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Seasons Greetings from IPS Ceramics
Posted by Tom Evans on 02-12-2019
The end of the year is upon us once again which can only mean two things: Christmas and New Year! And with these come the Christmas Holidays. We can officially confirm that IPS Ceramics will be closed for Christmas from 24th December 2019 to 2nd January 2020. If you have any enquiries involving Kiln Furniture, Technical Ceramics or Bespoke Ceramics Solutions which you’d like us to look at before the end of the year, please send them to us as soon…
Competition: How Many Alumina Pyramids are in the Bottle?
Posted by Tom Evans on 21-10-2019
When we're at events and expos, a popular feature is always our Alumina Pyramid Competition. Each expo, we fill a bottle with Alumina Pyramids and challenge people to guess how many there are. Prizes for the closest guess have included Whiskey, Bespoke Silicon Carbide Chess Sets, and more. People who couldn’t attend the expo can sometimes miss out though, so we’re bringing the competition online! Above is a photo of a bottle filled with Alumina Pyramids. If you think you…
IPS Cares 3: Making Our Services Greener
Posted by Tom Evans on 30-09-2019
IPS Ceramics believe that it is our collective duty to look after our planet and to lead by example on this front. This is why we've created #IPSCares: a series on how we’re being greener and are helping our industry be greener too. In the first post, we looked at things we’ve done to make our office premises greener to run. In the second, we discussed how we’ve worked with other companies to make their processes more energy efficient. Now…
IPS Cares #2: Helping Others Be Greener
Posted by Tom Evans on 02-09-2019
IPS Ceramics believe that it is our collective duty to look after our planet and are dedicated to leading by example on this front. To this end, we’ve produced this series of news stories looking at how we’re working to be more environmentally conscious and how we can help the industry – and your company – be greener too. Our last post discussed what we’ve done in the office to be more environmental. This post will look at two case…
IPS Cares #1: Painting Our Offices Green
Posted by Tom Evans on 19-07-2019
Between the Campaign Against Climate Change, documentaries such as Drowning in Plastic, and a range of recent news stories, environmentalism is once again a hot topic. IPS Ceramics believe that it is our collective duty to look after our planet and are dedicated to leading by example on this front. We also believe in the economic and practical benefits of being environmental. We’ve found ecological practices to be cheaper and more effective than our previous ones, allowing us and our…
IPS Ceramics Welcomes Fiskars Group to China
Posted by Tom Evans on 27-06-2019
IPS Ceramics were proud to welcome Fiskars Group to China last week to see our new IPS-Trend Industrial Ceramics manufacturing plant. Fiskars Group serves customers around the world with globally recognized brands such as Fiskars, Gerber, Iittala, Royal Copenhagen, Waterford, and Wedgwood. Their iconic lifestyle products are available in over 100 countries and are designed to create a positive, lasting impact on their customer's quality of life. Six representatives from four Fiskars companies came to visit us, including: Gary Phoenix…