A manufactory of Kim Il Sung University developed 10-odd kinds of functional paints, including multi-color paint and plastic floor paint, with raw materials abundant in the country.

The Building Materials Institute under the Paektusan Institute of Architecture developed new colored sand for decoration of walls and its plastering method.

The Chollima Tile Factory turned out an anti-freezing tile for exterior wall, which does not change even in the temperature of 30 degrees below zero. Such kind of tile is now being used at construction sites in northern part of the country like Samjiyon County.

The Taedonggang Building-materials Factory developed acrylic distemper, antibacterial distemper, anion distemper, decoration paint and other kinds of functional paints and color plastering materials.

Kangwon Province established a technology for producing handrail and banister with cement and sand. And South Hamgyong Province established a technology for producing artificial floor stones and marble with color stones, river-bed stones and stone waste.

In North Hwanghae Province, a worker residing in Sariwon City made wall tile, flagstone and colored roofing tile with plastic waste and industrial waste.

The annual national exhibition of sci-tech successes in the field of finishing building materials serves as an occasion for encouraging the development of quality and diverse finishing building materials based on domestic efforts, technology and resources.