Global materials technology firm, Lucideon has put a £1.9m Regional Growth Fund award to good use by developing technology capable of radically reducing energy use in the ceramics industry – one of the UK’s most energy-intensive sectors.
Described as a world-first in the development of pioneering low-energy firing technology – based on ‘field enhanced sintering’, the project is now significantly closer following a commercial breakthrough by the project’s engineers and scientists. The technology’s first commercial result has been produced, 15 x 15cm tiles; all showing the same strength as tiles made using…
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