HISTORY and PRESENT

       Beginnings of ceramic production on an industrial scale in Turda are dated in 1935 when “ CORAL Turda – Porcelain National Manufactury “ , Romanian Ltd. Co. was established. The main products consist in household ceramic commodities , electrotechnical ceramics, refractory materials and porcelain lab items.
       Successive stages of development which the company has passed lead- after 1945 - to expansion of the importance in manufacturing profile of the electrotechnical ceramic products. Company had to change its name into “ ELECTROCERAMICA “ in 1949. Modernization which was made during 1950 – 1958 determined the development of electrical insulators production by construction of new halls and buying of modern equipments.       
  Larger and larger demand of electrotechnical ceramic products on the Romanian market caused a major stage of development of the company in 1966 – 1967. New production sites were built and modern equipments were put into service for producing insulators as well as for carrying out the complete tests on the ceramic bodies and on the finished products .
 
       S.C. ELECTROCERAMICA S.A.Turda is the main producer of electrotechnical ceramics in Romania. Production includes all the range of insulators used in electrotechnical industry, in production, transport and distribution of electrical power too.
Porcelain insulators are the most part in manufacturing volume but, speaking of other products made of special ceramics i.e., ceramic bodies for pressing, low and medium voltage electrical apparatus, heating elements, these also have their importance by creating opportunity to meet the clients’ needs to a great extent. Otherwise, it is one of our main concerns. We wish for making goods at a high technical standard and firstly are concerned with diversifying and renewal of the offered range of products. Conformity of the Quality Management System is certified by ISO 9001:2000.
       Products intended to be used for construction, modernization, maintaining and fixing of the railway substructure and rolling stock at the rail transport are certified by AFER - qualified national authority.
       It is a private integral capital company. The major holder is Barberi Rubinetterie Industriali s.r.l. in Valduggia-Italia which holds about 70% of shares. The remaining stocks belong to SIF Oltenia (about 13%) and other shareholders (about 17%).
 
      S.C. ELECTROCERAMICA S.A. is placed in Turda, on the European road which connects Viena to Bucharest, at a distance of 190 km. from Bors - the entrance place to Romania. The nearest airport is in Cluj at 30 km. from Turda and the nearest railstation can be found in Campia Turzii, at 10 km.distance. The town is situated on the Aries Valley, an area with special tourist's points as The Turda's Gorges, the Salt Lakes in the surroundings of Turda, Turda Saline the karst phenomena in the Apuseni Mountains.
      The plant is located on an area of about 9,500 sq.m., from which the buildings represent about 5,500 sq.m. The main production hall has got a surface of 3,600 sq.m. The workshops for low medium and high voltage insulator production are situated in this hall as well as those workshops for preparing of the ceramic body and dry sprayed ceramic powder. There are about 360 employed persons and the production capacity of electrical insulators is 5,000 tons/year. Experience for years in manufacturing of the electrical insulators made Company gain the prestige of traditional supplyer of electrotechnical and power industry in Romania. Company is well-known on the international market too a its products being used in the units for producing of electrical power and the transport and distribution networks in Europa, Asia, Africa and America. Among the principles of politics and strategy Company is concerned with developement of business relation starting from the respect for client and understanding necessity to sell products which comply with customer's needs as much as possible. Interest in enhancing the quality of products is one of the reasons for which a great importance is granted to research labour. Further more, market demand and desire of complying with clients' requirements are taken into account for establishing of research priorities.