| Dresden Porcelain | |
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 Dresden Porcelain introduced its blue "SP Dresden" trademark in 1902. | |
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| Built | 1872 |
| Operated | 17 July 1872- 31 January 2020 |
| Industry | Porcelain |
| Employees | 2 (as of January 2020) |
| Defunct | January 2020 |
The Sächsische Porzellan-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH (Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden Ltd), generally known in English as Dresden Porcelain (though that may also mean the much older and better-known Meissen porcelain), was a German company for the production of decorative and luxury porcelain. Founded in 1872, it was located in Potschappel, a suburb of the town of Freital in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district about 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Dresden, the capital of Saxony.
The company has had a chequered history of ownership including its period as a nationalised VEB (People's Owned Enterprise) in former East Germany. Russian businessman Armenak S. Agababyan owned 50% from 2005 to 2008 when he became sole owner,[1] and the company had been exporting 80% of its products. The main markets were the Russian, Asian and Arab regions.[1] In January 2020, Agababyan announced that production would cease indefinitely, with two employees being retained to continue sales of stock from the showroom in the Carl-Thieme-Straße and the shop in Dresden until the end of 2020 when the company might be finally dissolved.[2]
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SDEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Tilman, Günther (31 January 2020). "Letzter Arbeitstag in der Porzelline (Last Day of Work in the Porcelain)". Sächsisches-de (in German). DDV Mediengruppe GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 19 September 2021.