Dvarčionių keramika
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Dvarčionių keramika is a ceramics tile producer in Lithuania
and the largest ceramics producer in the Baltic states
. It is traded on the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius exchange.
The company traces its history from a brickyard founded in 1888 in Dvarčionys. It was reconstructed in 1974 to a modern ceramics title producer. Opoczno
, the largest ceramics manufacturer in Poland
, bought 60.25% of the company in March 2005 for 11.5 million litas and additional 19% in January 2008 for 7.12 million litas. However, Lithuanian UAB Misota took the controlling stake in July 2009. In 2010, the company reported losses, and declining revenue.
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
and the largest ceramics producer in the Baltic states
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
. It is traded on the NASDAQ OMX Vilnius exchange.
The company traces its history from a brickyard founded in 1888 in Dvarčionys. It was reconstructed in 1974 to a modern ceramics title producer. Opoczno
Opoczno
Opoczno is a town in south-central Poland, within the eastern part of Łódź Voivodeship , previously in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship . Important communication routes run through the town, namely the central railway line, which connects Silesia with Warsaw, and road 12, which creates a...
, the largest ceramics manufacturer in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, bought 60.25% of the company in March 2005 for 11.5 million litas and additional 19% in January 2008 for 7.12 million litas. However, Lithuanian UAB Misota took the controlling stake in July 2009. In 2010, the company reported losses, and declining revenue.