Ed Maynard

The AMRICC Centre is a world-class, open-access facility dedicated to transforming innovative materials, processes, and technologies into practical solutions and commercial products. It serves as a Centre of Excellence for advanced ceramic technologies, offering access to comprehensive capabilities in powder processing, forming, sintering, and testing—all within a single location. Equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, the Centre enables materials processing under extreme conditions, such as high-temperature sintering up to 3000°C, vacuum sintering, and densification using hot or cold isostatic pressure. This capability is combined with the expertise of material scientists, engineers, and computational modellers to bring innovative ideas to market. Its open-access model allows companies to flexibly trial new processes and materials prior to investing while leveraging AMRICC's materials expertise. Additionally, the AMRICC Centre addresses a critical skills gap by training the next generation of scientists and engineers. Through hands-on experience with advanced equipment and real-world industry projects, it prepares apprentices, undergraduates, and postgraduates to drive future innovation and commercialisation in science and engineering.