Taean Friendship Glass Factory#Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory
{{Short description|North Korean glass manufacturer}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| hangul = 대안친선유리공장
| hanja = 大安親善瑠璃工場
| rr = Daean Chinseon Yuri Gongjang
| mr = Taean Ch'insŏn Yuri Kongjang
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The Taean Friendship Glass Factory, located in Taean-guyŏk, Namp'o, North Korea, is a factory producing plate glass and other glass products.{{cite web |url=http://www1.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk09000&num=15621 |title=北 "대안유리공장 명당 중 명당" |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=17 December 2016 |quote= |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220191427/http://www1.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?cataId=nk09000&num=15621 |url-status=dead }}
The factory, completed in 2005 with funding from the Chinese government, has a floor area of {{convert|158,000|m2|abbr=on}} on a total area of {{convert|293,000|m2|abbr=on}}, and has both a pier and a railway connection.{{cite web |url=http://nkinfo.unikorea.go.kr/nkp/search/search.do?eicode=S_336665&query=%EB%8C%80%EC%95%88%EC%B9%9C%EC%84%A0%EC%9C%A0%EB%A6%AC%EA%B3%B5%EC%9E%A5 |title=북한정보퍼털: 대안친선유리공장 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=17 December 2016 |quote=}} 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,Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), {{ISBN|978-4-10-303731-6}} enters the factory itself, and plate glass is loaded into railcars indoors. Electricity powering the plant is supplied by the P'yŏngyang Thermal Power Plant.
Four brother factories
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(네형제공장,Nehyongjegongjang)" and is reported to engage in "Socialist competitions" between the companies that are held every year in the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.lifein.news/news/articleView.html?idxno=12014|title=서해를 잇는 항구도시 남포를 바라보다 (종결)|website=lifein|date=2021-03-03}}
Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory
The Namp'o Glass Bottle Factory (남포유리병공장, Namp'o Yuribyŏng 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.{{cite web |url=http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=citrain64&logNo=100122621572 |title=북한 군수공장 시리즈 11: 님퍼특별시에 소재한 군수공장 및 시설. North Korean Military Factory Series 11: Military Factories and Facilities in Namp'o Special City (in Korean) |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=14 December 2016 |quote=}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.newfocus.co.kr/client/news/viw.asp?cate=C01&mcate=M1001&nNewsNumb=201202929 |title=남포공장, 유리병생산공정 준공 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=17 December 2016 |quote= |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220145512/http://www.newfocus.co.kr/client/news/viw.asp?cate=C01&mcate=M1001&nNewsNumb=201202929 |url-status=dead }} Raw materials (sand) are brought from Monggŭmp'o near Changyŏn (terminus of the Changyŏn railway line) and from Kŭmip'o, both in Ryongyŏn County.
The facility is served by the Korean State Railway via the Namp'ohang Branch of the P'yŏngnam Line.