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Nabaltec AG’s revenues climbed to a record high of EUR 88,7 million in the 1^st half of 2017, up 5,6 % from the same period of last year (EUR 84,0 million). Revenues in the 2^nd quarter were up 5,4 % from the year before, to EUR 45,1 million.

SGL Group delivered good results for the first half of 2017. Sales and profitability have improved substantially. Sales from continuing operations amounted to EUR 435,3 million (prior year period: EUR 379,4 million), up by nearly 15 % year-on-year.

At the Japan Analytical Scientific Instruments Show (JASIS), Bruker/DE announced its new D8 DISCOVER PlusTM X-ray diffraction (XRD) system which combines the high power of the new TXS-HE^TM high-efficiency Turbo X-ray Source^TM with the reliability and accuracy of the new high endurance ­ATLAS^TM goniometer.

Water is vital – therefore, waste water has to be cleaned as efficiently as possible. Ceramic membranes make this possible. Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems – IKTS in Hermsdorf/DE were able to significantly reduce the separation limits of these membranes and to reliably filter off dissolved organic molecules with a molar mass of only 200 Da. Even industrial sewage water can thus be cleaned efficiently.

The Program Commission of the Annual Meeting of the DKG – German Ceramic Society kindly invites, all participants who intend to held a paper or present a poster at the meeting, during 10–13 April 2018 in Munich/DE, to submit their abstract of the paper or poster in English (max 1500 characters/max 6 Authors) no later than 31 December 2017, online under www.2018.dkg.de

In the framework of the European and International Ceramist Student Exchange Program, the European Ceramic Society – ECerS presents the ”January 2018 Winter Workshop Grant“.

For the 3^rd time in a row, the organizing committee succeeded to present an exciting program covering a broad range of themes regarding advanced ceramics and related technologies. The program includes high-quality lectures focused on ceramic manufacturing 4.0, state-of-the-art production technologies including 3D-printing, modern raw-material synthesis, and many more very interesting topics, all presented and discussed by ­national and international top speakers from the industry.

Steinbach AG, Detmold/DE, with its Tech­nical Ceramics Division and Protiq GmbH, supplier of Additive Manufacturing (AM) systems based on 3D-­printing in Blomb­erg/DE, are stepping up their cooperation to better utilize synergistic effects.

Kyocera Corporation has developed an ultra­small ceramic package utilizing a pro­prietary multilayer structure with a built­ in RFID*1 antenna that can increase the read range up to 2x as compared with conven­tional packages of the same size.

As of 15 May 2017, Noliac A/S has been acquired by CTS Corporation. CTS is a lead­ing designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators and electronic components to OEMs in the aerospace, communications, defense, industrial, information technology, medical and transportation markets. CTS manufactures products in North America, Europe and Asia.