Uniceramics Expo Untertook the University Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation Activity, Linked Enterprises and Schools, and Provided Accurate Services!

10/11/2020 Uniceramics Expo、Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center

As the first ceramics exhibition in China, Uniceramics Expo always takes “Link the Market, Provide Accurate Service” as one of the operation philosophy, gathering the innovative power from the entire industrial chain to provide accurate services for enterprises.

In order to build a cooperative innovation mechanism of enterprises, universities and research institutes, make good technology be applied to the enterprise, breath through “the last kilometer of constrain” of achievement transformation. From 9 to 10, November, Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute and Foshan Alumni Association, Uniceramics Expo cooperated together to host the special event of Jindezhen Ceramic Institute – college teachers in the field building ceramics visit ceramics enterprises. Scientific research experts from Jindezhen Ceramic Institute were invited to Foshan to get a better understanding of enterprises’ needs and conduct precise matchmaking of scientific research achievement with enterprises.

Representatives from more than 40 entities such as Oceano, Gani, Eagle, Tidiy, Dongpeng, Newpearl, Monalisa, Dowstone, O&T Tech, Sassuolo Material, TOS, Baixin Glaze, Leed Colour, Fuweishun Chemical, Longyang, Uniceramics, CTW, Sudatong, Guangdong New Light Source Industry Innovation Center, etc. have attended the event.

University, enterprise and Uniceramics collaborate at a higher level to build a collaborative innovation mechanism of enterprises, universities and research institutes

Bao Jiejun, Founder of Oceano and Dean of Guiran Academy said in his speech that the era when a company survives and develops merely depending on one product or technical formula has passed. Nowadays, facing a series of changes, it is necessary for universities, enterprises and the exhibition to work together to motivate the transformation of scientific and technological achievements so that the achievements can adapt the future market. It is hoped that with the help of multiple parties, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute, Uniceramics Expo and ceramics enterprises will establish a more stable cooperative relationship, jointly start a new chapter of win-win cooperation and promote the sound and fast development of Chinese ceramics industry.

Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center is a national advanced scientific and technological achievement transformation platform established by Department of Education of Guangdong Province and Foshan Government. Since its establishment in 2017, Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center has provided transformation services with government credibility to promote school-enterprise cooperation, promoted the effective implementation of scientific research achievements with high quality, and offered a new supporting point for the optimization and upgrading of Foshan's manufacturing industry.

As one of the hosts of this event, Tong Lei, Director of Ceramics Material Transformation, Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center, introduced Foshan’s supporting policies to promote the development of the university scientific and technological achievements service industry and appealed to Foshan enterprises to actively transform the high-tech achievements that are conducive to the development of enterprises.

Liang Jian, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute said that the transformation of scientific and technological achievements of Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute has achieved remarkable results. At present, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute has conducted comprehensive Industry-University-Research Collaboration with 16 important ceramics district including Jingdezhen, Gao’an, Foshan, Chaozhou, Zibo, Liling, etc., organized over 500 trips for scientific personnel to visit enterprises and signed more than 200 horizontal research projects with enterprises, which contributed a lot to the technological innovation and novel development of the ceramics industry. He hoped that through this meeting, the effective connection between the supply and demand of scientific and technological achievements will be realized, the efficient transformation of scientific and technological achievements of universities will be promoted, and the in-depth integration of industry-university-research collaboration will be furthered.

At last, Huang Min, Assistant General Manager of Uniceramics Expo, stated that the operation philosophy of Unceramics Expo is to link the market and provide accurate service. Through the event today, we hoped that enterprises would have a deep understanding of the current cutting-edge technology. What’s more, by understanding enterprises’ demands of cutting-edge technology, it will provide us with more possibilities to serve exhibitors better in the future. We also hoped that Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute and Uniceramics Expo would form normalized cooperation and presented scientific research results at the annual exhibition so as to make the outstanding scientific and technological achievements find broader market space at Uniceramics Expo.

Connect With the Latest Research Results
Discuss Industrial Development Trends

Then, four experts from Jindezhen Ceramic Institute, Miao Lifeng, Gong Xiaolong, Hu Xuebing, and Lu Xilong, shared the latest ceramics technological achievements with the attended enterprise representatives from the perspectives of permeable tiles, functional tiles, heating tiles, kiln energy-saving and environmental protection technology, glazes and pigments, etc.

Dr. Miao Lifeng briefly introduced the research background, development prospect, raw material production, performance advantages, application and the current industrialization process of permeable tiles, attracting the attention of a great deal of representatives on the production technology of permeable tiles.

