PORCELANAS DA COSTA VERDE SA

Costa Verde is a company certified in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard. The company is currently one of the most - if not the most - modern European companies in its business sector, with excellent indexes of productivity; it is also one of the most competitive companies in the market. This has only been possible because the company privileges its future to the detriment of income from short-term capital, which has allowed it to invest in all areas of production, from the most modern equipment to the most efficient and effective processes. In 2007/2008, the company underwent a phase of changes inherent to the evolution of its organizational system, by implementing the Kaizen system (Continuous Improvement) as a means to improve the productivity and the lead time of the product, through a profound restructuring/optimization in the work stations as a means to respond to an increasingly more competitive market. The company is characterized by its equipment of German origin, which possesses the most advanced technology, as well as a user of raw materials which insures the quality patterns demanded by Costa Verde. Costa Verde manufactures its products using these raw materials processed with the most modern technologies. The company's products are characterized by a high-quality index. Costa Verde is a supporter of the inside-out approach, and manufactures and markets its products always with its customers in mind, seeking continuously every day to meet the ever changing needs of the market, thus adopting an innovative market intervention philosophy and aimed at the clients and markets, together with a good position in terms of an experience curve.