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Address

QSIL SE
Gustav-Tauschek-Straße 1
99099
Erfurt
DE

Fairs

Ceramics Expo Novi/US; ceramitec Munich/DE; formnext Frankfurt/DE

Phone

Fax

E-mail

info@qsil.com

Homepage

https://www.qsil.com/

Company profile

QSIL is an innovative, international supplier of high-performance materials, specializing in the production of high-performance technical ceramics, refractory metals and composite materials. Key markets include diagnostics, machinery, medical and other industrial applications in the chemical and analytical industries. QSIL supplies a globally diversified customer base, including major companies in Europe, Asia and North America.

In 2024, the QSIL Group will generate annual sales of over 200 million euros with around 1,000 employees. At the beginning of 2025, the quartz division will be divested to focus entirely on its core competencies in technical ceramics and refractory metals, driving innovation in demanding industries worldwide. The group includes QSIL Ceramics GmbH, QSIL Ingenieurkeramik GmbH, QSIL Metals Hermsdorf GmbH and QSIL Metals Calne Ltd. The QSIL Group is headquartered in Erfurt, Germany.

Ownership

Private Company

Management

Chris Förster (CEO), Managing Director QSIL Ingenieurkeramik: Andreas Goller, Managing Director QSIL Ceramics: Jaime Schmitt

Turnover

>200 Mio. €

Number of employees total

1000

Number of employees in R+D

>50

Product development partnerships

customers, institutes, user industries, multidisciplinary

Project funding

public, industry

Main components

n/a

Certificates

DIN EN ISO 9001: 2015
DIN EN ISO 14001: 2015
DIN EN ISO 50001: 2018

Market leadership

Feedthroughs for X-ray tubes, Membranes for sensoring

Special know-how

cutting-edge ceramic/metal joining technology
excellent hardness for armour application
wear resistant ceramic for machinery

Project duration

24

Pilot run series

yes

Ceramic division(s)

>40 Mio. €
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Additive manufacturing; Aerospace; Automotive engineering; Ceramic-metal brazing; Ceramics and joining technology; Chemicals – Pharmaceuticals; Conveying equipment; Diagnosis; Electrical engineering/ Electronics; Electronic circuits; Environmental engineering; Food packaging; Food processing; Food processing technology; Glass engineering; Implantology; Instruments and tools; Kiln and furnace engineering; Laboratory; Laboratory; Laboratory; Lighting systems; Material separation; Measuring systems; Measuring systems; Medical engineering; Metal engineering; Military engineering; On- and offshore engineering; Personal and equipment protection; Physical research; Therapy; Vehicle armouring; Wafer production; Waste incineration plants; X-ray fine structure analysis

Materials

alumina; alumina high purity; alumina light reflection; alumina nano HIP; aluminium nitride; BB4C reactionbonded boron arbide; direct-sintered silicon carbide; functional coatings; fused silica; high purity alumina porous ceramics; machinable ceramics; magnesia; molybdenum; partially stabilized zirconia; quartz; RBSiC (silicon-infiltrated reaction-bonded silicon carbide); Si3N4; silicon carbide; silicon nitride; spinel; technical porcelain; tungsten; tungsten carbide; wear resistant advanced ceramic material; yttria-stabilised zirconia (3% / 8%); zirconia; zirconia HIP; zirconia toughened alumina (ZTA) / alumina toughened zirconia (ATZ); zirconia toughened alumina/ alumina toughened zirconia ZPTA/APTZ

User industries

aerospace; air purification; armour; automotive; automotive: electromobility; aviation; battery; brazing; chemical industry; CIM; coating technology; cutting tools; defense; electrical and electronic industry; electrical and thermal insulation; electrical engineering; electronics and sensors; energy storage; energy technology/power generation; energy transmission; environmental technology; food and beverage; foundry; friction reduction; furnace and kiln manufacturer; healthcare; heat treatment; high temperature applications; high voltage and frequencs applications; industrial; industrial automation; kiln furniture; laser systems; laser technology; lifescience industry; machinery; marine and railway; measuring and testing industry; mechanical and chemical process engineering; medical engineering; medical engineering: implantology; medical technology; metal industry; metallurgy; metrology; nuclear industry; OEM; oil and gas; optics; plasma treatment; processing industry; R&D (universities/ institutes/ corporate); refractories; roller and needle bearings; semiconductor industry; sensors; Space and astronomy; surface treatment; technical ceramics; thermal engineering; tribology; vacuum technology; watch industries; wear- and corrosion-protection; wind energy; X-ray technology

Production plants

3D measuring; 4th/5th axis machining; additive manufacturing; after firing machining; assembling; brazing of metal-ceramic assemblies; casting; ceramic feedstock; ceramic-metal assemblies and sub-assemblies; CIM; CIP; cleaning; coating; debinding; diamond grinding; digital microscoping; dry pressing; fast ceramic production; finishing; glazing; grinding; grinding cut-to-size; hard machining; high temperature kilns; HIP; hot pressing; isostatic pressing; lapping; metal working; metallizing; micromachining; milling; polishing; powder processing; precision grinding; pressing; pressing ceramic powder plates and green machining; rapid prototyping; sintering; slip-casting; spraydrying; turning; ultrasonic assisted machining; unfired machining; uniaxial pressing; vaccuum brazing; vacuum/gas pressure sintering; white and green body processing

Technical Center / Laboratory

QSIL SE Announces the Sale of its Quartz Division in Ilmenau

QSIL SE/DE, a leading manufacturer of high-temperature sintering materials such as...
03/02/25

QSIL AG Expanding its Expertise in Hot Isostatic Pressing

The standard grades of ceramic materials produced by QSIL/DE already offer...
04/03/22

Change of Managing Director at QSIL Ceramics GmbH in Auma

QSIL Ceramics GmbH/DE has a new Managing Director. Jaime Schmitt succeeds...
03/03/22

QSIL: Glass and Ceramic Materials for Innovative Future Applications

The QSIL Group is an innovative, internationally operating material specialist focussing...
06/03/20

Manufacturing Ceramic Tubes Using the Plasma Melting Process

For 25 years, QSIL GmbH Quarzschmelze Ilmenau/DE has been producing tubes...
09/08/17
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