22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company: Continuously building brand and reputation
(Baonghean) - After 62 years of construction and development, the company has always strived to build a prestigious and quality brand with customers; is a pioneer in investing in machinery and equipment for production, actively contributing to reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company is the first unit in the construction materials manufacturing industry of Nghe An province. After 62 years of construction and development, the company has always strived to build a prestigious and quality brand with customers; is a pioneer in investing in machinery and equipment for production, actively contributing to reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company, formerly known as Construction Site 55, under Construction Team 22, Military Region IV, was born in the midst of war. The first workers of the construction site were soldiers from all over the country, sons who fought and died in the two resistance wars against France and America from the South to the North to build the rear.
On the first day of establishment, with nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers, mainly wounded and sick soldiers... both working and fighting, the factory's products each year reached 3.5 million handmade bricks, mainly serving national defense projects.
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| 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company has a modern production line, with a tunnel kiln with a capacity of 18 - 20 million bricks/year. Photo: Ngoc Anh |
In 1961, Construction Site 55 under Construction Team 22 of Military Region IV was converted into a state-owned economic unit - renamed Brick and Tile Enterprise 22-12. In 1962, the enterprise moved from Cau Duoc to Hung Chinh commune (Hung Nguyen).
By 1968, the American invaders were attacking the North more and more fiercely. Following the call of the Party and Uncle Ho, many former cadres and soldiers, along with hundreds of young people of the enterprise, went to the South to fight. At this time, the enterprise had to move to Nghia Trung commune (Nghia Dan) and a part of it moved to Hung Thai and Hung My communes (Hung Nguyen). At the end of 1969, the enterprise restored its old location in Hung Chinh commune (Hung Nguyen).
While producing and fighting, the officers and soldiers of Construction Site 55 - Brick and Tile Factory 22-12 constantly promoted the nature of Uncle Ho's soldiers, the strong hands of soldiers used to holding guns, regardless of the sun or rain, to produce quality bricks and tiles; produced 2.5-3.5 million bricks and tiles in 1960 and increased to 7 million in 1964, to serve the construction of barracks and defense - security works of Military Region IV.
The most memorable event for the Enterprise was the end of 1973 when it was honored to welcome Deputy Prime Minister Do Muoi to visit. The Deputy Prime Minister praised the enterprise for achieving 3 bests: Least capital, most products; Using equipment with the highest productivity; Best product quality...
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| 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company is creating jobs for more than 100 workers with stable salaries of 5.5 - 6.5 million VND/person/month. Photo: Ngoc Anh |
During this period, the Enterprise had to face the challenges of the historic flood in 1978 and the level 12 storm in 1982; at the same time, the difficulties of the early period of the country's renovation in 1986. However, with intelligence and capacity, the Enterprise's leaders and employees have led the "boat" of the enterprise through the rapids of the market mechanism, technological innovation to develop and move forward.
Factory 22-12 is the first unit in the country to boldly apply the tunnel kiln firing technology of Bulgaria - a superior firing technology since the early 1990s, saving 40 - 45% of labor, 30 - 40% of fuel and 20% of raw materials. In addition, it also reduces environmental pollution and lowers product costs. The successful application of the tunnel kiln has opened a widespread movement in over 60 provinces and cities nationwide. This proves the right pioneering step of the enterprise.
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| Currently, 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company has many retired employees, but they are still healthy and want to continue working to increase their income. Photo: Ngoc Anh |
2003 marked an important milestone in the development history of the 22-12 Brick and Tile Enterprise when it transformed from a state-owned enterprise to a joint stock company. This was an appropriate step to promote the enterprise's initiative. The Company invested tens of billions of VND to build 10,000 m2 of greenhouses to dry raw bricks, innovated investment, replaced raw brick production equipment and labor tools in the direction of modern semi-automatic and automatic production; repaired the tunnel kiln to meet the production requirements of 17 - 20 million bricks/year.
Up to now, 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company has a modern brick and tile production line with a tunnel kiln with a capacity of 18 - 20 million bricks/year. Every year, staff and workers also have many initiatives to propose rationalization and improvement in production and management such as: making brick supports to handle continuous kilns with kiln hang-up problems; improving the gravel kneading shaft, switching from drilling holes to square shafts to limit shaft breakage; improving the increase and decrease of the new cutting table for convenient operation for workers; manufacturing and putting into operation a line to mix coal into bricks to bring high efficiency; mixing coal into bricks 100% to stabilize product quality, improve the environment for workers...
Thanks to promoting research, promoting initiatives, and technical improvements, the company's business and production activities are always guaranteed, with revenue higher each year than the previous years; if revenue in 2010 reached 16 billion VND, it increased to 26 billion VND in 2018; employee income in 2018 doubled compared to 2011. The company regularly pays attention to social insurance, health insurance, material and spiritual life, social security movements, fire prevention and fighting, and occupational safety and health; tax obligations to the State have all been completed 100% of the plan.
Promoting technical innovation initiatives has become a vibrant emulation movement in the company, from leaders, cadres to workers; initiatives in every process, everywhere. Thanks to that, the company has gathered many useful initiatives and solutions to apply in production to help improve product quality; at the same time, liberating labor for workers, creating a safe and clean working environment... Along with the development speed of society and the demand for environmentally friendly "green materials", the company's direction will be to research and change the production technology of unburnt bricks, other types of construction materials by internal resources or joint ventures with partners to diversify and improve product quality.
These days, witnessing the bustling working atmosphere of the workers of the 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company, we can see more clearly the "resilience" of the company after more than 60 years of construction and development. This place is creating jobs for more than 100 workers with a stable salary of 5.5 - 6.5 million VND/person/month.
The 62-year milestone is an opportunity for 22-12 Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company to look back on each difficult but also glorious journey; at the same time, in the spirit of openness, frankly acknowledging the difficulties and shortcomings, thereby making more efforts for sustainable development. It can be seen that, whether in the past or present, the Company has always maintained a positive, proactive, and creative mindset in all work, worthy of being the leading flag in the construction materials manufacturing industry of Nghe An province.
In recognition of the great contributions of the staff and workers of 22-12 Nghe An Brick and Tile Joint Stock Company over the years, the Party, the State, and all levels of the industry have awarded many noble titles such as:Second-class Labor Medal, Third-class Labor Medal; 6 Gold and Silver Medals for product quality; Golden Cup of High-quality Vietnamese Goods Fair; in 2000, honored as a golden enterprise and entrepreneur. The Prime Minister awarded 2 Certificates of Merit to the collective and individuals; the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit, Emulation Flags and many other awards; the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor awarded 5 Creative Labor Certificates...
