Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd

What Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd does

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd is a Sri Lankan, family-owned ceramics manufacturer established in 1968 that operates as a design studio and factory serving international ceramic designers, manufacturers, brands, and artists. The company runs a single facility in Pannipitiya, Sri Lanka (Shanthi Mawatha) and positions itself as a contract manufacturing partner rather than a consumer brand. Its capabilities span the full production stack: an in-house crushing plant, slip house, mould-making department, glaze laboratory (producing fritted and raw glazes, engobes, and color stains), design studio, and packaging plant. The company is one of few producers in South East Asia that simultaneously works with Earthenware, Stoneware, Terracotta, Porcelain, and color stained ceramic bodies, and most products are hand-decorated.

The product portfolio covers ten handmade categories — Bath Accessories, Heritage, Home Decor, HORECA, Kitchenware, Ornaments, Religious, Spa & Salon, Speciality, and Tableware — with specific items ranging from Black Porcelain Teasets and Burnt Terracotta Tableware Sets to Handpainted Stoneware Banana Leaf Sets and Marble-Engobe Terracotta Platters. The business model is custom B2B manufacturing: Midaya takes clients from concept sketches through sculpts, sample moulds, production, and packaging (gift or transit), and ships finished ceramics globally to designers and brands. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and contracts appear multi-year. The company is 100% family-owned with no external investors, no funding rounds, no disclosed M&A activity, and no public financials. It markets primarily through its website (midaya.lk) and a social media presence across Facebook, X, YouTube, and Instagram.

Name

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd

Legal name

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt. Ltd.

Website

https://midaya.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd is a family-owned Sri Lankan manufacturer, established in 1968, that produces handmade ceramics across multiple bodies (Earthenware, Stoneware, Terracotta, Porcelain) and serves international designers, brands, and manufacturers as a contract design-to-shelf production partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pannipitiya

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Ceramic Manufacturing: Midaya acts as a manufacturing partner for designers and manufacturers, offering design, sampling, manufacturing, packaging (Gift or Transit) and shipping services for ceramic products globally.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd is a Sri Lanka-based design studio and factory that manufactures handmade ceramic products across multiple ceramic bodies (Earthenware, Stoneware, Terracotta, Porcelain, and color stained bodies) for international clients. The company provides end-to-end services from concept design and sampling through manufacturing, packaging (gift or transit), and worldwide shipping, serving ceramic designers, brands, manufacturers, innovators, and artists.

Product overview

Midaya Ceramic Company Pvt Ltd is a handmade ceramics manufacturer based in Sri Lanka, established in 1968. The company operates as a design studio and factory that produces a diverse portfolio of ceramic products across ten main categories: Bath Accessories, Heritage, Home Decor, HORECA (Hotels/Restaurants/Cafes), Kitchenware, Ornaments, Religious items, Spa & Salon, Speciality, and Tableware. Their product offerings include specific tableware items such as terracotta sets, black porcelain teasets, stoneware cake trays, marble-effect engobe platters, handpainted banana leaf sets, and multicolour slip cast teapots and jugs. Midaya works with multiple ceramic bodies including Earthenware, Stoneware, Terracotta, Porcelain, and color stained bodies. The company serves international clients and provides concept-to-delivery services including design, sampling, manufacturing, packaging, and shipping.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bath Accessories

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Steelite International: UK-based B2B tableware and ceramics manufacturer specializing in the HORECA (hotel/restaurant/café) segment globally. Directly comparable to Midaya in serving international brands with custom ceramic tableware and hospitality ware through a contract manufacturing model.
• Churchill China: UK-listed ceramic tableware manufacturer serving hospitality, foodservice, and retail markets worldwide. Directly comparable as a B2B ceramics producer with multi-body capabilities (vitreous china, porcelain, stoneware) and global distribution.
• Denby: UK heritage pottery manufacturer producing handmade stoneware tableware and kitchenware. Directly comparable as a long-established (1809), family-influenced producer of premium handmade ceramics serving global retail and HORECA channels.
• Portmeirion Group: UK-based branded tableware and home décor ceramics group (Portmeirion, Spode, Royal Worcester). Directly comparable as a designer-to-retail ceramics business serving international retailers with hand-decorated, premium product lines.
• Pillivuyt: French porcelain manufacturer producing high-end tableware and bakeware for retail and hospitality markets. Comparable to Midaya in the porcelain body segment and in serving designer-led B2B customers with custom-decorated, premium ceramics.

Broad incumbents

• Villeroy & Boch: German premium ceramics and tableware manufacturer with broad lifestyle and bathroom/ceramics portfolio. Comparable as a large incumbent serving international retail and HORECA customers with premium hand-finished ceramic products.
• Noritake: Japanese global ceramics and tableware conglomerate with broad product portfolio across bone china, porcelain, and industrial ceramics. Comparable as a much larger incumbent in the same end-markets (tableware, HORECA, home décor) with global brand distribution.
• Wedgwood: Iconic UK heritage fine bone china and tableware brand (Fiskars Group). Comparable to Midaya in heritage positioning, designer-led B2B model, and premium hand-decorated tableware serving global retail and gifting channels.
• Lenox Corporation: US-based tableware and giftware ceramics brand with broad product portfolio. Comparable in serving US retail and gifting channels with premium ceramic tableware, ornaments, and home décor — an overlapping end-market with Midaya.
• Royal Doulton (Fiskars): UK heritage fine bone china and tableware brand owned by Fiskars. Comparable as an established premium ceramic tableware brand with international distribution and a designer-to-retail B2B2C model similar to Midaya's positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/midaya-ceramic-company-pvt-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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