Upsala ekeby keramik björn
Hitta produkter liknande "Björn i keramik, Anna-Lisa Thomsson, Upsala-Ekeby " hos Tradera! From to , Upsala-Ekeby produced tiled cocklestoves in Ekeby. In , Upsala-Ekeby hired designers for their production of household and art ceramics. In , Upsala-Ekeby began a major expansion with the acquisition of the Swedish ceramic company Rörstrand. The Upsala-Ekeby group of companies was acquired by investment company Proventus in Proventus sold off all of the companies formerly in the Upsala-Ekeby group between Upsala-Ekeby Ltd.
The raw material for production was within the property, and the clay had been found very suitable for ceramic manufacturing. Among the founders of the company were the famous Uppsala families of von Bahr, Ekstrand and Holm, who for decades was to characterize the company's development into a successful industrial company. After , the company began a fierce competition to make itself a major competitor on the stove tile market.
Upsala-Ekeby bought the competing factory in In the s, the company began hiring artists. Stove production declined due to modernization of heat supply by central heating. The last cocklestove was manufactured in Instead, the tiles become Upsala-Ekebys major new product. Brick production was discontinued in the s. The manufacture of household and art ceramics over time became successful and Upsala-Ekeby had several skilled designers and potters.
All goods produced at Upsala-Ekeby were earthenware clay found near the factory. Upsala-Ekeby marked their wares with "UE", or with only the word "Ekeby". A competitor in Uppsala with similar production as Upsala-Ekeby brickyards, tile and ceramic factory was St. Erik Lervarufabriker. In Upsala-Ekeby bought St. Erik's ceramics factory.
Some ornaments from the factory's production continued to be manufacturing, but with the UE-stamp. When plastic during the postwar period began to form competing materials in some areas for the ceramic industry Upsala-Ekeby in acquired chemical company AB Synthesis. Synthesis later concentrated on raw material manufacturers for the marine industry. Several major acquisitions were made in when the porcelain manufacturer Rörstrand became a part of the Upsala-Ekeby group.
Other parts of Upsala-Ekeby was sold at the same time, including the building materials divisions in to Beijer Building. The extensive farming that was also part of the group including grain farming and calf rearing at lease farms Kvarnbo, Österby, Flogsta and Steningehöjden were liquidated or sold. Upsala-Ekebys ceramic manufacturing in Uppsala began in the s in response to growing sales.
The manufacture of pottery and flower pots at Ekeby ceased in the early s when the newly built facility Steningehöjden Ceramics AB at Fyrislund area was put into operation, although this plant was discontinued after some time. In , Upsala-Ekeby sold both industrial and residential premises at Ekeby with the right for Upsala-Ekeby to lease the premises over ten years.
A gradual abandonment began, and on October 25, the tile mill at Ekeby was shut down. The old factory building is now a business park that houses a number of small businesses and two high schools. Upscale-Ekeby closed most of their ceramic factories except for Rörstrand.
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