan City. Masks, alcohol, drinks, eight-treasure porridge, mineral water, biscuits, Wanglaoji, yogurt and other urgently needed anti-epidemic supplies at the frontline.
On April 11, Campari donated various anti-epidemic materials to Xiqiao Town to provide the best possible support for epidemic prevention and control.support.
On April 11, Xinmingzhu Group established an epidemic prevention and control volunteer service team to actively cooperate with the town government and community epidemic prevention work, and sent a number of volunteers to assist in epidemic prevention work at multiple nucleic acid testing sites in Nanzhuang.
From April 8th to 13th, Shuncheng Ceramics Group actively responded to the government’s call, quickly organized a volunteer service team, went to the community to support the nucleic acid testing work of all employees, and donated a batch of epidemic prevention condolences to Zidong Village, Nanzhuang Town.
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Ceramic companies such as Mona Lisa, Tianan New Materials, Xinzhongyuan, Qianghui, Gold Medal, Haosheng, Xinhenglong, Jinduo, Jinruibao Ceramics are actively rushing to the front line of anti-epidemic, not only providing volunteer service support, but also Communities in need donated anti-epidemic materials, fully committed to the national anti-epidemic war, and unleashed the power of enterprises.
The ceramic company was shut down on the spot
Due to violation of epidemic prevention and control regulations
During the critical period of epidemic prevention and control, many ceramic companies were able to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures and resume work and production in an orderly manner. They were also able to assume corporate social responsibilities and actively fight the epidemic. However, there are still some ceramic companies that have been shut down on the spot for violating epidemic prevention and control regulations.
Recently, in order to strictly implement the joint prevention and control strategy of "preventing external imports and preventing internal rebound", when organizing industrial enterprises to implement epidemic prevention and control measures, Quanzhou Dehua County found that some enterprises violated Quanzhou City's prevention and control measures for the new coronavirus. The Infectious Pneumonia Epidemic Emergency Headquarters Announcement No. 21 of 2022 includes two ceramic companies.
Xhua Ceramics Co., Ltd. did not implement employee health management, and did not strictly implement temperature measurement and code scanning when entering the factory. There were phenomena such as the factory area was not disinfected, workers gathered at work, and masks were not provided. It was required to temporarily shut down on the spot for rectification.
A ceramics company in the third phase of Chengdong allowed people from areas with medium and high risks and reported cases to work, but failed to strictly implement epidemic prevention and production safety measures for resumption of work and production, which constituted a refusal to implement the government's laws and regulations issued in accordance with the law during the state of emergency. illegal acts of decisions and orders. At present, the company has been required to temporarily suspend production for rectification, is included in the list of targets for joint punishment and strict control, and has been cancelled. The policy of benefiting enterprises has been cancelled.
Song Zhizhong, director of the Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that when companies resume work and production, they must implement epidemic prevention and control measures to prevent the epidemic from rebounding. It is important to resume work and production, but enterprises should establish a scientific epidemic prevention system to meet the epidemic prevention standards for resumption of work.
