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As aging populations and evolving healthcare approaches shift the medical landscape, increasing opportunities for both established and innovative technologies predict a strong future for ceramics and glass. by April Gocha and Lisa McDonald department News & Trends Spotlight Ceramics in Biomedicine. 3 6 10 Advances in Nanomaterials. 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All feature articles are covered in Current Contents. 2 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 news & trends Credit: International Year of Glass Toward an International Year of Glass Glass helps us live safer and more sustainable lives, from offering a sound disposal method for nuclear waste to improving osseointegration of biomedical implants to allowing for high-speed internet access. Yet this material, which is key to so many applications, is often underappreciated in society and viewed only in terms of windows and kitchenware. Educating the public about the importance of glass in modern society is a goal for many materials science organizations, but individual efforts only go so far. What if we could bring people together in a global initiative to raise awareness of this influential material? That is the driving force behind a recent initiative spearheaded by the International Commission on Glass (ICG) to have 2022 declared the International Year of Glass. Since 1959, the General Assembly of the United Nations designated specific years as United Nations International Years to acknowledge fields of international endeavor and the importance of their contributions to global society. Usually, one or more Member States propose these observances, or on occasion, specialized agencies of the United Nations such as UNESCO and UNICEF may put forth a proposal. The proposal for the International Year of Glass, though, originated from a completely different source. International Year of Glass: From conception to a thousand endorsements The idea for an International Year of Glass was first discussed at the 2018 Fall Annual Meeting of ICG in Yokohama, Japan, per a suggestion by ACerS Distinguished Life Member David Pye. In May 2019, ICG, The Corning Museum of Glass, The American Proposed INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF CLASS Ceramic Society, and The Glass Art Society endorsed the idea in a presentation to the Office of the United States Mission of the United Nations in New York City, which was well received. ICG president Alicia Durán formally introduced the initiative to the ACerS community in a \"Letter to the Editor\" published in the September 2019 Bulletin. At the time, she noted that \"Extensive planning is now underway to inform international art and scientific glassthemed societies and museums of this endeavor to secure the United Nations declaration of the 2022 International Year of Glass.\" Since then, more than 1,100 organizations from over 70 countries have expressed support for the initiative. In an email, Durán says they are now forming an international steering committee to continue working and developing the initiative, and \"Fundraising campaign, proposals of activities (international and national) and spreading these activities to the planet will be some of the tasks that we can face, and solve!!\" Coming next: November presentation to the United Nations The next big task on the way to having 2022 designated the International Year of Glass is to receive formal approval from the UN. To do that, the American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 2022 International Year of Glass steering committee is preparing a presentation to be given in early November to the UN General Assembly. Agustin Santos, the Spanish Ambassador to the UN, has guided the required resolution through the General Assembly, and he will present the proposal in November through a virtual presentation. The presentation will include introducing partner organizations and personalities in the International Year of Glass project, explaining the activities planned and concepts being developed, and how they link to the UN Agenda 2030. Volkan Bozkir, the Turkish Ambassador and recently installed President of the Assembly, has already expressed his support and will do so during the presentation as well. After the presentation, the resolution for approving the International Year will be presented at the 75th UN General Assembly planned for December 2020. If you wish to become a supporting institution, you can register your interest on the official International Year of Glass website at http://iyog2022. org or email the steering committee at manager@iyog2022.org. You can follow updates on the initiative on the official LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin. com/company/international-year-ofglass-2022. 3 O book review Roni Shneck Guest columnist Review of \"Transparent Ceramics: Materials, Engineering, and Applications\" Over the last two decades and more, a considerable effort has been invested in development of optically transparent ceramic and glass-ceramic materials for functioning as various optical elements. Fabrication techniques of ceramic components has the potential of being highly cost-effective, and exhibit improved uniformity of optical properties compared to their crystalline counterparts. The prospected uses range from transparent optical military armour up to optical laser components. The book addresses in detail that entire scope, starting with the underlying theoretical basis through technical production details, relevant materials, and current and future prospected applications. Especially, it provides a survey and analysis of currently used and studied materials, and points out some goals for near future developments. Chapter 1 describes the book rational topic and aims in view of some historic progress, a definition of the spectral regions of interest, definition of transparency factors, and fabrication means and costs. Chapter 2 describes the basic physics underlying the interaction of light with matter. Fundamental features of light like polarization, interference, and interaction with matter involving reflection, refraction, absorption and scattering are related to the relevant material properties like refractive indices, and acoustic and optical waves. Special attention is devoted to energy states spectroscopy of dopant rare earth and transition metal ions. Chapter 3 surveys in detail the issue of ceramic materials processing, with attention on those mostly adequate to obtain transparent parts of optical equipment. Chapter 4 surveys the multitude of materials used and proposed to be used for production of transparent ceramics, all in view of available production techniques and aimed-at applications. Chapter 5 elaborates on various possible applications of transparent ceramics, mostly for security windows, optical lenses, and laser parts, but also for some, perhaps less appreciated ones like colour filters, scintillation elements, dental parts, and many more. ADRIAN GOLDSTEIN | ANDREAS KRELL ZEEV BURSHTEIN TRANSPARENT CERAMICS MATERIALS, ENGINEERING, AND APPLICATIONS WILEY The book offers the thus-far broadest and deepest account of transparent ceramics. Individuals wishing acquaintance with this still emerging field, for either teaching or performing of scientific research, will definitely benefit from learning and consulting this new book. Roni Shneck is professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 business and market view A regular column featuring excerpts from BCC Research reports on industry sectors involving the ceramic and glass industry. bcc Research High-strength glass: Global markets By Margareth Gagliardi The \'he global market for high-strength glass increased from $28.9 billion in 2018 to $30.9 billion in 2019, and is estimated to reach $31.9 billion in 2020, corresponding to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.0% during the two-year period. The market is forecast to rise at a CAGR of 6.1% from 2020 to 2025, reaching global revenues of $42.9 billion in 2025. High-strength glass is a category of glass characterized by high tensile or compressive strength. Its origins can be traced back to the 1660s, when German-English officer and scientist Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland presented the first tempered glass with the shape of a teardrop to King Charles II of England. However, almost 200 years went by before the first industrial process for producing tempered glass was developed. There are seven main sectors in which high-strength glass finds current and potential applications: aerospace and defense, construction, electronics and optoelectronics, energy, life sciences, mechanical/chemical, and transportation. Applications within the transportation sector currently account for the largest share of the market, at an estimated 53.4% of the total in 2020. Highstrength glass for the construction sector represents a relatively smaller share at 21.5%, while electronics and optoelectronics is estimated to account for 7.6%. All the remaining applications represent a combined share of 17.4%. Laminated and tempered soda-limesilica glass currently represent the largest segment (85.4%) of the high-strength glass market, with projected sales of $27.2 billion by the end of 2020. Number 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 20 0 356 2 8 1210 3 13127895 12 16 13 14 19 27 29 44 129 124 106 77 75 62 57 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Figure 1. Number of global patent applications and patents issued related to highstrength glass, 1990-2019 Following that, aluminosilicate glass is estimated to be valued at $2.4 billion (7.5%), borosilicate glass at $1.6 billion (5.1%), and magnesium aluminosilicate glass at $632 million (2.0%). Sales of high-strength glass are expected to continue rising at a single-digit rate during the next five years due to a number of relevant factors, including • Expected general moderate growth for most industry sectors in which highstrength glass finds application, Higher unit price for high-strength glass compared to traditional glass, • Stronger demand in the construction sector due to architectural trends aimed at emphasizing natural lighting and energy savings, • 2018 2019 region is currently the largest consumer of high-strength glass, with sales estimated to reach $13.1 billion by the end of 2020, corresponding to a share of 41.1% of the total. The United States represents the second-largest market (25.2%) with estimated sales of $8.0 billion while Europe is expected to reach slightly over $6.7 billion (21.1%). About the author Margareth Gagliardi is a research analyst for BCC Research. Contact Gagliardi at analysts@bccresearch.com. Resource M. Gagliardi, \"High-strength glass: Global markets\" BCC Research Report AVM199A, October 2020. www.bccresearch.com. Table 1. Global market for high-strength glass, by end use, through 2025 ($ millions) End Use Stronger demand in the electronics and optoelectronics sector due to on-going miniaturization and fabrication of devices with very thin profile, Larger use in the energy sector driven by the fabrication of solar cells and photothermal devices, and • Emerging trends, such as higher demand for lightweight materials. The Asia-Pacific Transportation 2018 2019 19 202 2025 CAGR% 2020-2025 15,692 16,547 17,043 21,855 5.1 Construction 6,121 6,667 6,863 9,671 7.1 Electronics and optoelectronics 2,198 2,329 2,436 3,546 7.8 Energy 2,019 2,266 2,380 3,713 9.3 Aerospace and defense 920 953 977 1,194 4.1 Mechanical/chemical 750 798 822 1,074 5.5 Life sciences 597 640 670 914 6.4 Others 652 690 711 890 4.6 Total 28,949 30,890 31,902 42,857 6.1 American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 5 acers spotlight SOCIETY, DIVISION, SECTION, AND CHAPTER NEWS A Case for continuous membership You were nominated to be an ACerS Fellow! ...but wait, you have not held continuous ACerS membership. I am sorry, you do not qualify for the Fellows distinction. What if this situation happened to you? Do you count on renewing your ACerS membership only when you attend meetings? If you miss a meeting one year, you could experience a gap in membership and an interruption of important member benefits, such as the Bulletin and online access to ACerS\' four peer-review journals and Bulletin archives. It also makes you ineligible to receive distinctions that require continuous membership, such as becoming an ACerS Fellow (five continuous years) or Emeritus member (35 continuous years). To be eligible for Fellow and Emeritus status, ACerS encourages you to renew your membership each year. For more information about Fellows, Emeritus, or other awards eligibility, visit https://ceramics.org/members/awards. Volunteer Spotlight Brauer ACerS Volunteer Spotlight profiles a member who demonstrates outstanding service to the Society. Delia Brauer studied chemistry with environmental chemistry at Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) and University of Northumbria at Newcastle (England) before executing a Ph.D. research project on degradable phosphate glasses and glass/polymer composites for medical applications at the Otto Schott Institute, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. After postdoctoral research projects at the University of California, San Francisco; Imperial College London; 6 In memoriam Edward Aitken David J. Barber Daniel Reardon Willard Renner John Roberts Stuart Weinland Some detailed obituaries can also be found on the ACerS website, www.ceramics.org/in-memoriam. Queen Mary University of London; and Nagoya Institute of Technology (Japan), Brauer returned to Friedrich Schiller University Jena as a junior professor in 2012. She was made a full professor of bioactive glasses in 2017. Brauer leads an international group of students and postdoctoral researchers from