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On the occasion of RAPID.TECH FABCON 3.D from 25–27 June 2019 in Erfurt/DE, the German company SiCeram GmbH pres­ented for the first time filaments for 3D-printing of high-tech ceramics.

SGL Carbon/DE and Elbe Flugzeugwerke, a long-established German aircraft manufacturer, have extended their contract to supply prepregs (impregnated carbon fibre textiles) for use in the Airbus A350 cabin’s floor panels by another year, to the end of 2020.

Dieter Lauber takes over as Deputy Managing Director at Frey & Co. GmbH/DE. Dieter Lauber worked in the last 16 years as global Sales and Project Manager in a company specialised in special equipment supply. He is married and father of 3 children.

The Working Group Process Engineering of the German Ceramic Society (DKG) has prepared a conference programme for 3–4 December 2019 in Erlangen/DE on “Hybride Processes and Hybride Ceramics” (details www.dkg.de – conference language is German).

The French company based in Limoges, cradle of the French ceramic, 3DCERAM Sinto goes further in offering the biggest building platform for technical ceramic 3D-printing on the market, which allows mass production or bigger parts: its new 3D-printer C3600. This new printer fits in the strategy of global offer from 3DCERAM Sinto to match the clients’ needs, from laboratory to Industry.

As one of the leading global silicon producers with more than 85 years of metallurgical competence and production, Elkem Silicon Materials/NO is serving the ceramics and refractories industry with a broad range of silicon powders. In addition to standard, off-the-shelf products Elkem also offers tailored products to meet customer needs, both with respect to size and chemistry.

From human-machine interaction to intelligent skin, from 3D-ultrasound cancer diagnostics to smart implants and from energy harvesting solutions to wireless energy supply – piezoceramics enable novel, smart applications that go far beyond their traditional use in positioning, measuring or control tasks.

Having taken off to become the world’s leading exhibition for Additive Manufacturing and modern industrial production in recent years, formnext continues this development at a record pace in 2019. In March, 518 exhibitors have already registered for formnext this year. This is another significant increase compared to the same time the year before.

Kyocera Corporation/JP announced that its Germany-based European headquarters, Kyocera Fineceramics GmbH, has acquired 100 % of the shares of H.C. Starck Ceramics GmbH, a European advanced ceramics manufacturing and sales company based in Selb/DE, subsequent to the agreement with H.C. Starck GmbH in February 2019.

3DCERAM SINTO/FR is a leader in the 3D-ceramic printing world, created in 2001 In Limoges/FR and directed by Christophe Chaput and Richard Gaignon and providing an unparallel expertise in the technology of ceramic 3D-printing.