Kiln-free recycled tile startup agrees pilot deal with major UK supplier

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

A Manchester-based startup that makes ceramic-like tiles from waste without needing an energy-hungry kiln has teamed up with one of the UK’s biggest tile suppliers to launch a pilot project to scale up the technology.

Dekiln, run by the biomaterials engineer Aled Roberts, is joining forces with Johnson Tiles to set up a trial manufacturing site in Stoke-on-Trent, the historic home of British ceramics.