various backgrounds. Her research focuses on inorganic glasses as biomaterials and on the interaction between glass and water. She has edited one book and has contributed several chapters to publications. She is regularly invited to give talks at international conferences. Brauer served as chair of Technical Committee 04 (Bioglasses) and member of Technical Committee 23 (Education) of the International Commission on Glass. The 2015 winner of the Gottardi Prize of the ICG, she was made a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology (U.K.) in 2016. In 2020, together with Jessica Rimsza, she served as program cochair of the first Virtual Glass Summit organized by ACerS. We extend our deep appreciation to Brauer for her service to our Society! Names in the News Jain Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University\'s T.L. Diamond Distinguished Chair in Engineering and Applied Science and professor of materials science and engineering, was named winner of the 2020 Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids N.F. Mott Award, which recognizes a distinguished senior scientist with a history of outstanding contributions to the science of noncrystalline solids. Wagner Larry Wagner joined Du-Co Ceramics as automation engineerelectrical. AWARDS AND DEADLINES ACerS 2020 Award winners This year\'s ACers award winners can be seen on our YouTube channel https://youtu.be/7L9SRTTNVel. Congratulations to all the winners! Upcoming awards nomination deadlines For more information about each award, visit www.ceramics.org/awards or contact Erica Zimmerman at ezimmerman@ceramics.org. Society awards: January 15 ACerS runs a thriving awards program that recognizes the contributions of deserving individuals and companies in the ceramics and glass community. Nominations are encouraged for candidates from groups that are underrepresented in ACerS awards relative to www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Awards and deadlines (cont.) their participation in the Society, including women, underrepresented minorities, industry scientists and engineers, and international members. We urge you to submit nominations for our many Society and Division awards. GOMD awards: January 21 The Glass & Optical Materials Division seeks nominations by Jan. 21, 2021, for the following awards: • • The Norbert J. Kreidl • • George W. Morey L. David Pye Lifetime Achievement Stookey Lecture of Discovery Varshneya-Mauro-Jain Guru-Chela Travel Fund Bioceramics Division Awards In 2020, the Bioceramics Division received ACerS Board approval for the creation of four awards with a July 1 nomination deadline: • Bioceramics Young Scholar • • Global Young Bioceramicist Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement • Tadashi Kokubo (sponsored by Nippon Glass Co., Ltd.) The Division announced the first recipients for two awards. 2020 Global Young Bioceramicist Awardee: William Lepry, McGill University Lepry 2020 Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement STUDENTS AND OUTREACH Register today for ACerS Annual Winter Workshop ACerS Winter Workshop, hosted by the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation, will be held in conjunction with the ICACC 2021 virtual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 28 and Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. The Winter Workshop provides a combination of technical and professional development sessions designed specifically for students and young professionals. For more information and to register, visit https://ceramics.org/winter-workshop-2021. | ACers Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award This award recognizes a distinguished doctoral dissertation in the ceramics and glass discipline. The awardee must have been a member of the Global Graduate Researcher Network and have completed a doctoral dissertation as well as all other graduation requirements set by their institution for a doctoral degree within 12 months prior to the application deadline. The nomination deadline is Jan. 15, 2021. For more information, visit www.ceramics.org/doctoraldissertationaward. PCSA student competition awardees Congratulations to the following awardees from the 2020 PCSA student competitions: ACerS PCSA Competition 1μm I 2020 Scientific Award Promethean Sierpinski by Zach Abrams, Charles E. 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John Kieffer Professor, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI CGIF Board of Trustee Officers for 2020-2021 are chair Mary Stevenson, president of Deltech, Inc.; chair-elect Todd Steyer, chief engineer for materials & technologies at The Boeing Company; immediate past chair Thomas Arbanas, president of Du-Co Ceramics; treasurer Steve Houseman, president of Harrop Industries; and secretary Mark Mecklenborg, executive director of The American Ceramic Society. There can be no doubt that this year was a rough one for all of us. Despite that, the CGIF has remained diligent in finding new ways of reaching students-the future of our industry. Now more than ever, your gift to the Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation is vital to our success in attracting students to the ceramics and glass fields as we fill the talent pipeline for industry. Please visit our website at https://foundation.ceramics.org/give or donate via your cell phone by texting the word \"give\" to 614-914-2685. 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The American CONOSTICT Socity CERAMIC GLASS The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org CERAMICANDGLASSINDUSTRY FOUNDATION ceramics in biomedicine Credit: Omar et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Titanium-reinforced bioceramic implant induces cranial regrowth in sheep Researchers from several Swedish universities and institutes described in a recent paper a synthetic ceramic implant they created that could regenerate bone in large cranial defects in sheep. Cranioplasty, or the surgical reconstruction of a defect in the skull, is a practice stretching back hundreds of years, but the technique only became common during the second half of the 20th century, due largely to warfare providing an impetus to improve our ability to cover large cranial defects. To date, autologous bone grafts, or grafts made from bone obtained from other areas of the patient, are the standard for reconstructive treatment. Yet this approach is associated with frequent complications, in particular relatively high resorption, protrusion, and infection rates and a high rate of donor-site morbidities. In the past few decades, researchers have extensively investigated alloplastic materials, or synthetic materials that substitute for tissue, as another option for cranioplasty grafts. Calcium phosphate ceramics are one group of materials that have played a central role in modern alloplastic cranioplasty research due to their biocompatibility and osteoconductivity, i.e., the ability of bone-forming cells in the grafting area to move across a scaffold and slowly replace it with new bone. Calcium phosphate cements in particular have gained an edge over granular calcium phosphates because of advantages afforded by the cements\' self-hardening properties, which make molding the brittle ceramic into a desired shape easier. Often, the cements are combined with or overlaid on other materials such as bioresorbable fibers or titanium mesh, respectively, to augment strength of the graft. In recent years, several studies showed calcium phosphate ceramics that consist of several phases, such as beta-tricalcium phosphate (B-TCP) and hydroxyapatite, exhibit improved or new properties compared to ceramics with a single phase. For example, high protein adsorption and osteoinduction, or the ability to stimulate cells to change into boneResearchers in Sweden developed this experimental bioceramic implant, which is composed of calcium phosphate tiles reinforced and interconnected by an additively manufactured titanium frame. forming cells. More researchers are now exploring mixed-phase calcium phosphate ceramics, such as the collaborative group of researchers in Sweden. For their study, the researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Uppsala University, and Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet chose a powder mixture of B-TCP/dicalcium pyrophosphate and monocalcium phosphate monohydrate for their ceramic, which they mixed with glycerol to form a paste. They molded this bioceramic paste in the form of hexagonal tiles around an additively manufactured titanium frame and then left it to set overnight in sterile water, a process that also eliminated the glycerol. The titanium-reinforced bioceramic implant and a control implant made only of titanium were placed in sheep skulls for testing. Following analysis of observations recorded at three months and 12 months, the researchers drew several notable conclusions, including Soft tissue adaption: The bioceramic implants revealed defect restoration and soft tissue adaptation in sheep cranial defects. In contrast, soft tissue contraction was apparent around titanium implants, with visible metal on the skin and dura sides. • • Bone growth: In the sheep skull, the bioceramic implant promoted a higher degree of bone formation, remodeling, and osseointegration compared to the titanium implant, leading to enhanced repair of the cranial defect. Outside the skeletal envelope, only the bioceramic implant promoted bone formation and maintained bone. Regardless of the location, the regenerated bone from the bioceramic had a composition similar to that of the native bone. In the discussion section, the researchers note two main limitations of the study: the absence of a mechanical evaluation after bone regeneration, and the absence of cellular and molecular techniques to shed light on the underlying ceramic-to-bone transformation mechanisms. Despite these limitations, the researchers say the study provided proof-of-concept for this bioceramic\'s potential to promote in situ bone regeneration and osseointegration. The open-access paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is \"In situ bone regeneration of large cranial defects using synthetic ceramic implants with a tailored composition and design\" (DOI: 10.1073/ pnas.2007635117). I 10 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Oadvances in nanomaterialsThermal scanning probe lithography allows precise nanocutting of 2D materials Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland explored using thermal scanning probe lithography to fabricate nanostructures in 2D materials. To date, top-down approaches to nanostructure construction are used extensively in the semiconductor industry to fabricate integrated circuits, among other things. Specifically, lithographic techniques-or techniques by which a pattern is transferred onto a surface-are typically used. Common lithographic techniques involve using beams of light, electrons, or ions to etch patterns onto a surface. However, though these techniques work well for fabricating nanostructures on most surfaces, they run into some challenges when used to pattern 2D materials, such as causing structural damage. Scanning probe lithography (SPL) is one type of lithography that holds potential for effectively fabricating nanostructures in 2D materials. Instead of using a focused beam of particles to etch patterns in a sample, SPL methods use a physical tip to modify the surface through various physical and chemical interactions, such as scratching, nanoindentation, or heating. Among SPL methods, thermal scanning probe lithography (t-SPL) has gained much attention in recent years. This method involves using a heated nanotip to modify the surface of a sample, and it has now reached a high level of technical maturity, with several dedicated tools to perform reliable t-SPL. In the recent open-access study on t-SPL, the researchers made a significant change to the setup of their experiment to fully harness the thermal component of t-SPL. Instead of placing the 2D materials directly on an inelastic substrate, they placed a polymer layer between the 2D layer and substrate. \"The polymer we use is polyphthalaldehyde (PPA) with a glass transition temperature of ≈150°C. Above this temperature, PPA does not melt but directly sublimates,\" they write in the paper. When they pressed the heated tip into the 2D material, sublimation of the underlying polymer layer allowed the tip to achieve a deeper indention, thus making it easier to cut through the 2D material\'s chemical bonds. The researchers used the t-SPL method to create square patterns in a variety of molybdenum-based 2D materials, with pattern sizes ranging from 20 to 200 nm. “The smallest feature we were able to cut is about 20 nm, which is the smallest reported for a direct cutting method and is similar to the resolution in [electron beam lithography],” they write. They also note their method is not limited to cutting monolayers but also can be used to cut certain multilayers and, “most interestingly,\" heterostructures. They acknowledge graphene, even at monolayer thickness, could not be fractured “as the intra-layer bonding exceeds the force that can be applied with the t-SPL tool,\" but they say this limitation \"could be eventually overcome with a t-SPL cantilever that can apply larger contact forces.