Special day exhibits key role of ceramics

Industry body aims to showcase products used in everyday life

- Sentinel Reporter

INNOVATION: The AMRICC Centre.

NATIONAL trade body Ceramics UK is staging a major event to mark International Day of Ceramics in North Staffordshire.

The body wants to put the special day - which takes place today - on the map with The AMRICC Centre in Stone.

They are using the event as a platform to broaden the perception of ceramics in the UK by reinforcing its role in the delivery of modern technology and infrastructure - and setting out the sector’s position as an 'indispensable' part of the national economy.

Ceramics UK represents about 90 per cent of the nation's manufacturing capacity in the industry, while The AMRICC Centre - the UK's Centre of Excellence for advanced ceramic technologies and hosted and managed by Lucideon - has recently celebrated its first full year of operations at the cutting edge of science and technology.