News
MImeSIS Project: Newsletter No. 1 has been released
After the important dissemination activities carried out during the innovation event R2BonAir, research continues within the Project MImeSIS "Smart, Sensored and Sustainable materials for historical buildings", of which Centro Ceramico is a partner. The challenge of the project is ambitious: the requalification of the existing buildings with a look to [...]
Sassuolo new headquarters: construction site installed and demolition work in progress
After the stop imposed by the lockdown due to COVID_19, the construction site was installed on May 26th, 2020. The demolition work began on the parts of the building concerned by the renovation works of the Sassuolo headquarters of Centro Ceramico. The works are currently taking place rapidly and will [...]
Centro Ceramico provides videoconference training
With a view to maximum attention and care for the safety of people, Centro Ceramico also provides training by videoconference. The illustration of the topics is always carried out with the aid of didactic material which, at the end of the seminar, is delivered in .pdf format to the participants. [...]
Architecture and ceramics have always been an excellent union. Starting from 2018,
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has chosen to adopt the services of Centro Ceramico,
recognizing its expertise, reliability and international authority.
Experience and expertise on Enterprises’ service
Centro Ceramico is a research and experimentation centre for the ceramic industry, established in 1976 and managed by a University Consortium composed of:
It carries out its activity on two headquarters: Bologna and Sassuolo, the latter operating since 2000 in the heart of the Ceramic District.
The laboratories in Bologna are accredited by Accredia (no. 0058) in compliance with the Standard UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17025.
Accreditation ensures that the test and inspection reports, as well as the certifications (system, product and personnel) bearing the Accredia logo, are issued in compliance with the most rigorous international requirements for conformity assessment and behind a constant and strict surveillance action on the behavior of the responsible operators (Laboratories and Bodies).
Centro Ceramico is also accredited as Industrial Research Laboratory of the Emilia Romagna High Technology Network: for Companies, this translates into knowledge, instruments and resources for product and process innovation.
Research
The lines of research of Centro Ceramico have always concerned the study and characterization of ceramic materials, aiming at product, process and system innovation.
For several years our laboratories have also been committed to the study and development of emerging topics, in accordance with the strategic themes indicated in the main European Calls, always in the perspective of sustainability and circular economy, such as for example smart materials, geopolymers, materials and technologies for the energy efficiency of buildings, etc.
The lines of research carried out by Centro Ceramico meet the requirements of the ONU 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In particular, they fall into the following Goals:
Laboratories
The headquarters of Centro Ceramico cover, in total, an area of 8300 m2.
The laboratories are equipped with instruments and facilities for quality control and marking tests and for analyses and characterisation of both traditional and advanced ceramic materials.
Quality
Centro Ceramico, as an accredited laboratory, has as its main goal the quality of the services provided, whether they are tests on raw materials and finished products, or on order research,
always keeping in view Customer satisfaction.
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science“
(A. Einstein)