Delivering Net Zero Ceramics UK 2024

Clees • October 3, 2024

Attending the Ceramics UK Conference in Stoke on Trent

Darryl Nevitt and Chris Speers attended the Ceramics UK Conference in Stoke on Trent.

Otto Simon has built strong relationships not only with the Ceramics UK Management Team led by Andrew McDonald and Tim Chadwick, but also with those companies participating in current Hydrogen Trials right now and some companies who intend to trial Hydrogen in the near future at their sites.


It was an enjoyable opportunity to connect with familiar faces and to meet new people. The theme of the conference was self-evident; the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions from the Ceramics Industry’s Kilns and Furnaces, and to get the members’ attendees focussed on achieving a Net Zero outcome for 2030.


It was apparent that Otto Simon is well respected as a an industry leading engineering consultancy involved at the forefront of Hydrogen Projects in the UK and as one of the few companies that actually has practical real experience in working safely with hydrogen. In fact two of the presenters mentioned Otto Simon, one of whom showed a slide referring to  Otto Simon's engineering expertise in their address to the delegates.


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