Lucideon
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|formation = April 1948
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|status = Private company (1960455)
|purpose = Materials testing & consultancy, materials development, failure analysis, manufacturing consultancy, resource efficiency, assurance
|location = Brooms Road, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 0SH
|region_served = Worldwide
|employees = Materials scientists, industry experts, manufacturing consultants, engineers (144 staff)
|leader_title = Chief Executive
|leader_name = Tony Kinsella
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|parent_organisation = Lucideon Group Limited
|affiliations = Association of Independent Research and Technology Organisations (AIRTO)
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Lucideon (formerly Ceram) is an independent materials development, testing and assurance company based in Stoke-on-Trent and in the UK. Lucideon owns testing facilities around the world.
History
The British Refractories Research Association was formed in 1920. The pottery industry was required by the Import Duties Advisory Committee in 1937 to create a research association, so the British Pottery Research Association was formed in 1937. The two combined in April 1948 as the British Ceramic Research Association.
The original main building on Queens Road in Penkhull was opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in December 1951. In May 1986 it changed its name to British Ceramic Research Ltd, having been incorporated as a company on 18 November 1985.
From the late 1990s the company traded under the abbreviated name Ceram. On 1 February 2014 the company name changed to Lucideon Limited.
Structure
Lucideon is situated south of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
Lucideon incorporates:
- UK Headquarters - (formerly CERAM Research Ltd)
- Assurance Services - Lucideon CICS Limited
- US Laboratories - (formerly M+P Labs) based in Schenectady, New York, Greenville, South Carolina and offices in Raleigh, North Carolina
Lucideon's laboratories and techniques are accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
Function
Lucideon provides materials development, technologies, consultancy and testing and analysis to a diverse range of industries; principally healthcare, construction, ceramics, aerospace, nuclear and power generation.
References
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External links
- [https://www.lucideon.com Lucideon Website]
- [https://www.lucideon.com/assurance Assurance Division]
- [https://www.lucideon.com/about-us/company-profile/company-history Company History]
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Category:Ceramics manufacturers of England
Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent
Category:1948 establishments in England
Category:Materials science institutes
Category:Organizations established in 1948
Category:Science and technology in Staffordshire
Category:Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom