| Australian Ceramic Society - Press Releases | |
| UK Centre for Structural Ceramics | November 5th, 2008 |
The Departments of Materials and Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London have been awarded £5.5M by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to set up a national centre for structural ceramics. Starting on 1st July 2008, the Centre aims to address the UK's lack of critical mass in this area and will develop strong links to energy, aerospace and defence, transport and healthcare industries. | |
| Glass – The Challenge for the 21st Century | August, 2008 |
The 9th ESG Conference with the Annual Meeting of the International Commission on Glass (ICG) hosted by the Slovak Glass Society was held in June 2008 in Trencín, Slovakia. The conference was intended to deal not only with the state of the art in the areas glass science and technology today, but also to address the questions of future developments, applications and challenges in glass science and technology. Special attention was paid to the future role of ICG. | |
| Chris Berndt Appointed Director of IRIS - Industrial Research Institute Swinburne | July 17th, 2008 |
Chris joined IRIS in December of 2007 under a university initiative that was designed to map future needs for manufacturing expertise. He brings several decades of international experience to Australia; primarily within the context of the USA. He assumed the role of Director of IRIS in early 2008. | |
| ACS Accepted into The International Commission on Glass | April 9th, 2008 |
The Australian Ceramic Society is an organization that works towards furthering all aspects of ceramics, including science, industry, trade and art. It’s standing in the global materials community just been further enhanced with its acceptance into the International Commission on Glass. | |
| Science Meets Parliament - Exclusive Report by Larry Jordan | March 19th, 2008 |
Larry Jordan recently attended the "Science Meets Parliament" forum in Canberra and reports excluisively for the Australian Ceramic Society on meetings with Greg Combet MP and Joe Burke, Industry Advisor to Kim Carr. | |
| French Ceramic Plant Specialist to Exhibit at Indian Ceramics 2008 | January 9th, 2008 |
Two of the best known members of the massive Paris-based Keyria – Ceric Paris and Ceric Wistra – have signed up for a total of 36 square metres at the upcoming Indian Ceramics 2008 exhibition in Mumbai. | |
| European Ceramic Suppliers Target Indian Market | January 9th, 2008 |
ECTS – the European Ceramic Technology Suppliers working group which operates under the aegis of the VDMA in Germany – has pinpointed India as a key target market and has announced that it will formally participate in the country’s leading machinery, equipment and materials exhibition for this sector, Indian Ceramics 2008. | |
| Imerys Increases Exposure at Ceranmics Exhibition in India | November 26th, 2007 |
Paris-based Imerys Group has reinforced its heightened presence in the subcontinent by increasing its stand area at Indian Ceramics 2008 by around 20%. This an encouraging sign for the exhibition from one of the world’s major materials suppliers in this field. Imerys now operates 213 mines and pits all over the world, involving 25 different minerals or minerals groups. | |
| World's Largest Manufacturer of Ceramic Production Equipment to Attend Indian Ceramics 2008 | November 22nd, 2007 |
Sacmi the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of ceramic production equipment and machinery – has firmly signalled its endorsement of the Indian Ceramics 2008 exhibition in Mumbai by ramping up its space at the event. Compared to the 2007 event, Sacmi has nearly trebled the size of its stand and will next year be represented on a 100 square metre display. | |
| Scientific Solutions Goes Green | November 1st, 2007 |
The management of Scientific Solutions is proud to announce they have “Gone Green”, introducing sound environmental management practices to reduce their environmental overall impact. They have made undertaken an assessment of energy, water and waste, and from that identify opportunities to improve Scientific Solutions environmental business performance and with the view of reaching Carbon neutrality. Changes have been made to the working structure within the company to implement these opportunities. Managing Director, Phil Harrip, believes we have certain responsibilities in all areas, not just the Science Industry – environmental sensitivity is one such area. | |
| Launch of the 5th Site in the AZo-Network | October 25th, 2007 |
AZoOptics.com (http://www.AZoOptics.com) is the latest AZoNetwork online knowledge base that is intended to provide the global optics, photonics, semiconductor, science, design and engineering community with a continuously updating resource for all the information they need to make an informed decision on selecting an "Optics or Photonics" solution. | |
| Australian Ceramics Society Introduce Honorary Fellow Membership | September 5th, 2007 |
The Australian Ceramic Society, a leading materials community specializing in ceramic materials and related technologies have ratified a new membership level for professionals who excelled in their respective areas. The new membership status of Honorary Fellow was approved at the Federal Council meeting held on September 6th, 2007. | |
| Chris Berndt Elected to Thermal Spray Hall of Fame | May 14th, 2007 |
Prof. Christopher C. Berndt, Professor of Surface and Interface Engineering at James Cook University, School of Engineering, Townsville QLD, Australia, has been inducted into the Thermal Spray Hall of Fame. He was cited for outstanding contributions to the science and technology of thermal spray, and for leadership in promoting thermal spray technology. | |
| Lou Vance Elected as a Member of The World Academy of Ceramics | July 5th, 2007 |
It is with pleasure that we announce Lou Vance’s election as an Academician in the prestigious World Academy of Ceramics, where he joins around 250 of the world’s leading ceramists. The other Academicians from Australia are Richard Hannink, Mike Murray, Keith Reeve and Mike Swain. | |
| Travel Bursaries for Students Attending Materials and Austceram 2007 | April 27th, 2007 |
Under a radical new plan, the Australian Ceramic Society has revised its entire membership structure to keep pace with changes in learned societies as well as changing technologies. The new plan calls for the abolition of annual membership fees, with these to be replaced with a once off joining fee. | |
| Australian Ceramic Society Abolishes Membership Fees | October 6th, 2006 |
| The Australian Ceramic Society is offering several bursaries for full time students who are presenting a poster or a paper on ceramics related subject at Materials and Austceram 2007 International Conference. The conference will take place at the Novotel, Brighton Le Sands in Sydney between July 4 and 6, 2007. | |
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