\" In an EPFL press release, first author Xia Liu, researcher and postdoc in the School of Engineering\'s Microsystems American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org Researchers in the U.S. and Italy found infiltrating metalenses with liquid crystals may allow dynamic control of the lenses\' optical properties. Laboratory, says their technique could prove quite useful to the semiconductor industry. \"This generic technology will be very useful in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, and nanobiotechnology, as it will help to make electronic components smaller and more efficient,\" she says. The open-access paper, published in Advanced Materials, is \"Thermomechanical nanocutting of 2D materials” (DOI: 10.1002/adma.202001232). ALUMINA FOR ADVANCED CERAMIC APPLICATIONS As a world leading fully-integrated supplier of specialty alumina, Alteo offers one of the broadest range for advanced ceramics\' applications such as semi conductor, spark plugs, catalyst substrates... as well as the technical support that you need to develop the products that you want. Contact our team to know more. www.alteo-alumina.com alteo A NEW WORLD OF ALUMINA 11 12 research briefs Modeling illuminates properties of ancient ceramics When master artisans passed down recipes for historic pottery from generation to generation, they determined correct firing and other processing conditions by relying on senses and experiences that could in no way be captured, even when records were kept. So it is no won der some of the beauty and utility of historic pottery is difficult to replicate today, even by skilled artisans and engineers. As archeologists find more artifacts, archeometrists seek to unlock the secrets of ancient civilizations and their engineers and artisans. But how can these scientists uncover key mechanical and chemical information from such priceless, irreplaceable items? How can they figure out how they were produced? Examining shards is helpful when the tests can be destructive, but it only goes so far. Instead, scientists use models to estimate and attempt to reproduce such items. Two recent open-access articles in International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science discuss models that were used to better understand ceramics from different parts of the world designed for very different purposes: commerce and decoration. Amphorae: Understanding mechanical properties of standard transport containers With the advent of regional trade, merchants needed containers in which to store and transport goods over long Research News LIVE ANSYS REUS ANSYS MOVE L vessel on one end and attached to the body at the other. They are specifically designed to be stacked inside cargo holds of ships in multiple layers. 3D models of amphorae from Kos (top) and Rhodes (bottom). distances, especially by boat. And one type of ceramic container used often in antiquity for this purpose was amphorae. Amphorae are bullet-shaped vessels, typically with long necks and handles that are affixed near the mouth of the While the amphorae itself had some value, the real value lay in the vessel\'s Flash graphene rocks strategy for plastic waste Rice University researchers advanced a new technique to make graphene from waste with a focus on plastic. Instead of raising the temperature of a carbon source with direct current, as in the original process, the lab first exposes plastic waste to around eight seconds of high-intensity alternating current, followed by the DC jolt. The products are high-quality turbostratic graphene, a valuable and soluble substance that can be used to enhance electronics, composites, concrete, and other materials. They estimate that at industrial scale, the process could produce graphene for about $125 in electricity costs per ton of plastic waste. For more information, visit https://news.rice.edu/category/news-releases. Mini perovskite solar panels with 18.4% efficiency Researchers from Singapore\'s Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University developed a mini solar module based on thermally evaporated perovskites with an efficiency of 18.4% and a geometric fill factor of around 91%. The module, which has an active area of 6.4 cm², is based on thermally evaporated methylammonium lead iodide with an optimized thickness of 750 nm. The perovskite films were used to build solar cells with an \"n-i-p\" layout on fluorine-doped tin oxide glass substrates. For more information, visit https://www.pv-magazine.com. www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Credit: Sørensen et al., Science Advances (CC BY 4.0) Credit: Sørensen et al., Science Advances (CC BY 4.0) contents. As such, if the container broke and the contents of that vessel were lost and potentially damaged other goods in the cargo hold as well-it could result in substantial losses to the producer and the ship owner. In the first open-access paper, Anno Hein and Vassilis Kilikoglou from the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Greece assessed specific design features of different amphorae for their performance (e.g., failure potential), particularly during transport. Furthermore, they used simulations to provide information to help interpret typical damages observed in archaeological finds. The researchers ran nondestructive testing such as X-ray tomography to determine wall thicknesses while performing mechanical testing on shards to get insights into mechanical strength, tangent moduli, and plastic deformation. They used the limited experimental information as inputs and boundary A World of Science PACRIM and Technology (B) thite (A) Glaze layers 0.2 μm TEM micrographs of the shard of Ru celadon porcelain, including (A) the glaze layer of Ru celadon porcelain, and (B) anorthite surrounded by the dual-phasic glass matrix. conditions for finite element modeling of the stresses that build up at the contact points of the amphorae due to static vertical loading (e.g., the weight of one layer on the next), dynamic vertical loads (ships travel over waves), and dynamic horizontal loads (ships rocking side-to-side). The results of the modeling include compressive and tensile stresses on the exterior and interior walls of the amphorae. Excessive compressive loads are found, but the authors surmise these loads result in elasto-plastic deformation, which is not catastrophic. Tensile stresses on the outer surfaces, on the other hand, can lead to crack initiation and eventual failure. Failed amphorae artifacts show damage in the areas predicted by the modeling. The open-access paper, published in International Journal of Ceramic EngineerAbstracts deadline extended to Nov. 23 RIM 4 ceramics.org/pacrim14 14 PACIFIC RIM CONFERENCE ON CERAMIC AND GLASS TECHNOLOGY including Glass & Optical Materials Division Meeting (GOMD 2021) Hyatt Regency Vancouver | Vancouver, BC, Canada May 23-28, 2021 American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org 13 research briefs Credit: Robinson et al., Cornell University ing & Science, is \"Digital modeling of function and performance of transport amphorae\" (DOI: 10.1002/ces2.10056). Ru celadon: Investigating the coloring of a masterwork of Chinese ceramics Celadon is a pottery term that refers to both a transparent, greenish glaze and the wares to which the glaze is applied. Though the term is purely European, celadon originated in China, and today notable kilns such as the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang province are renowned for their celadon glazes. Celadons come mostly in some shade of green, but shades of pale blue-notably Ru celadon-are highly valued, and in historical times were reserved more or less exclusively for use in the Chinese Imperial court. In the second open-access paper, YenYu Chen (Chinese Culture University) and Yi-Wun Bai and Wen-Cheng J. Wei (National Taiwan University) investigated methods to reproduce the unique color and milky opalescence of ancient Ru celadon glazed ceramics. The color of celadon is generated by two mechanisms: chemical coloring by iron species in calcium aluminosilicate compositions; and structural coloring by inhomogeneities, specifically crystallites and voids in the celadon glass. While there is some information available about the material composition of ancient celadon-both from analysis of ancient shards and from prior studies the fabrication methods are not well understood. For example, it is believed the porcelain was fired in a reducing environment, but there is no way of knowing the composition of the gases or their temperature-the technology simply did not exist for those measurements 1,000 years ago. In this article, the researchers created their own celadon by varying a range of experimental conditions, including composition relative to phase stability data for the complex chemical system and firing temperatures, environments, and holding times. They measured the model 14 systems they created against a shard of ancient celadon ceramic for color, microstructure, and chemical content of the glass and crystallites. In the end they came close to the ancient celadon color and opalescence, giving insight into ancient firing protocols. Their work supports the combination of the chemical coloring and structural coloring mechanisms. Specifically, the dual-phase nature of the glass contributes to Rayleigh scattering while crystallites and voids contribute to the \"milky\" color, while the ratio of Fe²+ and Fe3+ oxidation states of iron contribute to chemical coloration. The open-access paper, published in International Journal of Ceramic Engineering & Science, is \"Analysis of structural effects on coloring mechanism of Ru celadon porcelain\" (DOI: 10.1002/ ces2.10058). Updated small-polaron transport model accounts for complex oxide systems An interdisciplinary collaboration between Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Israel) updated a model for ceramic conduction to more accurately calculate small-polaron transport in complex oxides. For the past 60 years, researchers described the movement of polarons through a material using a small-polaron transport model developed by Heikes and Ure in the 1960s. However, Heikes and Ure developed the model based on binary compounds. When this model is used to describe conduction in higherorder oxides with multiple cations, it quickly runs into problems, as the researchers describe in their paper. 4\' \"For instance, in the binary spinel Fe3O4, all of the charge-conducting octahedral (Oh) sites are occupied by Fe cations, and charge transport occurs along pathways having an alternating arrangement of Fe²+/Fe3+,\" they explain. \"On replacing an Fe²+ cation with a Mn2+ cation, although the donor/acceptor pair arrangement is still present, the An updated ceramic conduction model may help researchers custom-tailor the properties of metal oxides in energy technologies such as lithium-ion batteries, fuel cells, and electrocatalysts. charge transport may be affected by the differences introduced by the hopping barriers or different spinstates between the Fe3+/Mn2+ cation pairs.\" To update the conventional smallpolaron transport model, the researchers investigated conduction in a tightly defined sample of epitaxial thin films of the spinel Mn Fe 04 grown by molecular-beam epitaxy. x Experiments on the Mn Fe3O4 spinels confirmed what the researchers suspected that charge cannot hop between manganese and iron cations. “This creates a requirement for a contiguous elemental path and leads to an additional condition for charge transport to occur: separate, decoupled percolation networks need to be formed by both Fe and Mn cations,\" they write. They also observed a preference for polarons to travel along the manganese pathways rather than the iron pathways, and the presence of asymmetric hopping barriers between cross-hopping pairs. \"To account for these observations, we introduce a percolation parameter, a polaron distribution parameter, and a cross-hopping parameter to the conventional electronic conductivity equation that correct the model for higher-order spinels,\" they write. The updated model with these additional parameters showed \"excellent overlap\" with the experimental trends, thus \"confirming the role of percolation pathways and cross-hopping in describing the charge transport in ternary spinels.\" The paper, published in Advanced Materials, is \"Breakdown of the small-polaron hopping model in higher-order spinels\" (DOI: 10.1002/ adma.202004490). I www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Bartleby08, Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Oceramics in energy Ceramic matrix composites contain corrosive materials in thermal energy storage In the recent September/October 2020 issue of the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, two articles from different research groups in Germany explore creating carbon/carbon-silicon carbide (C/C-SiC) ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) for use as container materials in thermal energy storage systems. Thermal energy storage systems offer an alternative to batteries and pumped hydro for storing energy generated from renewable sources. However, the molten salts and other closely related materials that are at the center of such systems are difficult to contain due to the highly corrosive nature of the liquid materials, moderately high operating temperatures, and substantial expansion during the transition from solid to liquid. Producing container materials that can withstand the high temperatures, thermal expansion stresses, and corrosive materials for decades of operation are key to adoption of largescale thermal energy storage. And as the research groups in Germany showed, C/C-SiC CMCs have the potential to serve as good container materials. In the first open-access article, researchers from the German Aerospace Research Center and the University of Augsburg in Germany describe the design, fabrication, and characterization of a C/C-SiC container for an aluminumsilicon phase change alloy. The first stages of their study focused on fabrication and compatibility testing of C/C-SiC test bars. They found the bars withstood the liquid aluminum-silicon alloy and maintained their physical properties with no discernable interactions, such as penetration of the alloy into the test bars. Though there are potential chemical reactions between the alloy and the CMC, the researchers found no