Dr. Gong Xiaolong discussed the energy conservation of building ceramics and sanitary ware industry from four aspects, including “energy saving”, “emission reduction”, exploration of the energy-saving potential, energy-saving approaches, and the significance of emission reduction. He also introduced that the core of energy-saving for the building ceramics and sanitary ware industry is to strengthen heat transfer technology inside kilns, optimize the overall design of industrial kilns, and improve the automation level of kilns to effectively save energy and reduce emissions.

Dr. Hu Xuebing gave a detailed introduction to his main research – functionalized graphene from the perspective of graphene performance control technology and the combination technology of graphene and ceramics. He said that grapheme is called “industrial monosodium glutamate”, which can be perfectly matched with most materials. It has technical advantages such as excellent thermal conductivity, long service life, low cost, wide application range, and independent intellectual property rights. At the same time, Dr. Hu also introduced his research results such as new high-performance graphene materials, functional graphene series products and high-performance ceramic separation membrane technology.

Dr. Lu Xilong introduced the relevant preparation technology of ceramic pigments and the preparation technology of raw semi-transparent ceramics body, including the production and performance of cobalt blue pigment, the production of ferrosilicon red pigment with red clay, the production of low-temperature iron red glaze with red clay, the production of low-temperature fast-fired titanium crystal glaze, the production of raw semi-transparent ceramics body, which were eye-opener to the attending guests.

Afterwards, the experts of Jindezhen Ceramic Institute conducted in-depth interactive exchanges with the enterprises, discussing the cost and output of permeable tiles, the recycling of iron in the ceramics production process, and the application of crystalline glaze.

Link companies in depth
Accurately meet the needs of enterprises

On the afternoon of 9 November and the morning of 10 November, organized by Uniceramics Expo and Foshan Alumni Association of Jindezhen Ceramic Institute, the expert team from Jindezhen Ceramic Institute visited Tidiy, Dongfeng, Jumper, Dowstone and other enterprises to understand their needs and conducted in-depth discussions on key technologies that enterprises care about so as to accelerate the transformation of scientific research results.

On the afternoon of 9 November, the expert team visited Tidiy. In Tidiy, Marketing Director Qiu Meng explained the characteristics and functions of Tidiys’s products to the experts in detail. Through a series of experimental comparisons between Tidiy anion tiles and ordinary tiles, the “invisible, intangible” anion function was vividly shown to everyone. During the meeting, Tidiy and the expert team conducted detailed communication and exchanges on the expert team’s technological achievements, especially functional ceramic tiles and graphene.

On the morning of November 10th, Dr. Liang Jian, Dr. Hu Xuebing, and Dr. Miao Lifeng visited Guangdong Dongpeng Holdings Co., Ltd. Zhong Baomin, executive director of Dongpeng Holdings, led the teachers to visit the headquarters and showroom, and introduced Dongpeng’s development history. Afterwards, the two parties held a symposium, conducted in-depth exchanges on the technical achievements promoted by the teachers yesterday, and discussed the cooperation model between college and enterprise.

Dr. Lu Xilong, Dr. Miao Lifeng and Dr. Xu Ping visited Guangdong Dowstone Technology Co., Ltd. Executive Deputy General Manager Zhang Yi and Assistant General Manager of the ceramics business department Liu Xinlu hosted the teachers. Mr. Liu introduced the development history of Dowstone and the functional characteristics of its innovative products in detail to the experts. At the symposium, the two parties had detailed communications and exchanges on the application of daily ceramics glaze to building ceramics. At the same time, the experts also answered various technical problems encountered by the enterprise in the production process, and provided ideas and directions for the enterprise to solve the problem.

Mr. Wan Peng, Chairman of Guangdong Jumper Thermal Technology Co., Ltd. and Mr. Lai Ridong, Deputy Director of Guangdong Enterprise Technology Center, cordially hosted the visiting team and discussed with Dr. Gong Xiaolong from the School of Materials Science and Engineering of Jindezhen Ceramic Institute on the topics such as energy-saving potential of kilns, ways to save energy and reduce emissions and related industrialization technologies. At the same time, they also discussed industry forward-looking topics such as the application of nano-coating technology to kilns. Mr. Wan expressed that he hoped that the experts of Jindezhen Ceramic Institute would maintain regular exchanges with the company and share the latest technological achievements in the industry.

As the biggest exhibition in China’s ceramics industry, Uniceramics Expo gathered the innovation power of whole industrial chain and with numerous market customer resources. It is hoped that through the trilateral cooperation of school-enterprise -exhibition, a normalized cooperation mechanism will be formed between the Guangdong University Research Findings Commercialization Center, Jindezhen Ceramic Institute and Uniceramics Expo so that the latest scientific research results will be exchanged, the market will be connected closer, the scientific achievements will be transformed at the annual Uniceramics Expo. As a result, a broader market prospect will be brought to the good scientific achievements, and better technical services will be offered to the enterprises, which are tangible business opportunities!

Welcome to Uniceramics Expo 2021!