PRODUCTION AGGLOMERATION FROM THE RED CERAMIC INDUSTRY IN CAMPOS DOS GOYTACAZES-RJ: ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND TERRITORIAL DYNAMICS

Abstract

Over the last decades the process of economic globalisation, propitiated by the advances in telematics and by the market openness and deregulation policies, has unleashed deep socio-economic changes and new ways of organisation of space. The competitiveness of the new industrial areas has been marked by smaller-scale production, more flexible relationships, collaborative networks, competitivity, co-action with public and private entities. The purpose of this text is to examine the process of socio-territorial formation of production agglomeration de red ceramics in Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ, its importance in the local economy and spatial dimension of different circuits – production, circulation, distribution and consumption – of this industry. The proceedings include bibliographic search, collection of secondary data in data platforms and the application of semi-structured interviews. Our findings show that the red ceramics industry is strengthened after the crisis in the sugar-alcohol sector and it becomes the core business of the manufacturing industry, although jobs are low-paid and under-qualified. Spatial production circuits are scaled differently with local labour and clay, the wood for burning is from Espírito Santo and the main destinations of production are the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro and the Lakes Region.