May 08, Colombo: Sri Lanka's ceramic manufacturer, Dankotuwa Porcelain which already supplies its products to many European markets finally succeeded in entering the German market as well.

“We have been trying the German market for sometime because it is the most sophisticated for porcelain with a history of 250 years of using porcelain, and are delighted that we finally succeeded,” said Sunil Wijesinghe, Chairman of Dankotuwa Porcelain.

Poorna Pemasena, Manager (International Market) says that Germany has the greatest potential with a population of 85 million. He adds that supplying to the German market is not easy because every German knows how to identify good porcelain and can differentiate between genuinely good quality and what appears to be good quality at a first glance.

Bernd Hofmann whose company is the agent for Dankotuwa in many European countries and who has helped Dankotuwa over the last twenty years to reach higher standards of quality said “Germany had about 64 factories producing porcelain but they are almost all closed down and production shifted to the East and Asia. However the German people understand porcelain and would never compromise on good quality. It is for this reason that Dankotuwa was able to interest German suppliers because of the very high quality”.