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We make it here

December 6, 2011 by Frank Wilson

Readers of this blog will have surely noticed our fondness here at Ceramicx for good things arriving in threes.

‘Machinery, manpower and materials’ has lately given us another handy three-fold reckoner for our manufacturing needs. And our new Hurco CNC lathe arrived – last month to join our machining centre – and it has again given us a definite boost in the first named category.

From the get-go the Ceramicx strategy and philosophy has been, wherever possible, to keep hold of our destiny and to manufacture everything in-house.

Consequently Ceramicx continues to supply complete infrared heating systems; domestic and industrial.  Not only are we designing, manufacturing and supplying world-class ceramic elements, quartz tubes and other components, we are also investing and upskilling in all the requisite machining and engineering for all bespoke infrared heating applications.

Our new Hurco machine is indeed a substantial investment. Investments are as much about capability as about jobs on the slate this week and the new Hurco has been sourced with the mid to long term future also in mind.

The new machine will be involved in making a large variety of componentry; platens and heat systems for plastics thermoforming machines; rigs for plastics-to-metal bonding; surrounds and reflectors for use in domestic heating, components for terminal blocks and many other applications.

And thanks to the skills of Ceramicx designers and engineers, many new kinds of infrared heaters and infrared heating products have been created this year – where none existed before. The new Hurco will further enhance these capabilities in the months to come.

I therefore urge all of our customers and associates to talk to us about all the detail of their infrared heating needs; including bespoke and custom fabrication; new product ideas; research and development and other ideas.

Infrared heating is an advancing and increasingly popular solution. At Ceramicx we can make it all here – it’s as simple and beneficial as that.

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China – the new Ceramicx frontier

October 4, 2011 by Frank Wilson

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Ceramicx has joined forces with Guangzhou Cerami Automatic Equipment Ltd (GCAE) and is now supplying China with all the best in infrared heating solutions.

GCAE stands for Guangzhou Cerami Automatic Equipment and is located in Guangzhou city, the economic centre of South China’s coastal areas. GCAE now has a special remit to promote Ceramicx in China and with ambitious plans to become Ceramicx’s biggest worldwide agent/distributor.

We hosted the GCAE team here in Ireland this spring and were extremely impressed with the professionalism, commitment and know-how of the company.

Together with our new partner, Ceramicx now has a unique role to play in the servicing of much high-quality manufacturing in China and in spreading the infrared heating message there. In addition to the rapport and understanding between the two companies, we believe that GCAE chose us for three main reasons:

1. High quality infrared heating products; this includes energy savings, evenness of heat quality and performance, temperature control precision, long life time

2. Advanced Infrared-based technology – with applications in many kinds of industries

3. Breadth and variety of the Ceramicx product line; including long-wave, middle-wave and short-wave IR products.

GCAE currently has eight employees and plans a further 50% growth by the end of this year – embracing all technical, sales and logistics functions.  Guangzhou Cerami Automatic Equipment will firstly work in promoting Ceramicx products to customers; provide technology supports and infrared education. Our new partner will also help resolve all kinds heating difficulties and work to the goal of lower customer’s production costs.

In common with most places in the world, Chinese infrared technology is beginning from a limited base. But as Chinese industry continues to develop, infrared technology will have wider and wider applications. The current heating alternatives to infrared are hot air, hot oil, gas, traditional electrical resistance heating.

However, as elsewhere, there is great pressure in China to build energy-efficient and environmental heating equipment – which clearly favors infrared. Infrared demand in China will be huge – and GCAE and Ceramicx are one in our intention to be the best infrared brand in China.

You can read more about our new venture and the Chinese market in the next edition of Heat Works – out later this month. Simply contact us direct for your copy.

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Join the Meitheal!

May 24, 2011 by Frank Wilson

Last Friday in Dublin, Ceramicx was honoured to be one of three manufacturers helping to launch the Irish Government’s new centres in manufacturing and technology – the ICMR and the I2E2 research centre. Here below is an edited slice of Frank Wilson’s address to Government ministers and assembled industrialists. Fuller highlights of Frank’s presentation are available in the forthcoming issue of the Ceramicx HeatWorks magazine. Please contact Ceramicx directly for your free copy of HeatWorks magazine.

Good morning Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen………

At Ceramicx we make a variety of infrared heating solutions for a great number of markets and applications; industrial and consumer. We turn over some 2 million Euros a year; provide employment for some 38 people directly – and rising – and we export 98% of our infrared heating systems and components to over 68 countries.

Last year was a very big year in our 19 year history and this year we are building on those same gains. Together with a fresh push in research, engineering and innovation we expect to achieve the same growth or greater than 20%.

We – and the new centres – now need to inspire a generation of business leaders and companies who are prepared to put their heart and soul into what they do – who are prepared to create value and wealth. Continue reading →

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Ceramicx infrared heaters in demand at Chinaplas 2010

June 2, 2010 by Ceramicx

International infrared heating systems specialist and manufacturer Ceramicx is working on a surge of demand received over the course of the Chinaplas 2010 exhibition held in Shanghai over April 19-21.

Frank Wilson, Ceramicx MD pictured here outside Chinaplas 2010 with Xu Shan of Ceramicxs Chinese distributorship

Frank Wilson, Ceramicx MD pictured here outside Chinaplas 2010 with Xu Shan of Ceramicx's Chinese distributorship

Founder and Managing Director Frank Wilson – pictured here with Xu Shan of Ceramicx’s Chinese distributorship – dodged the volcano ash travel crisis to spend a very profitable three days at China’s annual plastics exhibition in April.

Wilson says that ‘Ceramicx and its products were very warmly received in China – and at Chinaplas 2010. We were marketing our excellent ceramic and quartz infrared products- and at the right price. In addition, our Irish industrial base and pedigree gives us a very good entrée into the Chinese market. We have comparatively little history there to date – and therefore less supposition and prejudice.’

Wilson points out that the sheer scale of Chinese industrial production has to be witnessed at first hand. ‘In the Shanghai area alone, there are nine thermoforming machinery builders. In the adjacent economic region of China there are also a further nine machinery builders. The volume of production and demand is simply of a different to the rest of the world.’

Ceramicx exports its infrared heaters and heating systems all over the world. The company’s infrared heating systems form the core of many plastics thermoforming machines worldwide and the plastics sector accounts for some 60% of total Ceramicx sales.

Far Eastern markets continue to gain international market share.  ‘There’s no doubt that China represents a massive market for us,’ says Wilson, ‘and, as I discovered in Shanghai, the Chinese plastics industry is raising its performance year on year. Chinese thermoformers and thermoforming machine builders show a very keen demand for components that offer them improved quality and durability. This fits perfectly with Ceramicx’s superior product performance and volume capability.’

Wilson says that he distributed all 80 Ceramicx infrared product samples to interested buyers at the show and also spent time in discussions that are set to establish agencies and distributorships throughout the country.

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Showing our colours

January 21, 2010 by Frank Wilson
New Ceramicx Logo

New Ceramicx Logo

There hopefully comes a time for every business when both reputation and sales begin to gather pace; feed off each other, and go farther and wider than ever planned or imagined.

Word of mouth, good salesmanship and faultless manufacturing and trading have brought infrared heating experts Ceramicx to this point.

However, nothing stands still in business – and the best ideas, products and inventions are truly wasted if their features and qualities are not vividly expressed and automatically recognised in the marketplace. Continue reading →

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