07 October 2025Macor Machinable Glass Ceramic was developed and manufactured by Corning Incorporated. Being an Official Corning Macor Distributor and supplier for over twenty years we receive regular deliveries of Macor direct from Corning’s manufacturing plant in France. Today a further 25 off Macor Maxi-slabs were delivered and these Slabs are approximately 355 x 330 x 57mm Thick. However, […]
29 August 2025We have recently started to offer our Customers an alternative to BNP-2 and Shapal Hi M Soft material which is far more cost effective but with very similar properties. This new material we are now offering is ABN2000 and below you will find the material data sheets for all three materials so you can see […]
28 May 2025May has been a busy month not only with fulfilling our customers’ orders but with some very important servicing and testing. At the beginning of the month Steve from S&D Extraction spent a day on site to carry out our LEV Testing. LEV testing, or Local Exhaust Ventilation testing, is required by law under COSHH […]
30 April 2025Well what can we say, it has been a while, since our last blog! The last one being during the Pandemic. It has been a tough few years not just for the manufacturing industry, but for many industries and services worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic sent shock waves through the world economy and we all experienced […]
28 September 2020Ceramic Substrates has continued to manufacture Precision Engineered Ceramic Components throughout the pandemic, whilst maintaining a safe working environment for all employees. Although we have been able to continue to fulfil our customers’ orders throughout the Pandemic, without the hard work of the Courier Drivers, for us dpd local and UPS collections and deliveries would have […]
20 December 2018 December has been a busy month for the Team, not only working hard on completing orders for dispatch, but, also, working their way through the copious amount of chocolate and cake received. We are fortunate to be based on the Isle of Wight surrounded by the sea and amongst beautiful countryside and our Factory […]
19 June 2018Firstly we must apologise for the lack of Ceramic Substrates latest news. This is not because we have not had any, but because we have been extremely busy since we last managed to sit down and provide our latest news. Due to our exceptional demanding works schedule since the beginning of 2018 we have had […]
09 February 2018Upon returning to work following the Christmas and New Year shutdown, we seemed to have hit the ground running. Our works schedule is extremely busy in all areas, such as, Machinable Ceramics, Bespoke, Laser Cut substrates using the numerous materials that we offer, for example:- Macor Machinable Glass Ceramic, Shapal Hi M Soft, BNP-2, Pyrophyllite […]
20 December 2017December has been a busy month for the Team, not only working hard on completing orders for dispatch, but, also, working their way through the amount of chocolate and cake received. We are very lucky to have such a good neighbourhood around our Factory and we try and help several of our older neighbours where […]
26 October 2017 INTERLOCKING/FISHSPINE BEADS Fish spine beads have been used as a practical method of insulating wires with the beads interlocking together to provide continuous electrical insulation. Ceramic Substrates offer an extensive range of Standard Steatite Beads, but with our own in-house Tool Room we also manufacture to Customers specifications. One thing to bear in mind […]