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Centro Ceramico at QUALICER’22
Centro Ceramico will attend Qualicer '22, the World Congress on the quality of ceramic tiles, which will take place in Castellón (E) on June 21st and 22nd next. Giuliana Bonvicini will illustrate the oral presentation "Permeable and ventilated roofs: an emerging solution for building comfort and climate mitigation in urban [...]
The joint lab Centro Ceramico / DICAM Unibo is open
The joint lab Centro Ceramico / DICAM Dept. of the University of Bologna has been activated in these days. The SMILE lab "Sustainability of Materials", located in the spaces of the University of Bologna, can rely on a wide range of instruments for the characterization of ceramic materials (optical and [...]
The BIM Guidelines for Tiles and Bricks declared “Innovation of the Month” by GBC Italy
The publication of the BIM Guidelines for ceramic tiles and bricks was promoted by Confindustria Ceramica, a member of Green Building Council Italy, and was carried out by the specifically created Working Group, which also includes Barbara Mazzanti of Centro Ceramico. These are works of great technical and political value [...]
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 whose partners are:
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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 and Innovation
Today, research cannot ignore the essential concepts of sustainability and resilience or adaptability.
These are therefore the keywords that respond to the needs induced by the “New-Normal” of the post-COVID era and that guide all the topics of industrial interest in the lines of research of Centro Ceramico:
“Ceramic Process“, “Ceramic Materials” and “Building: Digitization and Installation Systems“.
The researchers of Centro Ceramico are “adaptable”, flexible professionals, able to respond to multiple needs and requests, capable to work in synergy
to create ever new and innovative solutions in collaboration with their Customers.
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)