HK-Ceram Ltd., a Hungarian company based in Szentes, launched a development project in consortium with the University of Szeged to explore how the ceramics industry can operate more efficiently while facing increasingly serious environmental challenges. Kiln operation requires significant energy and produces considerable carbon dioxide emissions. For both economic and environmental reasons, reducing the ceramics industry’s reliance on fossil fuels will become increasingly important in the years ahead. Achieving this is far from simple, and