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Following the closing, i.e. the transfer of CeramTec’s shares to the new owner, on 31 August 2013, CeramTec is now majority owned by the European private equity firm Cinven.

SGL Group – The Carbon Company has honored Professor Klaus Müllen with the Utz-Hellmuth Felcht Award for his research into the synthesis of tailored graphenes.

CoorsTek, Inc., the world’s largest technical ceramics manufacturer supplying critical components to high-technology markets, announced the acquisition of Crewe, England-based Dynamic-Materials (Ceramics) Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Dynamic-Ceramic Limited (a.k.a. Dynamic-Ceramic), a specialist advanced ceramic manufacturing, trading, and consultancy company.

Despite increases in public investment and personal consumption, the Japanese economy weakened in the year ended 31 March 2013 due primarily to a decrease in exports reflecting a slowdown from the second quarter (1 July to 30 September 2012) in economies overseas, ­par­ticu­larly in Europe and Asia, and to stagnant growth in capital investment in the corporate sector.

SGL Group – The Carbon Company has developed the largest graphite plate heat exchanger in the world.

Hybrid components and the related technologies are being given a new home: HYBRID EXPO which will take place for the first time from 17 to 19 September in Stuttgart.

The Design and Advanced Materials (DAMADEI) Project as a driver of European innovation is a collaborative online platform presenting the current picture of the European design and advanced materials sectors.

A delegation of experts led by the German SGL Group – The Carbon Company presented carbon fiber applications in the construction industry to leading representatives of state construction bodies in Singapore: the Building & Construction Authority (BCA), the Housing & Development Board (HDB), JTC Corporation, and the renowned Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Energy Research Institute.