Surface Transforms: The Future of Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Julia Woodhouse is a non-executive director at Outokumpu, a leading global stainless steel manufacturer, and sits on their ESG Advisory Council. She is also on the board of Surface Transforms Plc, and is a member of the Standards

Liverpool-based Surface Transforms plc said the production problems it reported in January have now been resolved. Surface Transforms is a manufacturer of next-generation carbon-ceramic brake discs for automotive and aircraft applications. In a “production, capacity, and trading update” Surface

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Liverpool-based Surface Transforms plc said it increased the “lifetime value” of its order book by £175 million to £290 million in the year to December 31, 2022. Surface Transforms is a manufacturer of next-generation carbon-ceramic brake discs for

The chairman of Knowsley-based ceramic automotive brake disc manufacturer Surface Transforms has said the board is “confident” in achieving profitability in FY23, after a “transitional” year where the company made a number of major investments to grow capacity.

Brakes manufacturer Surface Transforms has become a “serious participant” in automotive supply chains and has £175m of orders stacked up from major car manufacturers. In a candid statement to the market this morning the company admitted “almost all

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The older carbonized braking systems have evolved significantly into the carbon ceramics brakes that we’re well acquainted with nowadays. Thanks to the addition of ceramic material into the carbon, the combined carbon ceramic brake pads are far more durable.

Surface Transforms’ material is a next-generation Carbon Fiber Reinforced Ceramic (CFRC) which is produced by Surface Transforms’ proprietary processes, transforming Carbon-Carbon into our Carbon-Silicon Carbide (CSiC) ceramic. Whilst the carbon-ceramic discs you find on production road cars conventionally