The Old Enamel Factory: The factory of Enamel and Metallurgy operated from 1927 to 1957. It can be found at the entrance of Korissia village. This factory played a major role in economic and social terms, since it once used to employ 250 workers and 50 technicians. Taken into account that Kea had a small agricultural economy by those times, the importance of this factory becomes more evident. Besides, it used to be the only factory of enameled household utensils on Greece.
Its shutdown was followed by an immigration wave to Athens and abroad. The art of enameling had already given a specialization to the people of Kea, who opened enameling businesses in their new cities. Therefore, we can affirm that the Enamel and Metallurgy factory gave as a result the posterior creation of many small enterprises in Athens, which were run by people from Kea.
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