The world has changed as we know it. The old fundamentals of supply chain, cost, just-in-time and volume have had to be re-focused for many industries. There are quite a number of ceramic companies who run business models where the high overheads and cost structures lend themselves to high volume production runs to utilise equipment, minimum… Continue Reading
We have blogged updates on the Covid-19 situation experienced by Precision Ceramics since the start of the pandemic, initially daily and then weekly to this point. We are now looking to cease this, not because the pandemic is finished but as the non-critical shops and businesses re-open, people are… Continue Reading
I think 2020 will be a defining year. People will know exactly what they did, were going to do or had to cancel. It is also the year when, for many of us, furlough, working from home, zoom meetings, missing family and get togethers just became part of life.… Continue Reading
COVID-19 has thrown up many new issues we’ve never encountered before and pushed businesses all around the world in many new directions. In reacting to these challenges here and in the USA, we have been asked to share our experience in the US market. Precision Ceramics attended the first… Continue Reading
Another week of declining infection numbers and ever nearing normality. We are seeing more activity, albeit the progression is cautious. We send our thoughts to those less fortunate than ourselves and we continue with our lives. The Precision Ceramics operation is becoming more normal with office time increasing but the… Continue Reading
As we start the slow unwind of some of the lockdown we are seeing many of the quiet motorways starting to thicken with traffic and the phones perceptively picking up in call volumes. We are still nowhere near the pre-Covid-19 norms but there is clearly a perceptive change in… Continue Reading
We are seeing new norms all over the country; social distancing, protecting the vulnerable and face masks. For me, welcoming colleagues back, not with a handshake but with temperature measurement and blood oxygen checking to ensure other colleagues are protected, is the new way of life. As the government… Continue Reading
Precision Ceramics has developed a tough new ceramic at the request of companies working in one of the toughest environments on the planet – at the bottom of an oil well! This extreme environment mixes temperature and pressure in a corrosive chemical soup. Add into this the cost and time of… Continue Reading
Another week progresses and the good news is that there are few changes concerning the staff of the company. We are operating successfully and have increased our capacity to cope with short term demand. Material stocks are still good and we are able to keep customers fully supported. The routine… Continue Reading
I am pleased to say that we are running normally, social distancing and observing all the new standards. We have good stocks of most materials and our employees are staying healthy and safe which is the most important. I am talking with lots of people who are working from… Continue Reading
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