Success story: C4 Carbides

15/04/2023

Diamond-coated, cutting edge technology • C4 sees a future free of tungsten with a

brazed diamond band saw

• The company needed a prototype which could overcome technical challenges

• £100,000 of Smart funding paved the way for new C4 diamond-coated products

“Before Innovate UK came along, we were just a tungsten carbide company. ” Peter Nicolson, CEO and founder

Successes and the future• In 2003, C4 made a major breakthrough by adapting brazing

technology to fuse industrial diamonds to cutting blades• C4 now supplies diamond tools to major producers such as

Bosch, Black & Decker, AEG and Hitachi• 90% of production is for export. China, Brazil and India are

new targets in addition to sales in Europe and North America

“Thanks to Innovate UK funding we’ve turned to producing linear edge super-abrasives which have huge potential.” Peter Nicolson, CEO and founder