Based in the UK, CICS was founded in 1985 to provide a specialist certification service to the UK ceramics industries. CICS now operates in over 20 countries and is a leading provider of
certification to the ceramics, materials and related industries within the UK, Europe, United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil, together with a growing client base in Asia.

CICS is a self-funding, non-profit distributing, independent subsidiary of the Stoke-on-Trent based CERAM Research; one of the world's leading centres of ceramic and materials excellence.

CICS offers certification to ISO 9000, ISO 14001, Product Certification and Emissions Trading Verification. All certification services are accredited to internationally recognised standards and guidelines.

CICS provides a specialist certification service based upon a unique combination of:

Industry Sector Knowledge
Specialist Auditors
Service Orientation and Cost Effectiveness
International recognition

With the right approach, certification can be an opportunity to build better management systems, drive performance forward and communicate the results to the outside world. However, this will only be achieved if the certification company understands your business, focusing on the issues that really matter and not those that do not.

CICS is an organisation built on decades of collective experience in the ceramics and related industries. Our core areas of expertise include:

Refractory shapes, Tableware, Mineral extraction, Giftware,
Mineral processing, Refractory products, Sanitaryware, Colours, powders, frits & glazes, Monolithics & castables, Floor and Wall tiles, Transfers & lithographs, Ceramic Fibre
Abrasives, Quartz manufacture & fabrication,
Electro fused magnesia powders, Advanced ceramics
Equipment manufacture, Kiln Furniture, Industrial ceramics
Glass manufacture & fabrication, Clay bricks, roof tiles & pavers
Electro ceramics, Merchants & distributors, Concrete pro