News
Lucideon Reveals £500 Million Plan to Manufacture Ceramic Matrix Composites
Lucideon has tabled a £500 million proposal to create state-of-the-art ceramic matrix composite manufacturing capability in the UK
Lucideon Demonstrates Flash Sintering Feasibility for Lunar Construction Materials
European Space Agency funded project explored processing of lunar regolith simulant into structural materials for future in-situ resource utilisation applications
Lucideon Launches New Biocompatibility Lab to Support a New Era in Patient Safety
Lucideon is forging a new era in the development of safer medical devices, with the launch of a pioneering biocompatibility lab
At Lucideon we provide material solutions to the toughest problems
We use our capabilities, expertise, and technologies in materials science, testing, and assurance to overcome the most complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions.
We are a trusted partner, providing unrivalled technical consultancy to enable, enhance, and accelerate our clients’ R&D activities.
We are passionate about making the world a materially better place and we strive to lever the trailblazing talent of our people worldwide to optimise environmentally-focused application of resources and energy.
Consultancy
When faced with a significant materials or product development challenge, it’s good to know there is someone out there who can help. We will work with you to understand your issue - and then solve it. We offer a range of types of consultancy from failure analysis, advanced materials selection / characterisation / development, to process and product optimisation. Typical areas of application include Additive Manufacturing, Net Zero, Traditional Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics, Microbiology, Fuel Cells, Batteries, Nuclear Power, or Refractories.
We also offer access to our consultancy expertise via our Technology Partnerships - we are proud to have over 60 partners worldwide.
We are proud to be a trusted delivery partner to some of the world’s iconic brands, all of whom are leaders in their respective markets
Our Expertise
We pride ourselves on the materials experts and scientists that work at Lucideon - as well as being highly qualified, they also have the hands-on practical experience that makes them world-renowned professionals in their fields.
Lucideon's training courses have been developed by our in-house experts, all of whom have years of industry and practical experience. We offer a selection of courses, covering a wide range of ceramics and refractories subjects.
Our Technologies
We lead the way in the development of novel and advanced materials technologies. We work collaboratively, partnering with you to adapt our novel technology platforms to your products and applications. And, if you're developing technologies of your own, our R&D team works with you to optimise and bring them to market quickly.
We have several proprietary technology platforms:
Our Capabilities
Complementary to our consultancy capabilities, we provide materials & products testing, characterisation, analysis & evaluation to customers around the world across a wide range of industries.
Lucideon is home to The AMRICC Centre, a hub for companies to seek advanced material technical support on their product development and commercialisation journey.
Alongside its advanced materials research and commercialisation capabilities, Lucideon supports the development of future talent through The AMRICC Academy
Our Biocompatibility Testing Center of Excellence brings together decades of materials expertise, advanced analytical capability, and specialist partnerships to deliver comprehensive biocompatibility testing for medical devices and pharmaceutical products.
Lucideon's Refractories Centre of Excellence brings together our long‑standing refractories expertise and expanded laboratory capability into one modern facility.
Our Novel Cement & Geopolymer Scale-Up Facility is an independent, pilot-to-demonstration environment that takes new cements and geopolymers from laboratory formulas to production-ready processes
Lucideon's IMPACTTM capability provides computational tools to enhance the materials research & development lifecycle.
We also offer assurance services through Lucideon CICS Limited, a leading global provider of sustainability assurance and management systems certification.
We manufacture and supply ceramic Colour Standards - these are internationally recognised as the leading standards for use in color measurement and calibration.
Our Telemetric Furnaces are utilised for advanced thermal processing and sintering optimisation.
Testing & Characterisation
Unlike other test houses, we don't just provide data; our experts offer analysis and evaluation to provide answers to your questions, ensuring that you have the full picture
The AMRICC Centre
A hub for companies to seek advanced material technical support on their product development and commercialisation journey
The AMRICC Academy
The AMRICC Academy is a dedicated training hub designed to address the critical skills gap across the ceramics and advanced materials sectors
Biocompatibility Testing Center of Excellence
End‑to‑end biocompatibility testing and regulatory support - from early development through to market approval and post‑market investigations
Refractories Center of Excellence
End‑to‑end refractories development, testing, and characterisation from raw materials and formulations to in‑service performance and failure analysis
Novel Cement & Geopolymer Scale-Up Facility
Independent pilot-to-demonstration manufacturing for next-generation cement binders
Integrated Materials Processing and Computational Techniques (IMPACT™)
Pushing the boundaries of what a product or system can achieve often requires new materials, or improvements to existing ones
Assurance
Our verifiers and auditors in Lucideon CICS Limited are renowned for their expertise and well-planned and executed verifications to comply with voluntary and mandatory standards across a range of industries
Insights
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Some of the amazing work we are doing
Read our case studies about previous work
Latest and previous news releases
Discover our Industries
Aerospace
Consultancy, materials development, and testing throughout the aerospace, space and defence supply chain
Ceramics
Materials and process development for the advanced ceramics and traditional ceramics sectors
Construction
Laboratory and on-site consultancy and testing of construction products, systems and structures
Energy
Materials development and testing for the power generation, wind, nuclear, fuel cells, and oil & gas sectors
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Materials development, technology & testing for the medical device, pharmaceutical, life sciences and consumer product sectors
A career with Lucideon
Joining our team puts you in the company of scientists who have grown with us to be world experts in their fields. A career with Lucideon will mean you continuously hone and extend your skills and knowledge, not only in science but in business too. Our consultants build close, long-term relationships with clients and take responsibility for delivering revenues for the business.