As this year’s partner country of Formnext (Frankfurt on the Main/DE), Spain will be bringing an array of innovative exhibitors to the world’s leading exhibition in AM technology and the next generation of production while adding key elements to Formnext’s lineup of supporting events. In addition to its highly dynamic and rapidly growing AM industry, … Read more
The Supervisory Board of OECHSLER AG (Ansbach/DE) has extended the contract with the Spokesman of the Executive Board, Karl Ostler (50), and at the same time appointed him Chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) with effect from January 1, 2025. Karl Ostler was initially appointed as Spokesman of the Management Board on January 1 of … Read more
Tim Evans has joined multifaceted manufacturing concern Mantec Technical Ceramics (GB) as sales director. Tim Evans has wide experience in the ceramics industry, having begun his career at CERAM (now Lucideon), starting on the technical side in the kilns and furnaces division and moving on to both technical and ultimately sales roles in the testing … Read more
On December 19, 2024, the transfer of full membership of the Italian companies H.T.C. S.r.l. and Redco S.r.l., both part of the H.T.-Ceram S.r.l. group, to Tateho Chemical Industries Co.Ltd., a Japanese multinational company, was finalized. Tateho Chemical Industries specializes in the production of technical chemical, electro-fused and ceramic products for industrial applications and is … Read more
With effect from December 31, 2024, SWACRIT has acquired a strategic stake in the German Alumina Redwitz Holding GmbH (DE) through SWACRIT Technologies AG (AT). Alumina Redwitz Holding GmbH is the parent company of the Alumina Systems Group (“Alumina”). Alumina, which once emerged from the Siemens Group, develops and produces ceramic components for demanding and … Read more
SINTX Technologies, Inc., Salt Lake City/US, an advanced ceramics company specializing in developing and commercializing materials for medical and technical applications, has achieved a significant milestone. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for SINTX’s patent application no. 17/237,687, titled “Methods of Silicon Nitride Laser Cladding.” This milestone … Read more
KRAHN Ceramics is expanding its production capacities at its facility in Hamburg/DE. Responding to increasing demand and a surge in new projects, the specialist in distribution and processing of ceramic powders has installed a third line for the production of ceramic injection molding compounds. This enables the company to offer its customers innovative ceramic solutions even … Read more
The one-day course on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at EMPA in Dübendorf/CH offers a comprehensive overview of the development of high-tech ceramic materials, their production, properties, fields of application and future potential, as well as an exchange between industrial developers and researchers. The aim of this one-day course is to provide a comprehensive overview of … Read more
The Schunk Group has fully acquired the raw material manufacturer ESK-SIC with effective date 1 January 2025. With this acquisition, Schunk is expanding its product portfolio to include the production and distribution of the strategically important raw material silicon carbide. ESK-SIC is the leading manufacturer of high-quality silicon carbide powder, which is used by Schunk’s … Read more
QSIL SE/DE, a leading manufacturer of high-temperature sintering materials such as quartz, ceramics and refractory metals, announced the sale of its Ilmenau-based subsidiary QSIL GmbH Quarzschmelze Ilmenau to SCHOTT AG, Mainz, Germany. The transaction is expected to close in early 2025, subject to approval by the relevant authorities. Following approval, SCHOTT will take over all … Read more