evidence of substantial reactions, which echoes the findings of other researchers. Following the test bars, they continued with the design and fabrication of the container. They decided on low-cost, scalable techniques for fabricating the four main components of their annular container and then used these techniques as boundary conditions for finite element analysis. They used finite element analysis to determine container wall thickness by balancing the strength needed to withstand stresses that arise during phase changes against heat conduction requirements to allow efficient energy transfer. Unfortunately, pressure testing of the container revealed cracks at the interface of two of the parts, which most likely occurred during fabrication. Though the flaw prevented the full regimen of performance testing, and several issues require further experimentation, the researchers believe the container shows promise for thermal energy storage application. The second article, by researchers from Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, describes a different path to lowcost fabrication of C/C-SiC composites. The researchers preThermal energy storage tower inaugurated in 2017 in BozenBolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. Ceramic matrix composites hold promise as container materials for high-temperature and corrosive materials integral to thermal energy storage. pared C/C-SiC using carbon fiber reinforced polymers as the starting material. The moldable precursor polymers are shaped and cross-linked, then pyrolyzed to C/C composites under argon atmosphere. Conversion to C/C-SiC is achieved by either liquid silicon infiltration or internal siliconization, the latter of which is accomplished by mixing silicon powder into the original polymer. The researchers explored the effects of carbon fiber fraction (weight %), silicon fraction, and silicon loading method by measuring the processing parameters of mass loss, shrinkage, and porosity, and performance parameters of strength and elongation. The results are complex, but in short, the researchers concluded that the best mechanical properties were found to be at a fiber mass content of 40%, and a silicon amount higher than 14 wt% negatively influences the whole process. Their results show that molding C/C-SiC composites from preceramic polymer-based mixtures has the potential to be a cost-effective method for fabrication of complex structures. Further research to optimize properties and processing parameters should improve the end-product performance and allow this method to compete with the more conventional fabrication methods, such as those employed by the authors of the first open-access paper. The first open-access paper, published in International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, is \"C/C-SiC component for metallic phase change materials\" (DOI: 10.1111/ijac.13570). The second paper, published in International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, is \"Properties of C/C-SiC composites produced via transfer moulding and inner siliconization\" (DOI: 10.1111/ijac.13548). American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 15 ceramics in energy Polar rather than conductive battery cathodes lead to long-term cycling stability An international team led by Jong-Su Yu from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology (Korea) and Khalil Amine from Argonne National Laboratory conducted a recent study to determine the respective importance of two key properties-polarity and conductivity—in improving the cycling stability of lithium-sulfur batteries. Li-S batteries have a theoretical specific energy of more than 2,500 Wh/kg, which is much higher than the average specific energy of 100-265 Wh/kg for current Li-ion batteries. However, to date the experimental values of Li-S battery specific energy have been far below theoretical values. The main mechanisms hindering Li-S battery performance are irreversible loss of sulfur from the cathode (the polysulfide “shuttle” effect) and unstable lithium deposition on the anode. These mechanisms are not the only challenges, however. Sulfur also has low electrical conductivity (5 × 10-30 S/cm at room temperature), which hinders the cycling efficiency of Li-S batteries. To improve conductivity, researchers have experimented extensively with placing the cathode\'s sulfur within highly conductive carbon host materials, such as hollow porous carbon, graphene, mesoporous carbon, and microporous carbon. Unfortunately, long-term cycling stability continues to be a problem because of the nonpolar covalent bonds that carbon forms with itself, which prevent polysulfides on the carbon surface from attaching strongly, and instead they diffuse away-leading to the notorious polysulfide \"shuttle\" effect. Researchers have investigated employing oxide additives, polymers, or other inorganic materials on the carbon framework to enhance polysulfide confinement and mitigate the polysulfide shuttle effect. But these methods often require complicated and expensive synthesis processes, plus they limit the accommodation of sulfur by reducing available surface area. Li (-) Discharge Li separator S₂ (+) current collector Credit: Egibe, Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Shuttling of polysulfide compounds (shown as yellow and blue chains) impairs the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries. Polar host materials for the cathode\'s sulfur can mitigate this effect, and researchers found this ability makes up for the materials\' low conductivity. Based on these challenges, the question of the best host material for sulfur in Li-S batteries remains wide open. In the recent study, the researchers wanted to determine if it is better to pursue polarity or conductivity in the cathode to improve cycling if only one of these two properties can be maximized. To answer this question, they designed two cathodes, one made from platelet ordered mesoporous silica (pOMS) and one made from platelet ordered mesoporous carbon (pOMC). \"The two cathodes were designed to be exact replicas of one another apart from the use of either silica or carbon,\" Amine says in an Argonne press release. \"This way, we could determine whether a more polar cathode or a more conductive cathode improved the longevity of the battery.\" Upon testing, the researchers found that while the conductive carbon host with a higher specific surface area of 1,597 m² g¹ showed better initial capacity, \"the polar [silica host] with a lower surface area of 844 m² g¹ reveals much more stable performance for long cycles and eventually outperforms the conductive counterpart after 500 cycles.\" In addition, the silica host also demonstrated outstanding low fading rates, even at high current density, and comparable and improved areal and volumetric capacities, respectively, compared to carbon hosts. \"These outstanding areal and volumetric capacities, as well as cycle stability, which have not been achieved by even state-of-the-art carbon hosts, clearly indicate that the polar [silica] host, despite nonconductivity, has high promising potential for energy storage in [Li-S batteries],\" the researchers write in the paper. Of course, electrical conductivity is still necessary to achieve good electrochemical performance. “However, the conductivity is not a big issue in the host itself since the poor conductivity of the host can be compensated by the conducting agent involved as a required electrode material during electrode preparation,\" the researchers add. In the conclusion, the researchers note they are currently investigating ways to improve electron pathways in the silica host while maintaining the high surface polar properties, such as by adding a thin conductive carbon coating to the silica to enhance conductivity. The paper, published in Advanced Energy Materials, is \"Revisiting the role of conductivity and polarity of host materials for long-life lithium-sulfur battery\" (DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201903934). THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Website Advertising TARGET YOUR MARKET ceramics.org Contact Mona Thiel For Details 614-794-5834 mthiel@ceramics.org 16 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 BETTER BODIES WITH BIOMATERIALS: How ceramic and glass contribute to the $110B global market for implantable biomaterials By April Gocha and Lisa McDonald Ceramic and glass biomaterials integrate with the human body in diverse ways to support human health. As aging populations and evolving healthcare approaches shift the medical landscape, increasing opportunities for both established and innovative technologies predict a strong future for ceramics and glass. here are few systems that can ☐ efficiently incorporate materials that provide structural support, filtration capacity, energy generation, energy storage, electrical conductivity, gas exchange, processing power, dynamic flexibility, and regenerative potential into one integrated, highly functional, and incredibly adaptable self-contained system. Yet the human body is a system that can provide all those functions and many more, and it does so through a unique collection of highly functional materials. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 17 Better bodies with biomaterials Collectively those materials enable everything our bodies do, and they often retain functionality throughout the human lifespan, which worldwide is an average of 73.2 years.¹ However, the materials are not always perfect and sometimes fail due to overuse, injury, disease, or genetics-circumstances that are becoming more common as worldwide populations age due to population dynamics and increasing life expectancies. Globally, the number of individuals over 65 years old surpassed that of children under 5 years old for the first time in history in 2018. And while an estimated one in 11 individuals (9%) around the world were over 65 years old in 2019, the older population is expected to increase to one in six (16%) by 2050.² These trends affect nearly every aspect of life, perhaps most notably healthcare. Individuals are living longer and are remaining active until later years of life, demanding enhanced strategies to maintain longer functionality of the body\'s materials. Humans have long turned to biomaterials in diverse forms to repair, replace, or enhance bodily materials (Figure 1), establishing a global market for implantable biomaterials that was estimated to be worth nearly $110 billion in 2019.3 While metals, polymers, ceramics, and glass all are used for biomaterial applications, ceramics and glass have a particular advantage, says Frank Anderson, vice president of Global Research and Development at CoorsTek (Golden, Colo.). \"Many technical ceramics are inherently biocompatible, chemicallyresistant, and inert, which gives them a unique advantage over other implantable materials,\" he says. The global market for bioceramics was valued at $14.5 billion in 2016 and is predicted to reach a value of $20.2 billion by 2021, growing at a 6.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).4 The market is mainly dominated by alumina and zirconia, which account for 75% of the market due to primary use of these materials in bone and dental implants. Other bioceramics frequently found in implantable devices include hydroxyapatite and tricalcium phosphate, and bioactive glass also has cliniTeeth Skin Eye Corneal implants Orbital implants Retinal implants Prosthetics, implants, veneers, dental cements Wound healing Tissue regeneration Hip, knee, shoulder joints Joint implant articulation surfaces, coatings at bone interfaces Figure 1. Ceramics and glass help repair, replace, and enhance all types of bodily materials. 18 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Bone Orthopedic hardware Porous scaffolds for repair Bone grafts, fillers, cements Ear Middle ear implantsossicular prosthesis, piezoceramic crystals Cochlear implants Jaw Craniofacial reconstruction Dental implants Spine Spinal implants and fusion devices Bearing surfaces for disc replacements Implantable pulse generator devices Heart Cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators Valves and seals on heart pump ventricle assist devices Internal space Various components, sealings, packaging for implantable devices Implantable sensors American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org cal applications with rapidly expanding potential throughout the human body. of It should be noted that while these materials predominate many implantable applications within the human body, mainly due to their acceptance and time on the market, other ceramic and glass compositions are also suitable for many these applications, and we might expect their purview to expand in future markets. Collectively, ceramic and glass materials enable many different kinds of implantable medical products that not only significantly contribute to human health but also constitute robust industries with rich economic impact. Table 1 provides a sample of some companies that manufacture ceramic and glass biomaterials or implantable products. The following sections highlight a handful of applications for ceramics and glass in the human body. Although the listed applications are not exhaustive, the diversity highlighted here should provide a flavor of the vast potential of ceramics and glass within the human body. PACKAGING: GLASS PROTECTS BOTH BODY AND DEVICE Ceramic and glass materials are incorporated into or play supporting roles in many electronic devices implanted into the human body, such as neurostimulators and pacemakers. In these applications, a bioinert and long-lasting barrier between the device components and the harsh environment of the body is imperative to protect both-precisely a job for ceramics and glass. For instance, glass-sealed feedthroughs and packaging often encase the batteries for implantable pacemakers, where a hermetic seal preserves both function of the device and safety of the patient. \"Glass is used to seal the terminals of pacemaker batteries. It acts as an electrical insulation material for the metal conductors. At the same time, glass creates a reliably gas-tight barrier when hermetically sealed with the electrical contact pins,\" says Jochen Herzberg, medical program manager of Schott\'s Electronic Packaging business unit (Landshut, Germany). \"Specially selected glass types are resistant to the highly corrosive environment in the battery. And it doesn\'t deteriorate 19 Better bodies with biomaterials or get brittle over time like polymers or epoxies. It enables a higher reliability and a longer device lifetime.