The Taean Friendship Glass Factory, located in Taean-guyà Âk, Namp'o, North Korea, is a factory producing plate glass and other glass products.
The factory, completed in 2005 with funding from the Chinese government, has a floor area of on a total area of , and has both a pier and a railway connection. Most raw materials, such as sand, feldspar, sodium carbonate and dolomite, arrive by ship via the factory's pier from nearby sources. The rail spur from the Taean freight station located on the Korean State Railway's Taean Line, enters the factory itself, and plate glass is loaded into railcars indoors. Electricity powering the plant is supplied by the P'yà Ângyang Thermal Power Plant.
According to North Korean media, along with Taean Heavy Machine Complex, Chollima Steel Complex and Kumsong Tractor Factory, the factory is a member of the "four brother factories(ë¤ÃÂÂì Âê³µìÂÂ¥,Nehyongjegongjang)" and is reported to engage in "Socialist competitions" between the companies that are held every year in the country.
The Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory (ë¨Ã“ 리ë³Âê³µìÂÂ¥, Namp'o Yuribyà Âng Kongjang), a subsidiary of the Taean Friendship Glass Factory, is a factory producing bottles and glassware in Namp'o, North Korea. The factory was originally located immediately adjacent to Sinnamp'o railway station, but this had been abandoned by 1971. In 2002 the decision was made to reopen the factory, and in 2010 the new plant was opened, located on a site near the Namp'o Shipyard. According to a KCNA report, the production process was modernised in 2012. Raw materials (sand) are brought from Monggà Âmp'o near Changyà Ân (terminus of the Changyà Ân railway line) and from Kà Âmip'o, both in Ryongyà Ân County.
The facility is served by the Korean State Railway via the Namp'ohang Branch of the P'yà Ângnam Line.