Back to work: both home and away
05 January, 2012
Already it's an interesting year: The Ceramicx exhibition stand has just been confirmed for Chinaplas 2012, April 18-21. As befits our Irish status, we have been located in the international hall at the mid point between the UK and the USA. Myself and Cáthál will both be in attendance in Shanghai. Ceramicx is looking forward to doing a significant level of business at Chinaplas 2012. Whatever the commentators might say - and their guess is as good as yours - it is clear as day that the Asian economic juggernaut just keeps on coming. Ceramicx intends to be in the thick of it: Our infrared heating products including infrared bulbs and ceramic elements will also be featured two months earlier in Delhi at Plastindia 2012 on the stand of our Indian partner, Elmec. Ceramicx will continue to affirm a commitment to these important export markets, which are the life blood of our company. Ten days before Shanghai we will be back from Orlando, Florida where we will have exhibited at the USA's premier National Plastics Exhibition (NPE) with our US Partner, Weco International. Truth to tell, the US economy is still the largest in the world and US manufacturing has shown a lot of fighting spirit through 2011. Ceramicx intends to do our very best by US industry - supplying innovation and profit-making through infrared heating solutions. Speaking of size, I now read that Brazil has overtaken the UK as the sixth largest economy in the world. No shame there - the pace of Brazilian expansion has been at a quantum rate and the UK in any case is set to overhaul the French within the next three years The South American situation is sitting up nicely for our new recruit, Patrick Wilson, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, who has travelled extensively and resided in that continent and who is keen to hit the sales and marketing trail once his production and manufacturing apprenticeship has completed. In the meantime, however, our energies are much closer to home: We have a kiln to fire up; further plans to complete for our alternative energy generation; a new Innovation Partnership to kick start - and many other projects of the day to progress and complete. Flexibility and balance come to mind already as watchwords for 2012: Successful businesses - from anywhere - will be able to ride the trade winds of global manufacturing only and as long as they have their house in order; have innovation on their side, together with a competitive offering. Those are the features that Ceramicx will be demonstrating to our markets throughout 2012. 
Our HeatWorks magazine - fifth edition - will be on its way to our readers this month. If you missed out on our last issue - and want to get onto the circulation or have a story for our Spring 2012 issue - just order up from Ceramicx direct and get yourself on the mailing list.
05 January, 2012
Already it's an interesting year: The Ceramicx exhibition stand has just been confirmed for Chinaplas 2012, April 18-21. As befits our Irish status, we have been located in the international hall at the mid point between the UK and the USA. Myself and Cáthál will both be in attendance in Shanghai. Ceramicx is looking forward to doing a significant level of business at Chinaplas 2012. Whatever the commentators might say - and their guess is as good as yours - it is clear as day that the Asian economic juggernaut just keeps on coming. Ceramicx intends to be in the thick of it: Our infrared heating products including infrared bulbs and ceramic elements will also be featured two months earlier in Delhi at Plastindia 2012 on the stand of our Indian partner, Elmec. Ceramicx will continue to affirm a commitment to these important export markets, which are the life blood of our company. Ten days before Shanghai we will be back from Orlando, Florida where we will have exhibited at the USA's premier National Plastics Exhibition (NPE) with our US Partner, Weco International. Truth to tell, the US economy is still the largest in the world and US manufacturing has shown a lot of fighting spirit through 2011. Ceramicx intends to do our very best by US industry - supplying innovation and profit-making through infrared heating solutions. Speaking of size, I now read that Brazil has overtaken the UK as the sixth largest economy in the world. No shame there - the pace of Brazilian expansion has been at a quantum rate and the UK in any case is set to overhaul the French within the next three years The South American situation is sitting up nicely for our new recruit, Patrick Wilson, who is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, who has travelled extensively and resided in that continent and who is keen to hit the sales and marketing trail once his production and manufacturing apprenticeship has completed. In the meantime, however, our energies are much closer to home: We have a kiln to fire up; further plans to complete for our alternative energy generation; a new Innovation Partnership to kick start - and many other projects of the day to progress and complete. Flexibility and balance come to mind already as watchwords for 2012: Successful businesses - from anywhere - will be able to ride the trade winds of global manufacturing only and as long as they have their house in order; have innovation on their side, together with a competitive offering. Those are the features that Ceramicx will be demonstrating to our markets throughout 2012. Our HeatWorks magazine - fifth edition - will be on its way to our readers this month. If you missed out on our last issue - and want to get onto the circulation or have a story for our Spring 2012 issue - just order up from Ceramicx direct and get yourself on the mailing list.
