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The AZoBuild.com website is operated by AZoM.com Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia in partnership with CERAM, Stoke on Trent, UK.
The site and platform are based on the highly successful AZo sites, www.azom.com – The A to Z of Materials and www.azonano.com – The A to Z of Nanotechnology. The combined visitor numbers for these sites are in excess of 800,000 per month.
History
In 2003 a website called KIBT.com (Knowledge & Innovation in Building Technology) was set up by CERAM with UK governmental funding. It used the well established AZoM site architecture and methodology, and drew on a wide range of external content provider partners.
Since the launch of the KIBT website in January 2003 the site had been highly regarded and had attracted visitors to the high quality and broad coverage of content supplied by around 36 provider partners, including for example BSI, Contracts Journal, Corus, and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. This demonstrated that KIBT had a beneficial offering to users, and that a site such as this could provide a valuable content distribution channel for the partners.
In October 2004, pump priming governmental funding for KIBT ceased, and CERAM looked for an appropriate vehicle through which this type of activity, with its future promise, could be realised in a sustainable way for the benefit of both users and content suppliers. This vehicle is AZoBuild.com.
The vision for AZoBuild.com is a completely open access site with a considerably expanded user base and hence considerably larger number of people accessing and using it. This offers suppliers, service providers and content providers a much wider audience for their knowledge and their information.
AZoM – CERAM Joint Venture
AZoM (The A to Z of materials) is now the world ’s number one on-line site for users and suppliers in the materials sector, with over 800,000 visitor sessions per month and content supplied from a wide range of partners including The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), RAPRA Technology, the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA), and the Titanium Information Group. AZoM, as the internet company specialist, is providing the expertise to grow the user base and the content base.
CERAM, through its CERAM Building Technology Team, is providing technical input and support and providing answers to AskAZoBuild questions.
About: AZoM.com
Formed in April 2000, AZoM.com, “The A to Z of Materials” was launched on the web in September 2001.
AZoM.com provides free access to a wide range of materials information and data on metals, ceramics, polymers, composites and coatings and has been designed specifically to suit the requirements of a global audience of designers, engineers and other material users.
AZoM.com’s business model provides materials manufacturers and service providers with the most effective on-line route to connect with a global audience of material purchasers.
Information on AZoM.com is drawn from a network of content partners, including:, The Institute of Materials Minerals & Mining, CERAM Research Ltd. and RAPRA Technology.
With over 800,000 visitor sessions per month AZoM.com is now widely recognized as the most significant on-line destination for purchasers of materials and related services. Contact
Dr. Ian Birkby
CEO
ianbirkby@azom.com
Tel: +61 (0)2 9918 7375
AZoM.com Background Information & Media Pack
About CERAM
CERAM is an internationally renowned centre of technical excellence for the ceramics and other materials-based industries. The Construction and Building Sector is one of CERAM’s major market sectors
The range of services provided include:
- Information Services
- Contract R&D and Consultancy on products, processes and materials
- Testing of building materials, products and systems
- Expert Witnessing
- Product Design and Development
- Materials Testing and Environmental Services
- Technology Transfer
Operating from our site in Stoke-on-Trent , since 1948 and with £7 million of equipment at your disposal, the facilities comprise of:
- Laboratory: 4000 m2– includes specialized structures test facility
- Offices & Conference Facilities: 2000 m2
- Pilot Plant: 4000 m2
- Total: 10000 m2
CERAM's capability spans the activities of investigation, evaluation, manufacture, use and proving as applied from the material through to finished product or product application.
A staff of 130 highly experienced professionals provides the depth of services which are essential to the success of manufacturing industry. These range from simple testing of products and materials to assistance with developing new products to refining or introducing process technology to improving your business and manufacturing capabilities
If you would like more information or are interested in becoming a member of CERAM, please contact: enquiries@ceram.com
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