Ceramics and new materials: a hundred-year-old tradition of innovation which puts Limoges at the heart of European research.

Modern technical ceramics have little in common with the industry's origins. They have unique and remarkable physical, thermal, optical and electrical properties, which have opened up a whole new range of development opportunities in all types of industries.

Although they are very different from traditional ceramics, they are very much ceramics, because the raw material is a mineral powder formed to produce the final object, and heat treatment is necessary to give it the desired characteristics.

 

The future of the ceramics industry is still being forged in the Limousin! It is in this region that ceramists are developing unique, innovative materials. They constitute a perfect solution: affordable and high-performance, an alternative to traditional materials like metals and plastics. Ceramics are one of the materials of the future, with a wide range of applications: medicine, aeronautics and space, the environment, energy and transport, design and the home, ceramic coatings, metallurgy and ceramic industries, electronics and electrical engineering.

Company bosses, in the Limousin region you will find the full range of ceramics-related trades, from raw materials suppliers to producers, including original component manufacturers.

You will also have access to the services of the European Center of Ceramics, a competitiveness cluster specialising in materials and surface treatments. Two engineering schools and university laboratories will give you access to the best research and the skills which are essential for your development.