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IPS–Trend Partnership: Trend open new Beijing Head Office
Posted by Tom Evans on January 17, 2025
On Saturday 11th January, Trend officially opened their new head office in Beijing. IPS Ceramics’ Ian Wright and Catherine Lv were both proud to attend the opening ceremony and join in the celebrations.
IPS Ceramics and Trend have a manufacturing, technology and sales partnership that is 15 years strong, and share a purpose-built factory in Tianjin. Both companies are internationally renowned specialists in the field of high-temperature ceramics and together are the largest manufacturer of cordierite kiln furniture systems in the world.
Trend’s new head office is located on the 3rd floor of a new office building in Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou, Beijing.
The opening ceremony included a range of speeches before the reveal of the office’s name plate and its official opening. Trend’s directors, senior management and sales teams were all in attendance. Ian and Catherine were invited to represent IPS Ceramics at the ceremony and to make one of the speeches, which Ian did.
The relationship between IPS Ceramics and Trend is a strong one and we were proud to have been part of such an important day for Trend. You can read more about the IPS-Trend relationship at https://www.ipsceramics.com/about-us/industrial-ceramics/