default

SGL Carbon SE/DE has sold its 51 % shareholding in the SGL Kümpers GmbH & Co. KG joint venture to Kümpers GmbH and Franz-Jürgen Kümpers/DE. SGL Group will continue to supply carbon fibres, thereby maintaining its existing business relationship with Kümpers.

When looking into the future, there is much talk about digitalization and industry 4.0. Regarding materials science, what does this mean? Which changes are we likely to face in ceramics? How will the manufacturing of components change in the future? In what way are we going to follow the life cycle of materials, to optimise production processes and to minimize raw material consumption? How can we close loops in an optimised way and how can we reduce power consumption?

ACHEMA 2018 will be held 11–15 June 2018 in Frankfurt am Main/DE.

The trend toward smaller, more highly functional telecommunications equipment has increased component requirements within smartphones, wearables and related devices – creating particular demand for ultra-miniature MLCCs.

Trading is in-line with the expectations of the company – the outlook for the full year is unchanged. Sales for the ten months to October 2017 were 1,0 % higher for the group, on an organic constant currency ­basis, compared to the first ten months of last year.

The demand for solutions based on specialty graphite from SGL Group/DE for the auto­motive industry has grown steadily in recent years. The material enables solutions in applications such as bearings for water pumps and exhaust gas management, ­rotors and vanes in vacuum pumps or sealing rings for seals – both for vehicles with alternative drives and for standard combustion engines.

CERAMIC APPLICATIONS will present this year 48 partners (40 ceramics manufacturers, each 4 equipment and material suppliers and on top 4 institutes) at a shared stand both at ceramitec 2018 and Hannover Messe 2018. CERAMIC APPLICATIONS is an international platform, which includes 25 German companies as well as experts from Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, the Netherlands, India, Bulgaria, Japan, USA, Spain, Great Britain and France.

EPHJ-EPMT-SMT is the most important professional show held annually in Switzerland in the high-precision sector embracing jewellery and watchmaking subcontracting micro-technologies and medical technol­ogies.

CeramTec/DE announced that a Consortium led by Funds advised by the leading private equity firm BC Partners has reached an agreement to acquire CeramTec Group from its current owner Cinven.

Almatis/DE announced a major expansion of their Falta/IN specialty alumina plant with the planned installation of a tabular alumina converter.