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IPS Ceramics’ 2020: A Retrospective

Posted by Tom Evans on 28-12-2020

Last year, we published an article looking back at 2019 and the things we achieved during it. Here is our equivalent for 2020, a year which was full of constant surprises. COVID-19 Of course, the biggest story of 2020 was the worldwide pandemic. We assume we don’t have to go into too much detail about what that’s been like. Luckily, the pandemic has also been a time where businesses and industries have come together and supported each other. At IPS,…

IPS Ceramics - The Best Products for Santiaryware

The Best Kiln Furniture Products for Sanitaryware

Posted by Tom Evans on 01-12-2020

Firing sanitaryware offers a series of unique challenges – sanitaryware products tend to be bulky and heavy items which place significant structural demands on kiln furniture; they can have complicated designs which aren’t easily supported by singular flat surfaces; and they are fired at relatively high temperatures (up to 1280 °C / 2340 °F). It’s a demanding industry which requires dependable solutions. IPS Ceramics have designed many specialist products for the sanitaryware industry. What are the most commonly used items…

IPS Ceramics offers ceramic spares and components for Ozone Generators

Ozone Generators: Purifying the Air We Breathe by Using Ceramics

Posted by Tom Evans on 14-09-2020

With airborne viruses on everyone’s mind at the moment, it won’t come as a surprise that many people are looking into utilising air purifiers. One of the most efficient types of purifier is the ozone generator, a powerful type of machine used by industrial cleaning companies as well as laboratories and hospitals. What many people don’t realise is just how important ceramics are to the functionality of the average ozone generator. This is understandable, given that the average ozone generator…

IPS Ceramics are Proud to Sponsor Red Street Football Club

IPS Ceramics Ltd: Proudly Sponsoring the Red Street Condors

Posted by Tom Evans on 06-03-2020

IPS Ceramics Ltd are proud to support and sponsor the Red Street Condors, a local under-11’s football team. [gallery link="none" ids="4477,4483,4478"] The Red Street Condors are a local football team for children under 11 based in Chesterton, Staffordshire, who play in the North Staffs Junior Youth League. Our sponsorship money has already been used to buy each player a new professional kit (see below) and will continue helping them in the future, allowing each child to reach their full potential…

IPS Ceramics Ltd are proud to support Circus Starr

IPS Ceramics are Proud to Support Circus Starr

Posted by Tom Evans on 31-01-2020

IPS Ceramics has donated £140 to Circus Starr, a local organization who provide entertainment and services to disadvantaged children and families. We believe in supporting Stoke-on-Trent (our local area and the historic heart of the Potteries) and the local charities who make a positive difference throughout our community. One charity that we've had a particularly long relationship with is Circus Starr, an organisation that we have been donating to for several years now. Their mission is “to transform, enrich and…

IPS Ceramics has donated £100 to the local Staffordshire charity Newcastle-under-Lyme Lions International

IPS Ceramics & Lions International: Working Together for Newcastle-under-Lyme

Posted by Tom Evans on 15-01-2020

IPS Ceramics have donated £100 to the Newcastle-under-Lyme branch of Lions International, a local group dedicated to “meeting the needs of local communities and the world every day”. Our Head Offices are located in Newcastle-under-Lyme, the heart of the potteries, and we have a long history of serving the local ceramics industry. Without this community, we wouldn’t be who we are now, and so we like to give back whenever possible. One of our main ways of doing this is…