The Henry Royce Institute plans new UK Advanced Ceramics Roadmap.
The institute asks for organisations in the advanced ceramics sector to help contribute.
The institute says this will help to identify the technologies, capabilities and priorities that will shape the sector over the next five years.
Recognised as a key technology within the UK’s National Materials Innovation Strategy, advanced ceramics, encompassing technical ceramics and refractories are said to play an important role in strengthening UK industrial capability, resilience and competitiveness.
Royce is now inviting organisations that develop, manufacture or use advanced ceramics to help shape the roadmap by taking part in a programme of stakeholder engagement, including a two-hour online workshop planned for late November.
The workshops will bring together expertise across the advanced ceramics community to:
- Identify and prioritise technologies for which focused support could make the greatest difference over the next five years
- Map areas of existing UK strength
- Identify capability and supply chain gaps
- Explore opportunities to strengthen collaboration across industry, academia and government
- Help develop practical recommendations to support the sector’s future growth and competitiveness.
Royce announced plans to develop a strategic UK roadmap for advanced ceramics earlier this year. The initiative is designed to establish a clearer, evidence-based picture of the UK advanced ceramics landscape, identify critical gaps in capability, infrastructure and coordination, and set priorities for future development.
The roadmap is currently scheduled for publication in April 2027
