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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Kiln-free recycled tile startup agrees pilot deal with major UK supplier

Factory from above with three people in hi-vis jackets
Part of the Johnson Tiles factory in Stoke-on-Trent, the historic home of British ceramics. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

A Manchester-based startup that makes ceramic-like tiles from waste without needing an energy-hungry kiln has teamed up with one of the UK’s biggest tile suppliers to launch a pilot project to scale up the technology.

Dekiln, run by the biomaterials engineer Aled Roberts, is joining forces with Johnson Tiles to set up a trial manufacturing site in Stoke-on-Trent, the historic home of British ceramics.

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