\" To manufacture the glass-to-metal sealed packages and feedthroughs, Schott presses finely ground glass powder into a ring shape that is then sintered and assembled with the metal conductors inserted in the middle of the ring and an outer metal casing. The three components then undergo a sealing process in a belt furnace to bond the materials together. Although this manufacturing technique provides a hermetic seal for battery feedthroughs, there is another glass technology that comes into play when miniaturization or encapsulation of heat-sensitive components is required. For those applications, Schott has another solution with its Primoceler glass micro-bonding technology. This wafer-scale technology uses a laser to precisely and locally bond glass to glass, creating a vacuum-tight bond with no additional materials. \"If you want to encapsulate, for example, a miniature sensor inside of a glass package, this is possible by stacking base wafers with spacer glass and cover or etched lid wafers, thereby creating a cavity in which the sensor device will be encapsulated,\" Herzberg says. \"The stacked glass wafers are then laser-sealed, resulting in a gas-tight all-glass sensor package. One major advantage of Primoceler laser bonding technology is that it all happens at room temperature. So even if the sensor is very heat sensitive, which is usually the case, it can be packaged using the Schott Primoceler process. The extremely precise laser fuses Table 1. Select companies that manufacture ceramic and glass implantable medical products or components* Company (location) Johnson & Johnson Stryker Annual revenue (millions)* Role in value chain Develops, manufactures, and supplies diverse healthcare products, including medical devices such as orthopedic products Develops, manufactures, and supplies diverse healthcare products, including medical devices such as orthopedic products Website $82,100 www.jnj.com $14,900 www.stryker.com Kyocera Corp. (Kyoto, Japan) $15,404 http://global.kyocera.com • Life & Environment Group, business $760 Develops, manufactures, and supplies advanced materials to diverse markets; medical application is mainly ceramic hip implants segment that includes medical and healthcare Zimmer Biomet (Warsaw, Ind.) $7,982 www.biomet.com Schott AG (Mainz, Germany) $2,568 www.schott.com Develops, manufactures, and supplies orthopedic products, including artificial joints and dental prostheses Develops and manufactures diverse glass and ceramic products, including dental materials, medical device electronic components, implant packaging Develops and manufactures diverse dental solutions, including implants, prostheses, technologies, and biomaterials www.morganadvancedmaterials.com Develops and manufactures ceramic components for medical The Straumann Group (Basel, Switzerland) $1,746 www.straumann.com Morgan Advanced Materials Plc $1,356 (Windsor, U.K.) Wright Medical Group NV (Middlesex, U.K.) $921 www.wright.com CoorsTek (Golden, Colo.) $1,000* www.coorstek.com Ceramtec Gmbh (Plochingen, Germany) $727 www.ceramtec.com • Medical products $304 Nobel Biocare (Zürich, Switzerland) $629 www.nobelbiocare.com Rauschert GmbH (Pressig, Germany) $67* www.rauschert.com DSM Biomedical (Exton, Pa.) $65 Collagen Matrix Inc. (Oakland, N.J.) $15 Mo-Sci (Rolla, Mo.) $6 www.mo-sci.com Lithoz GmbH (Vienna, Austria) $5 www.lithoz.com www.dsm.com/biomedical www.collagenmatrix.com CAM Bioceramics (Leiden, The Netherlands) $3.5* www.cambioceramics.cco Berkeley Advanced Biomaterials Inc. $0.6* www.hydroxyapatite.com (Berkeley, Calif.) *Conversions per Google as of October 16, 2020. All financial data obtained from company reports unless otherwise noted. *Private company or data not available; revenue estimated from dnb.com or google.com. applications, such as feedthroughs for implantable devices Medical device, especially orthopedic surgical solutions and biologics Develops and manufactures technical ceramics for numerous industries, including orthopedic and implantable ceramics, (including ceramic hip implants), medical device components, and pharmaceutical components. Develops and manufactures ceramic orthopedic components (including ceramic hip implants), dental implants, and medical engineering devices Manufactures and supplies diverse dental solutions, including implants, prostheses, technologies, and biomaterials Manufacturer of technical ceramics, including ceramic medical components Develops and manufactures biomaterials including bioceramics for diverse healthcare industries Manufactures collagen and mineral-based medical products for dental and orthopedic applications, including ceramic and bioglass bone grafts Develops and manufactures high-tech glass, including bioactive glass for medical applications Develops and manufactures additive manufacturing technologies, particularly with ceramic materials, for diverse industries including medical applications Develops and manufactures calcium phosphate biomaterials and coatings for orthopedic and dental applications Develops and manufactures calcium-based biomaterials for medical industry, particularly bone grafts 20 20 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Lid glass Spacer glass Die and wire bonding Top side plating Credit: Schott SCHOTT Hermes TGV (Through Glass Vias) Bottom side plating Ball grid array (BGA) Interface and melts only the very small interface area where the glass wafers meet-an area of just some tens of microns-while leaving all other surfaces untouched.\" (Figure 2) The possibilities of such technology are wide-reaching even within implantable device applications, but one of the first to see clinical application is in the eye. For patients with reduced or lost sight due to retinal degradation, a company called NanoRetina (Herzliya, Israel) pioneered an artificial retina device. NanoRetina\'s NR600 implant, which is designed to mimic the functionality of the eye\'s highly sensitive photoreceptor cells, is a tiny chip containing an imager, 3D neural interface, and embedded photovoltaics to provide power. The device is completely encased in glass using Schott Primoceler technology (Figure 3). \"Without our glass-to-glass laser bonding technology, this would not have been possible because the encapsulated sensor inside is very heat sensitive. Only with our technology could we encapsulate it at room temperature,” Herzberg says. Enabled by glass, NanoRetina\'s NR600 implant entered a small clinical trial of 20 patients in Europe and Israel in early 2020 and already shows promising results. \"The device was activated for the first time, and the result was amazing: this patient had been completely in the dark for five years, and she immediately reported seeing an image in the center of her visual field when the device was activated, and could show with her hands the size of the image that she saw,\" professor Peter Stalmans, who implanted the trial device and is one of Europe\'s leading retinal specialists, Figure 2. Schott Primoceler developed an innovative, extremely precise technology that enables additive-free, room-temperature hermetic glass bonding, enabling devices to be packaged entirely in glass. says in a Schott press release.5 \"I am very impressed by this experience. I have been working for more than 20 years as an ophthalmologist, but this is the first time I witnessed a completely blind patient being given back a visual perception.\" Akin to maturation in the smartphone industry-where shrinking of components has enabled enhanced functionality in smaller devices—miniaturization is an important reason why implantable devices such as NanoRetina\'s NR600 are possible today, and it can be Credit: Schott Primoceler Oy Figure 3. Nano Retina NR600 retinal implant with glass encapsulation. traced back to advances in ceramics and glass, as well as other materials. The consequences of miniaturization are not limited to better performing and more innovative devices, however-it also affects the ultimate bottom line in modern heathcare: cost. \"It starts with the surgery itself,\" Herzberg says. \"Imagine the pacemaker30 years ago it was very bulky, so hospitalization time of patients was really long, increasing healthcare costs. People cannot go to work, they are on sick leave, THE SCIENCE AND ART OF GLASS OCULAR PROSTHESES Although ocular prostheses are often called \"glass\" eyes, many modern such prostheses are actually made of acrylic. However, prosthetics fashioned from glass-true glass eyes-still exist and are especially prevalent in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, where more than 90% of ocularists manufacture custom glass ocular prosthetics. These glass ocular prosthetics are individual works of glass art, handmade by an ocularist to specifically match a patient\'s need. Ocularists train for about six years, gaining practical experience in addition to their education, to be able to master their art.1 Glass ocular prosthetics are uniquely made of cryolite glass, a silicate glass containing the mineral cryolite to provide a white hue that matches the look of a natural eye. The prosthetic is usually bowl or shell shaped. Ocularists custom match a prosthetic to the patient\'s other eye, using colored class to embed details such as iris color and drawn blood vessels onto the eye, rather than painting them on, thus reducing the potential for reaction with the body. All details are part of the 100% glass prosthetic and are fired into the finished product. Firing produces a very polished uniform surface on the prosthetic to prevent irritation within the eye socket. And unlike the hydrophobic surface of acrylic prosthetics, which can leave a feeling of dryness for the patient, glass\'s hydrophilic surface provides a uniform tear film that keeps the prosthetic moist. A video of the custom manufacturing process is available at https://doi.org/10.3791/60016. ¹Kunstaugen-Institut Leipold, http://www.augenprothesen-essen.de/en/wiki/augenprothese-aus-glas. Accessed Oct. 29, 2020. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org Credit: glasseyes view; Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 21 Better bodies with biomaterials and this is very costly for insurance companies. Today pacemakers are getting smaller and smaller because technology is getting better and better.\" Smaller devices allow more minimally invasive procedures, translating to faster recovery times and shorter hospital stays, which ultimately help reduce care-related costs. Technologies and advances that continue to allow implantable devices to assume smaller forms with enhanced performance, as well as parallel medical developments that permit minimally invasive procedures and improved surgical outcomes, are critical components of future healthcare strategies to sustainably and effectively promote the health of growing, aging populations. JOINT IMPLANTS: CERAMICS EXTEND IMPLANT LIFE Our joints, the connections between the skeleton\'s more than 200 bones, provide our bodies with an incredible capacity for movement. This ability is perhaps most appreciated in the face of reduced or lost mobility in the joints, often due to stiffening caused by conditions such as arthritis. Osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, represents the single most common cause of disability in aging bodies, affecting an estimated 10%-15% of adults over 60 years old.? As such, it is no surprise that the global market for joint replacement, implants, and regenerative product devices is expected to grow-reaching a value of $33.6 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 4.8% during 2018-2023.8 Knee replacements constituted the largest share of the $26.5 billion joint replacement market (by value, not number) in 2018, accounting for 33% of the market, or $8.8 billion. Hip replacements were the next largest share, accounting for 28% of the market or $7.4 billion, followed by spinal implants (20%; $5.2 billion) and then extremities reconstruction, which comprises implant devices for the shoulder, elbow, wrist, digits, and ankle joints. At all of these locations, ceramic implants compete with those made of polymers, metals, and combinations thereof. Due to length of time in the 22 market, ceramics\' successful infiltration into joint replacements is most notable for hip replacements. \"Though implantable ceramics have been in the market for decades, the adoption of these materials has really happened in the last 15 years,\" says Lucian Strong, vice president of CoorsTek Bioceramics (Grand Junction, Colo.), which manufactures ceramic femoral heads and acetabular liners for total hip arthroplasty, among other bioimplantable ceramic components. \"The adoption is coming from the transition away from metals to ceramics due to the superior wear properties of ceramics, as well as patients\' demands for longer and more active lifestyles after joint replacement.