Exciting projects from the Centre of Advanced Materials and Sustainability (CEAMS) are underway, with businesses across the Greater Manchester region collaborating with consortium members to push the boundaries of advanced materials for a sustainable future. Royce is pleased to share special insights from DeakinBio, a business developing sustainable bio-based alternatives to ceramic tiles.
DeakinBio is committed to driving the green transition within the ceramics industry, a sector responsible for 19 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually across Europe.
Through its BioSintering® technology, DeakinBio has developed a bio-based alternative to traditional ceramic tiles, offering a 94% reduction in carbon footprint and incorporating more than 95% recycled materials.
Inspired by natural structures such as seashells, tooth enamel, and pearl, these ceramic-like materials are produced under environmentally friendly conditions, aligning with sustainable manufacturing practices.
The work carried out through CEAMS spans across diverse application areas, including the foundation industries, healthcare, batteries, textiles, construction, chemical production, packaging and more.
Each of these sectors has unique sustainability challenges, and CEAMS is at the forefront of addressing these through advanced materials solutions.
Partnering with DeakinBio, Application Scientists from Royce, in collaboration with expertise from NPL, have sought to develop and optimise a tile coating that will enhance the barrier properties of the company’s product. By addressing current challenges around resistance to external factors, the project hopes to ready the bio-based tiles for commercial use.
As well as providing access to state-of-the-art R&D facilities and advanced materials expertise, CEAMS has had significant impact on the next steps for DeakinBio. Aled Roberts, Founder and CEO, said:
“Thanks to the CEAMS project, we’ve managed to develop a minimum viable product that’s enabled us to go to investors and we’ve very recently had our first round of investment funding confirmed.”
To learn more about this exciting collaboration check out the following video:
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The Centre of Expertise in Advanced Materials and Sustainability (CEAMS) is funded as part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology’s (DSIT) Innovation Accelerator programme. It will build on existing capability anchoring strategic businesses to the area.
Initially funded as a two-year pilot, CEAMS is led by a consortium of expert partners, including: Rochdale Development Agency (RDA), Henry Royce Institute, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) and its centres: Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), National Composites Centre (NCC), Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) and Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).
To learn more about CEAMS, click here
