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During the summer months the team here at DeKiln has been very busy, with the main focus on delivering our largest order of our sustainable tiles to date. We have also been testing...

In June we had to bid farewell to our long-time senior engineer, Periklis, who has worked here for the last three years. He has seen the company grow through many changes

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Dekiln to scale up its low-carbon technology with Johnson Tiles, in boost for struggling British ceramics industry

We’re pleased to announce that Dekiln has been awarded funding through the Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme (ICP)...

Dekiln’s founder and CEO, Dr Aled Roberts, took the TEDxManchester stage with over 1,700 attendees to share his transformational journey...

Magnus Carlsen signs Dekiln Eralith chess Set: raises over £3000 for Charity

This investment will power the scale-up of our sustainable BioSintering® technology, bringing bio-based tiles to market with the backing of Green Angel Ventures

From lockdown experiments in his cellar, Dr. Aled Roberts founded Dekiln and developed Eralith-a low-carbon, recycled tile-using nature-inspired science to drive sustainability in construction.

BioSintering® works with existing tile manufacturing equipment (except kilns), enabling an easy, low-carbon upgrade.

Scientists develop StarCrete, a strong, sustainable material from potato starch and space dust for building on Mars and Earth.

Scientists at the University of Manchester developed “StarCrete,” a strong concrete from Martian soil, potato starch, and salt for building on Mars or the Moon.

StarCrete, made from Martian soil, potato starch, and salt, is a strong and cost-effective alternative to concrete for both space and Earth use.

Scientists developed StarCrete, a strong, sustainable concrete from space dust, starch, and salt for building on Mars and Earth.

University of Manchester researchers developed StarCrete, a strong, sustainable material for space construction and a greener alternative to concrete.

StarCrete, made from Martian soil, potato starch, and salt, is a strong, sustainable alternative to concrete for space and Earth use.