\" Wear of polymer and metal joint implants can generate debris particles that cause inflammation around the joint, loosening the implant and potentially leading to its failure. Potential allergic reactions to metals as well as toxicity from release of metal ions from an implant into the body are also considerations. These considerations are creating a favorable landscape for ceramic implants, and that shift is evident in data from the 2019 annual report of the American Joint Replacement Registry, a database of more than 1.5 million knee and hip arthroplasty procedures performed in the U.S. during 2012-2018. Registry data show that for total hip arthroplasty, the number of implants with ceramic heads is increasing and first surpassed those with cobalt chromium heads in 2015.⁹ This data, however, presents only a limited picture, as the registry captures an estimated 25%-30% of the volume of annual procedures in the U.S. Other estimates indicate that adoption of ceramic hip implants is already much higher in some parts of the world-more than 50% of hip implants performed in European countries like Austria, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland use a ceramic ball head, while 72% of total hip replacements in Asian countries such as South Korea have an alumina ball head.10 A large proportion of total hip replacement ceramic implants are historically alumina, although zirconia is used as well. Acceptance of zirconia was severely hindered by the 2001 recall of millions of Prozyr brand zirconia ball heads, prompted by high fracture rates in patient implants. Subsequent failure investigation of the manufacturer, Saint Gobain Ceramiques Desmarquest, determined that a switch in the type of furnace used to manufacture the implants caused an unanticipated change in temperature kinetics, resulting in insufficiently densified zirconia. Although the problem was traced back to a manufacturing error, the recall significantly marred zirconia\'s reputation in the market. 11 Many modern ceramic hip joint implants now combine the best of both worlds with composites that offer improved properties of strength, toughness, and scratch resistance, for example, ones based on zirconia toughened alumina (Figure 4). Beyond material-based considerations, additional factors also are coalescing to create a favorable landscape for ceramics implants. \"Medical care has seen many transitions over time, but the latest big trend is the move to outpatient care due to rising costs,\" Strong says. Similar to how miniaturization of components allowed pacemakers to shrink in size, resulting in shorter hospital stays and lower care-related costs, parallel evolu1023906 #25 45023996 #25 Figure 4. Femoral head and acetabular liner cup for total hip arthroplasty, manufactured by CoorsTek Bioceramics. The implant is made of CeraSurf-p, an alumina zirconia matrix composite that incorporates advanced toughening mechanisms to improve the material\'s performance. www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Credit: CoorsTek Bioceramics Credit: SINTX tions also occurred for joint replacements. \"Generally speaking, technical ceramics are a component of a larger medical implant. Modern ceramics are engineered to be so strong that they are allowing for design changes to the entire device,\" Strong explains. “They have been optimized to the point where they are impacting the surgical procedures, which are now quicker and more efficient. In total hip arthroplasty, ceramics are a critical part of the overall device, which has been designed around the next generation in surgery. With the current trend toward robotics, these designs allow for faster and more accurate outpatient surgical procedures that previously would require significant time in hospital recovery.\" These advancements not only improve patient outcomes but also help reduce healthcare costs, factors that are intimately intertwined. SPINAL IMPLANTS: SECURING WITH GLASS OR SILICON NITRIDE Because the spine provides a critical balance of flexibility and stability to the body, any modifications to the spine ideally also must balance those same properties. Spinal implant devices stabilize and strengthen the spine in various ways, often by securing vertebral elements and inserting implants to shore up the intervertebral space (Figure 5). But that need for flexibility and stability makes spinal devices challenging to design. For instance, the articulation surface for a total disc arthroplasty must not only be functional, it must be designed to account for an estimated device life of more than 40 years. Considering the estimated number and amplitude of load cycles a lumbar disc undergoes annually-based on an average adult bending an estimated 125,000 times and taking 2 million steps in that year-a disc implant is expected to endure some 85 million cycles of loading during its lifetime without wearing down. 12 So these devices demand incredibly high-performance and long-lasting materials. While the usual biomedical materials have long been used in spinal implant devices-metals such as stainless steel, titanium, and cobalt-based alloys offer strength; high-performance Figure 5. Due to excellent their wear rates, ceramics can also be found in cervical disc bearing surfaces for spinal total disc replacements. This one, by CoorsTek Bioceramics, is made of alumina zirconia matrix. polymers such as polyetheretherketone (PEEK) provide good value-these materials do not offer perfect solutions in the spine, where integration with existing tissue is particularly desirable for preserving functionality of the spine and maintaining longevity of the device. \"Overall, the need of the hour is to develop materials that demonstrate both biomechanical applicability and biocompatibility while being user friendly in a surgical environment,\" according to a 2017 article on trends in spinal surgery materials. 13 So it is not surprising that this field is also starting to realize the potential of ceramics and glass. For instance, Mo-Sci (Rolla, Mo.) is developing multicomponent bioresorbable spinal bone grafts from bioactive glass-containing one bioactive glass formulation that dissolves more quickly and contains compounds to stimulate vasculature growth (e.g., copper and zinc elements) in early stages of healing, and another bioactive glass formulation that forms a porous silicate glass scaffold that dissolves more slowly to provide support while natural bone formation gradually replaces the graft. \"This bone graft has shown really nice improvements in spinal fusion rates, and it actually isn\'t even on the market yet,\" says Steve Jung, chief technology officer of Mo-Sci. \"Mixing to get this benefit from this material and this benefit from this material is sometimes a better option than trying to find this one material that could do it all. Sometimes you have to accept that there are just two really great materials you can put together and get what you want from each.\" Beyond bioactive glass, other materials also have their sights set on the spinal American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org Credit: Coorstek Bioceramics Figure 6. Silicon nitride spinal devices manufactured by SINTX. market. Silicon nitride spinal fusion devices manufactured by SINTX (Salt Lake City, Utah)-the only FDA-registered and ISO-certified silicon nitride medical device manufacturer in the world—and sold through CTL Amedica are working their way into this market (Figure 6). Silicon nitride is not only bioactive, antiviral, and antibacterial but also promotes bone growth, providing an effective orthopedic solution. Although the material currently constitutes a small portion of the overall market for spinal fusion devices, data indicates silicon nitride has significant potential, as the company reports there were fewer than 30 FDA-reported adverse events despite more than 35,000 human spine implantations over 10 years. 10 SINTX anticipates many additional orthopedic applications for silicon nitride, such as dental and craniofacial applications as well as joint replacements. \"There\'s a lot of concerns that metals corrode in the body. As you\'re putting hips into younger and younger patients who are going to live longer, you\'re not looking at 20-year outcomes. You\'re interested in 30- and 40-year outcomes, and there ceramics have a very special role,\" says Sonny Bal, president and CEO of SINTX. For craniofacial applications, customized repair of defects with 3D-printed patient-specific implants is a possibility that SINTX has in mind, according to Don Bray, vice president of business development at SINTX. \"If someone has a severe accident and you need to rebuild the facial bones and structure, you would want to do a CAT scan and make an exact fit. In the spine you can use some standard sizes. But because of the shape of the face, you can\'t—and we think 3D printing there with our silicon nitride is key,\" Bray says. 23 Better bodies with biomaterials (a) (b) (c) (f) (d) (e) Figure 7. 3D-printed medical devices manufactured with Lithoz CeraFab System printers. From left to right: a) Mandibular implant (white: zirconia, blue: hydroxyapatite), b) spinal implants (grey: silicon nitride, white: tricalcium phosphate), c) front jaw bone augmentation (blue: hydroxyapatite, white: bioactive glass), d) cranial implant (tricalcium phosphate), e) zirconia crowns (native and colored), f) dental implants and abutment (grey: silicon nitride, white: zirconia). \"It\'s a very critical area, so having an antibacterial implant that would you could make exactly for the person is where we think this is going to go,\" Bray adds. \"And we don\'t think it\'s that far off.\" Because of silicon nitride\'s favorable antibacterial and biological properties, SINTX also is developing techniques to incorporate silicon nitride into devices and products made of other materials as well. For example, silicon nitride can be mixed into polymer-based products or coated onto titanium devices to enhance biocompatibility of those surfaces, promote healing, and prevent infection and spread of viral diseases, according to Bal. \"We are looking at 3D processing procedures that we can commercialize, in which we put a very tenacious micron-level coating of silicon nitride that supercharges the metal and makes it antibacterial,\" he says. 3D PRINTING: A TECHNOLOGY WITH LAYERED MEDICAL POTENTIAL Multimaterial implants At the intersection of medical care and additive manufacturing lies tremendous promise to completely change how we approach health strategies to replace, enhance, and restore function of the human body. 24 According to the annual Wohler\'s report, the 2019 additive manufacturing industry was worth some $11.867 billion. Medical and dental applications account for about 11% of that market, and dental in particular represents a large growth segment in the latest report. 14 Additive manufacturing company Lithoz GmbH (Vienna, Austria) is familiar with the potential of the technology for medical and dental applications. Lithoz\'s lithography-based ceramic manufacturing technology 3D prints complex structures layer-by-layer using a photocurable polymer-ceramic slurry. After printing, green parts are debinded and sintered to remove the polymer, leaving fully dense ceramic parts. Lithoz developed both the expertise and the custom printers to additively manufacture a diverse array of ceramic materials, everything from piezoceramics to regolith, and certainly including ceramics with medical applications such as alumina, zirconia, silicon nitride, hydroxyapatite, and tricalcium phosphate. Daniel Bomze, head of the Lithoz\'s medical business unit, says the company also has success printing with bioactive glass. \"We have produced several parts and some slurries already successfully with bioglass. So we know it works,\" he says. Now, Bomze says Lithoz is waiting for a commercial partner who Credit: Lithoz is interested in making the investment to further develop applications for additively manufactured bioactive glass. Lithoz\'s technologies can print complex geometries such as high-resolution lattice structures with openings just several hundred microns wide-optimal scaffolds to promote interaction and integration with living tissues-so medical applications are one promising direction (Figure 7). For instance, such bioceramic scaffolds could be used to repair bone defects due to injury or disease. While ceramic and bone are a perfect match materially speaking, design of bioceramic scaffold structures is challenging because they must provide both porosity and mechanical strength, properties that often come at a tradeoff. Fortunately, natural bone can provide some inspiration. Bone\'s structure consists of an outer layer of dense cortical bone filled with porous and spongy inner trabecular bone, a multimaterial strategy that uses two different forms to provide two different components of bone\'s function. Lithoz is developing multimaterial 3D-printed implants that provide both porosity to promote tissue regeneration and mechanical stability to support a bone defect. These multimaterial implants incorporate a strong outer layer for structural support during the initial healing phase, composed of a ceramic material with good mechanical stability such as zirconia, with a porous inner scaffold of bioresorbable ceramic substrate such as tricalcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite. The inner material more closely matches the inorganic component of bone, and its porosity permits cell attachment and penetration of blood vessels, allowing the body to heal and replace the bioresorbable substrate with natural tissues over time. Such multimaterial implants could be used to repair many types of bone defects, such as those in the jawbone. Critically, Bomze says, the material\'s resorption rate can be tuned to the area of the body being targeted. “The ideal would be that the regrowth, the new tissue forms at the same speed as the implant is being resorbed. So you have the overall volume and stability, and the whole healing time is the same by tuning www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 this artificial material and the natural material,\" he says. Although the individual components of these implants were implanted into a small number of human patients, with good results so far, the multimaterial implant is currently a proof-of-concept. And although the current design is printed into two separate steps, Lithoz has bigger plans for the future. \"The future will be printing it simultaneously, in one single step-you could print the cage and the inner part at the same time and then sinter them together,\" Bomze says. \"You can probably make even more sophisticated materials, for example a sandwich structure with an inner part of hydroxyapatite, then a shell of zirconia, and then a tiny outer coating or a third layer again of hydroxyapatite to facilitate ingrowth of the of implant. And here we\'re making really rapid progress.