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A \u2018world-class centre of excellence in ceramics\u2019 is one step closer as major employer Lucideon secures a new factory in North Staffordshire.<\/strong>
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The global materials development and testing company has taken on a new factory as part of a collaborative effort to put the Midlands on the map as a world leader in advanced ceramics.<\/p>\n

Lucideon is one of several businesses that make up the Midlands Industrial Ceramics Group (MICG) \u2013 which includes big-name firms such as Rolls-Royce and JCB along with the universities of Birmingham, Loughborough and Leicester.<\/p>\n

In July, the group secured \u00a318.7 million in funding<\/a> through the UK Research and Innovation’s Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) \u2013 with \u00a314 million of that going to Lucideon.<\/p>\n

Now the Stoke-on-Trent company has used some of the funding to invest in an additional facility which will help it to play a key part in creating a “world-leading” industrial research and development programme over the next four years.<\/p>\n

The 92,000 sq ft facility on Stone Business Park \u2013 which formerly belonged to Renishaw \u2013 is expected to be up and running by the end of November.<\/p>\n

While the facility will be occupied by Lucideon, it will be open to businesses from the wider industry to pilot, trial and launch new processes.<\/p>\n

It is also expected to lead to the creation of 250 new jobs at Lucideon by 2025.<\/p>\n

Lucideon Chief Executive Tony Kinsella said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the goals is to create spin-out businesses and a magnet for global manufactures to both expand and invest here in North Staffordshire.<\/p>\n

The plan is to create over 4,200 high paid jobs, right here in North Staffordshire, along with all the supply chain and hospitality business this will draw in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the aims of the MICG is to improve manufacturing processes in the sector \u2013 to make them more energy-efficient, faster and cheaper. It also wants to develop an ‘advanced ceramics campus’ in Stoke-on-Trent.<\/p>\n

Tony continued:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This has been almost five years in the making and up until now this has been a dream, a vision, but securing the funding has made it a reality, so I’m very excited about getting the new space.<\/p>\n

The overall goal is to get back to Stoke-on-Trent and have a ‘ceramic campus’ \u2013 that’s what everyone has always dreamed of.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the latest from our region,\u00a0subscribe to Midlands Matters<\/a>, the official newsletter of the Midlands Engine.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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