The Center for Traditional and Creative Technology, Open to the Local Community For the advancement of the regional ceramics industry, the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory aims to become the center for traditional and creative support for the local community by providing support in the following areas: research and development, technical support, commercial support, and human resource development.
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Since the 400th anniversary of the Arita ware industry in 2016, the ceramics industry in Saga Prefecture has been striving to grow and promote itself by working to restructure the Arita ware brand, creating new domestic and international markets, and more. Now, it is of the utmost importance that we work to develop these programs further and offer support so the industry will continue to grow.
As part of this, the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory will work hard toward the growth and furtherance of Saga Prefecture's ceramics industry. We will continue our endeavors to provide technical support, support for commercialization, and support for creating new markets to local businesses. We will also put effort into human talent development programs that nurture the heirs to the industry - those who will carry on the ceramics industry and inherit the historic, traditional techniques while also acquiring specialized production techniques for industry.
Since its founding, the Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory has walked alongside Saga's ceramic industrialists and our primary function has been to offer comprehensive technical support to the ceramics industry in Saga Prefecture, including research and development, technical advising and guidance, commissioned tests, the offering of our equipment and machinery for use, and more. We will continue to devote ourselves to our work so that we can contribute still further to the ceramics industry in the prefecture as the "traditional and creative technological basepoint in our region.”
I ask for your continued support and encouragement.
Akihiko Kawahara
Director
Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory
General Affairs Division
Research and Planning Division
Engineering Development Division
Project Design Division
Human Resource Development in Ceramics Division
| Period | History |
|---|---|
| 1916.5 | Saga Prefectural Branch Oce for Engineers (Arita Technical School) was instituted.(The predecessor of the Saga Prefectural Ceramics Experiment Station) |
| 1928.10 | Established as Saga Prefectural Ceramics Experiment Station.The first Saga Ceramics Experiment Station was instituted in Nakadaru, Arita. |
| 1930.2 | The second Ceramics Experiment Station was instituted in Babashita, Shiota.(The name was later changed to Saga Prefectural Ceramics Headquarters) |
| 1955.12 | Unified all local branches and integrated them into the Saga Prefectural Ceramics Headquarters. |
| 1968.4 | Relocation of the Saga Prefectural Ceramics Experiment Station to a newly constructed building in Tanohira, Arita. |
| 1984.4 | Established Advanced Ceramics Laboratory. |
| 1988.4 | The Guidance Department and Testing Department was reorganized into Traditional Ceramics Division and Advanced Ceramics Division. |
| 1992.4 | The name was changed to Saga Ceramics Research Laboratory. |
| 1994.4 | Relocation to a new building in the current location. |
| 2009.4 | Establishment of Planning and Management Division. |
| 2016.4 | Establishment of Human Resource Development in Ceramics Division. |
| 2017.4 | Establishment of Engineering Development Division, Project Design Division, Research and Planning Division and General Affairs Division |