\" In that vein, Lithoz released in September 2020 a new multimaterials 3D printer called the CeraFab Multi 2M30. The printer is similar to the company\'s other offerings but now includes two vats to provide the ability to simultaneously print with two differLITHOZ Zirconia Alumina Figure 8. A multicomponent demo part made of alumina (outside) and zirconia (inside, Lithoz writing) printed on a CeraFab Multi 2M30. Both materials were printed in one run simultaneously, and the part is sintered. ent raw materials (Figure 8). This ability affords new functional applications, such as printing multiple materials in a single layer and allowing gradual compositional variation from one material to the next.15 3D-painting Additive manufacturing is a diverse technology, so Lithoz\'s lithographybased technique is one of many different approaches. Another company, Dimension Inx (Chicago, Ill.), is innovating with printBREATHALYZERS: ANOTHER WAY TO DETECT COVID-19 In the fight against COVID-19, the main technique used to collect samples is a deep nasal swab, a procedure doctors describe as moderately uncomfortable but some patients describe as \"being stabbed in the brain.\" Testing methods that are more comfortable and more easily administered would certainly be appreciated by patients and physicians alike, and researchers have explored saliva testing as an alternative, with some promising results. However, according to Edward Orton, Jr., Chair in Ceramic Engineering Pelagia-Iren (Perena) Gouma at The Ohio State University, breathalyzers may be an even easier and readily accessible way to administer tests. Breathalyzers use selective gas sensing elements to detect certain biomarkers in breath that signal disease. Compared to swab-based testing methods, breathalyzers are noninvasive, nonintrusive, and can deliver a result in dozens of seconds. Gouma has explored the use of breathalyzers for medical diagnostics since 2003. She started investigating the development of breathalyzers aimed specifically at detecting infectious readout orcot ensor chamber mouthpiece The portable, battery-operated breathalyzer prototype to detect COVID-19 developed at The Ohio State University. diseases a few years ago, and she has worked extensively the past few months to use that knowledge to design a breathalyzer that detects COVID-19. The in-development COVID-19 breathalyzer uses ceramic sensors to target biomarkers that give a response specific to that infection, and it Credit: Perena Gouma and M. Stanacevic ing ceramic-based biomaterials at room temperature, with no additional postprocessing sintering steps requiredaffording the ability to incorporate organic molecules such as proteins, drugs, and antibiotics into the materials themselves before printing. As noted in a May 2019 Bulletin article, 16 \"3D-painting is a materials-centric advanced manufacturing technology that permits nearly any material to be transformed into a 3D-printable \'3D-paint\' via simple, room-temperature extrusion without the need for support materials, includes advances on nanomaterials for detecting specific breath gases at concentrations that can make a diagnosis. Gouma says her team initially tested the new breathalyzer by using gas canisters that were mixed to simulate the breath gas mixture as a result of COVID-19 infection. However, they have since moved to conducting human testing and have been testing at various COVID-19 testing sites around Columbus, Ohio. In mid-September, they reported initial results from the ICU-focused human testing at the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. The results showed the breathalyzer could detect acute cases of COVID-19 and can monitor the severity of the disease. The researchers currently are seeking FDA emergency-use authorization for the breathalyzer. For more information on Gouma\'s study, as well as other breathalyzer studies taking place at Northeastern University, check out a recent Wired story on the topic at https://www.wired. com/story/could-breathalyzers-make-covidtesting-quicker-and-easier. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 25 25 Credit: Lithoz Better bodies with biomaterials Credit: Adam Jakus, Dimension Inx Figure 9. Anatomical structures display a handful of possible structures that were 3D printed by Dimension Inx with Hyperelastic Bone: (clockwise, from top left) spine, femoral head, mandible, and pelvis. powder-beds, resin-baths, cross-linking, or curing.\" In the 3D-painting technique, a powder-based material is mixed with elastomer and solvents; after extrusion through a nozzle, the finished printed product requires only rinsing and sterilizing. The flexibility of the technique means that in addition to 3D printing structures out of 3D-paints, the same strategy could also be used to coat products manufactured via other techniques and out of other materials. Importantly, 3D-painting can be applied to almost any material, including ceramics. \"3D-painting is materials agnostic. It\'s not dependent on what you\'re making or what material you\'re using,\" says Adam Jakus, cofounder and chief technology officer at Dimension Inx. As one example of the 3D-painting technology, Dimension Inx\'s bonespecific 3D-paint formulation, called Hyperelastic Bone®, is primarily ceramic yet still incredibly flexible, offering significant potential for bone implants. Hyperelastic Bone can be printed in specific structures (Figure 9) as well as porous scaffolds and sheets that could be cut and custom-fit in the operating room (Figure 10). \"The really interesting thing about Hyperelastic Bone is that it\'s 90% ceramic, which is technically more ceramic than is in our actual bones,\" 26 Figure 10. A sheet of Dimension Inx\'s 3D-printed Hyperelastic Bone, which is flexible despite being 90% ceramic. Jakus explains. Human bones contain 60%-70% dry weight of crystalline hydroxyapatite, bound by collagen and other structural and functional proteins. \"But the end result is actually flexible and cuttable and shapeable, which you wouldn\'t really expect for a something that\'s mostly ceramic.\" That flexibility is because of Hyperelastic Bone\'s unique microstructure, which forms as evaporants vaporize from the printed material after it is extruded through a printer nozzle. The rate of evaporation tunes precipitation of the elastomer, forming an optimized structure in the printed material. 17 \"A very specific microstructure really allows the different components of the composite, the ceramic and the resorbable polymer, to play off each other and move around and then return to their original form without breaking,\" Jakus says. Hyperelastic Bone also is microporous, which provides excellent osteoconductivity and biocompatibility. “If it\'s intended to regrow bone, the body tissue needs to be able to access that material on the microstructure level and transform it,” Jakus says, although the porosity can have a drawback. \"But it\'s a balance if you want structural integrity and you want bioactivity. Those things are in conflict all the time.\" Since the technology is relatively well-established at this point, Jakus says Dimension Inx is now working on quality control aspects of the process, showing that it can demonstrate consistent results. \"So a lot of our efforts throughout 2020 have been establishing new quality control systems and quality manufacturing systems around design and synthesis of these new materials as well as the 3D-painting process itself,\" he says. That includes establishing consistent and detailed manufacturing processes and identifying and mitigating risks—all part of the company\'s preparations toward seeking FDA approval for Hyperelastic Bone devices. 3D printing inherently conjures ideas of patient-specific printed implants. And while that is an eventual direction for Dimension Inx, the company is starting with a more practical pathway-and one common for biomedical innovations-by targeting mass-produced implants of Hyperelastic Bone, a collection of standard shapes like \"strips or squares or blocks,\" Jakus says. \"We are introducing a new material in a new manufacturing process. So I think it\'s important to get the regulatory agencies, the FDA, surgeons, everybody comfortable with the material and the process first so they are then willing to take that next step to patient-matched implants.\" That acceptance is a considerable issue in the medical industry-you not only have to prove that a device or technology works (see sidebar: Regulating the pace of medical innovation), but you also have to www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Credit: Adam Jakus, Dimension Inx convince medical professionals to use it as well. And that can be a major barrier, especially for new medical innovations. \"The technology is the easy part,\" Jakus says. \"And even after you identify a technology that addresses an actual need, getting surgeons to venture out their comfort zone is very hard.\" If an existing clinical solution is trusted and works relatively well, medical professionals often are not keen to change a process, especially if the solution does not offer additional profit or patient benefit or it requires the professional to master a new technique. Introducing a new product also comes with some inherent risk, which medical care is designed to minimize, for good reason. One sector, however, where medical professionals are often more willing to take modest risks is the craniofacial space-which is why medical innovations often target this site. In particular, additively manufactured medical technologies often focus on craniofacial applications because these defects are non-load bearing and highly individualized. In addition, there are few existing off-the-shelf products to treat craniofacial defects, so these medical professionals are often more willing to take a slight risk with innovative new solutions. Infiltrating a site like the craniofacial space can then be a strategic initial target application of a new technology to gain acceptance before expanding to additional sites and applications. Another consideration that makes the craniofacial segment attractive for innovation in additive manufacturing, especially with bioresorbable materials, is that these surgeons treat many pediatric defects. \"So they\'re most excited to use new materials, ceramic or not, that transform over time and grow with the patient,\" Jakus says. TISSUE REGENERATION: THE SOFTER SIDE OF BIOMATERIALS In terms of the body\'s natural materials, ceramics and glass are most analogous to bone and tooth enamel-so it is not surprising that there are so many orthopedic and dental applications for ceramics and glass (see sidebar: Ceramics used in dentistry). But modern developments in nanotechnology, particularly the ability to engineer nanosurfaces, nanoparticles, and nanoscaffolds, as well as more nuanced understanding of cell biology are together reshaping how we think about the potential of biomaterials. devoted to testing and documenting effectiveness and safety in both lab settings and in animal models. In the U.S., where the FDA regulates the approval process, bringing a medical device to market takes on average 3-7 years.\' Although this process unavoidably slows the pace of innovation, these pathways are critical to maintain safety and minimize potential harm to human health. REGULATING THE PACE OF MEDICAL INNOVATION While there is no shortage of innovative ideas for medical applications, bringing such innovations to the market is a whole different story. \"The medical market is slow and steady in terms of innovation,\" says Lucian Strong, vice president of CoorsTek Bioceramics (Grand Junction, Colo.). \"While new applications or processes may demand new materials, there is a well-defined process that is governed through the regulatory bodies around the globe. There is no simple introduction of a new material that will be implanted into a patient. Clinical data, proven over numerous years and multiple patients, is necessary for any new material to gain acceptance.\" Collecting such data takes considerable time, but it is a critical component of the regulatory processes to ensure that biomaterials and devices are safe and effective once implanted into human patients. And even before the clinical data, much additional time must be first Yet even once clinical data does provide acceptance for a material, the story is still not over. \"The increasing longevity of the human race, younger patients undergoing surgical interventions, all points to a future in which we as scientists need to understand the long-term interaction of the implant with the body,\" says B. Sonny Bal, president and CEO of SINTX. Of course, it is not feasible to wait decades while collecting long-term outcomes for every Biomaterials were once designed to minimize interactions with the body and to eliminate any potential adverse reactions. But starting with Larry Hench\'s discovery of bioactive glass 50 years ago, 18 a more modern perspective for biomaterials no longer attempts to eschew cell biology. \"Design of a new biomaterial should always consider the need of the cells, because the cells are the engineers of our body,\" says Aldo Boccaccini, professor of biomaterials and head of the Institute of Biomaterials in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany). Many biomaterials now aim to not only stand in for living tissues when they need to be repaired or replaced, but the materials play a more supportive role in actually helping the body perform its own healing-more like an assist rather than a complete substitution. That guidance can be used to mediate processes such as wound healing and to rebuild damaged or missing tissues, broadly contributing to the overall field of tissue engineering, or regenerative medicine. In terms of the future of healthcare, regenerative medicine is a big business. The global market for tissue engineering new device such observation trials would completely stifle innovation and prohibit entrance of any new product on the market. Instead, to develop materials for the future, we need robust short-term outcome proxies that can predict long-term behavior, Bal says. \"That\'s the Holy Grail.\" Bal made the analogy to how NASA uses algorithms and modeling to predict the outcomes of its missions. There are no practice runs when sending a rocket to Mars-NASA incorporates knowledge and modeling to maximally reduce the margin of error. And that, he envisions, is where biomaterials need to go. \"Instead of experimenting with humans, we need to be able to predict how a biomaterial will behave in the body just like NASA does-because there\'s no room for mistakes. You do it once, and that patient has to live with it. You can\'t have failures,\" he says. 1G. A. Van Norman, \"Drugs, devices, and the FDA: Part 2: An overview of approval processes: FDA approval of medical devices,\" JACC: Basic to Translational Science, 1[4] 277-87 (2016). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2016.03.009 American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 27 22 Better bodies with biomaterials and regeneration was valued at $24.7 billion in 2018 and is predicted to reach $109.9 billion by 2023, representing an impressive CAGR of 34.8%.19 While bone is a significant focus of this market, it encompasses soft tissues as well, such as strategies to repair damaged cardiac and gastrointestinal tissues or engineer vascular, muscle, neural, and skin tissues. Likewise, there is potential for many different types of materials in this broad field. \"In the field of regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, there is no one material that is going to tackle all the problems,\" Boccaccini says. And many of the ceramic- or glass-based strategies to heal tissues actually combine them with organic materials, in polymer composites or hydrogels, for example. Although bioactive glasses were discovered half a century ago, their potential within regenerative medicine is CERAMICS USED IN DENTISTRY Ceramics are ubiquitous in the $10.7 billion U.S. dental industry, with applications in prosthetics, fillings, orthodontic appliances, cosmetic products, process materials, preventive products, toothpaste, and more. Below are some highlights of the roles that ceramics play in this industry. Dental caries: From prevention to treatment Dental caries, commonly known as tooth decay, is the most common bacterial disease of children and adults worldwide. Formerly, tooth loss due to bacteria attacking the tooth enamel was inevitable, but advances in dental materials and techniques during the last few decades have greatly reduced chances of this outcome. Plaque removal and teeth cleaning at home and by hygienists is the first line of defense against these bacteria. Toothpastes contain many ceramic powders ranging from stannous fluoride, potassium nitrate, and several calcium phosphate compounds. Bioactive glass is also present in some toothpastes, to promote remineralization of the enamel. Sodium bicarbonate is often used by hygienists to more thoroughly remove plaque, and pumice is sometimes used as well. When bacterial attack progresses into the enamel, a dentist will seek to remove the softened tissue and restore tooth anatomy. Small to medium bacterial lesions (cavities) are treated with ceramic composite filling material or glass still being realized today. When in contact with body fluids, bioactive glasses dissolve and release ionic dissolution products such as biologically active ions within the body. Cells, in turn, respond to these ionic products, some of which stimulate growth of new blood vessels in the tissue, a process called angiogenesis. Blood vessels nourish developing tissue with oxygen and nutrients and remove waste products, so the angiogenic response is part of what makes bioactive glass so attractive for tissue repair. 20 But ionic dissolution products also do more than stimulate angiogenesis-these products alter gene expression patterns in nearby cells, shifting signaling pathways that orchestrate every cellular function, such as cell migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Although we are just beginning to unravel some of these biomolecular mechpolyalkenoate cement material to restore the tooth form. When the disease progresses into the pulp, a medication that induces the pulp tissue to build a protective barrier of reparative dentine is needed. Calcium hydroxide-containing materials used to be the standard material used for this purpose, but now tricalcium silicate cements, which are based on the same materials as white Portland cement, are the \"gold standard.\" (These cements are set with a matrix that includes calcium hydroxide.) If the pulp becomes irreversibly infected, a root canal procedure is required. In this procedure, the pulp is removed and is replaced by a combination of rubber points shaped like a root canal and sealed with another material. The trans-polyisoprene rubber points are usually filled with zinc oxide and barium sulfate. The sealing material comes in a variety of polymer and ceramic matrices, ranging from epoxy to zinc oxide-eugenol. The newest sealers are based on tricalcium silicate powders. Sometimes, glass fiber-reinforced composite posts are inserted in a root canal after a root canal procedure to help restore tooth function. When a majority of the anatomy of a tooth is lost, the anatomy is restored with a crown. Gold foil and its alloys were the materials traditionally used for crowns, but in the 1950s, porcelain enameled crowns and bridges became the anisms, the potential exists for bioactive glass compositions and properties to catalyze a diverse array of cellular responses, precisely tuned to the target tissue and the desired effect in that tissue-whether that is modulating an immune reaction, prompting tissue regeneration, or stimu lating release of growth factors to guide stem cell differentiation. \"Understanding genetic upregulation and activation by ionic stimuli released from bioactive glasses offers the possibility of developing patient-specific therapies, a huge challenge for the aging population,\" per a 2015 Bulletin article on bioactive glasses.21 One of the more familiar and clinically approved applications of bioactive glasses for soft tissues is in wound repair, with products such as a cotton candy-like borate bioactive glass fiber matrix to heal advanced wounds. 22 standard tooth restoration for severely damage teeth because of their greater durability and more natural aesthetic. Today, all-ceramic crowns―such as alumina, lithium disilicate, and yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia-are the most common crown type because of their strength, ease of fabrication, and aesthetics. Tetragonal zirconia with 3% yttria dominates this market due to its high strength, but zirconia with higher yttria formula are also in use due to better aesthetics, despite their diminished strength. Whenever a temporary or permanent crown or bridge is placed, dental cements are needed. Numerous ceramic- and glass-containing dental cements are used in dentistry, but the original cements were all based on zinc oxide. More recently, glass-ionomer cements evolved from the original silicate filling materials in the mid 20th century and remain popular because of their temporary fluoride release, which deters caries from forming under a crown. Resin-modified glass-ionomer cements and compomers are also advantageous, by combining light-curable polymers from composites with limited fluoride ion release from the glass ionomers. Tooth extractions: Replacing the missing teeth Periodontal diseases and tooth fractures may lead to tooth extraction. Dental implants, or posts surgically placed into the jawbone, are increas\"Urethane polymers filled with about 40-70% by weight of ceramic powders, which may include radiopaque glasses, fumed silica, or quartz in combination. Requires bonding agents such as silane and a polymer primer to induce adhesion. \"In other words, glass-ionomer, composed of fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder reacted with a polyacrylic acid liquid, which bonds to tooth structure. Used for restoring tooth anatomy plus permanent cementation of crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, posts, and orthodontic appliances. 28 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 \"But you can also think of internal wounds, such as adhesives with hemostatic ability for coating internal wounds where there is a lot of bleeding,\" Boccaccini says. \"Here I think yet is an open area for the applications of [bioactive glass], either as a fiber or mesh or in composites.\" As research continues to characterize how cells respond to the unique materials as well as the underlying biomechanisms of these responses, soft tissue applications of bioactive glass will also continue to expand. Mo-Sci\'s Steve Jung says that bioactive glass is experiencing increasing integration in medical products due to the material\'s recognition as a \"premium material\" and its ability to intimately interact with tissues. Bioactive glasses are being combined with other materials to make new products as well as being integrated into existing products already on the market. “They\'re making these products better by the addition of bioactive glass,\" Jung says. Jung says that in veterinary medicine, there also have been some indications that bioactive glass can also repair tendons and ligaments. \"To me, that kind of outcome is really what gets you thinking about sports injury-type situations-if you blow a ligament, could we develop a technology to help to heal that back together?\" he says. Beyond being implanted within the human body to aid tissue regeneration, ceramic and glass materials can also be similarly used to grow tissues outside of the body, with the vision that these tissues could eventually be harvested and implanted into or on the body as appropriate. \"The possibilities for ceramic technologies for improving the health and wellbeing of mankind are vast,\" says Randel Mercer, chief technology officer at CoorsTek. \"One exciting avenue Coors Tek has been working on is the use of engineered ceramic cell culturing devices. Our product, Cerahive, is used to grow human tissue cells in an environment that mimics the growth environment in the human body.\" These porous ceramic substrates line the bottom of a cell culture dish to support 3D cell cultivation, allowing in vitro growth of cell spheres (Figure 11). \"The future potential to ‘manufacture\' specific tissues in the laboratory could be used as a source for repairing damaged tissue in humans,\" Mercer says. LOOKING FORWARD A GLIMPSE OF FUTURE HEALTHCARE So what does the future of medical care look like, and how do biomaterials fit into that future? ingly used to replace single teeth and to support bridges and dentures. Implants used to be exclusively titanium, sometimes with a hydroxyapatite (ceramic) coating. However, tetragonal zirconia is gaining popularity despite its higher cost due to its improved biocompatibility. When implants are not possible, a partial or full denture may be made for a patient. Today, most dentures are composed of pressure formed acrylic base with injection molded acrylic teeth. However, in some regions of the world, porcelain teeth in an acrylic base remain popular. (Porcelain was the standard denture material in the early 20th century.) Other applications: Brackets, abrasives, equipment Orthodontic brackets are commonly made of stainless steel, but sapphire, tetragonal zirconia, and polycrystalline alumina (with no glass bonding) are also used to manufacture orthodontic brackets because of their aesthetic appeal (they make the brackets less obvious). Ceramic coatings such as rhodium oxide are also used on orthodontic wires to disguise the orthodontic device. Diamonds, tungsten carbide, and alumina and silica abrasives are essential for dentistry to remove tooth structure and to polish or adjust any dental restorative or denture. Some abrasives are bound in rubber; others are used in paste form. \"Of course, most of the equipment used in dentistry would not be possible without ceramics, from microscopes and cameras to curing lights to air turbines handpieces; from piezoelectric devices, to general electronic devices, to office scheduling and case record software and computers,\" says Carolyn Primus, medical device consultant and the 2020 Larry Hench awardee for Bioceramics. Future of dental ceramics Biocompatibility is a top priority for medical devices, and ceramics excel in biocompatibility compared to polymers and metals. On the other hand, durability is a key concern for ceramic restoratives in dentistry, particularly composite ceramics. Current research on zirconia, for example, looks to optimize the strength and appearance of zirconia by exploring variations in the stabilizers for the tetragonal phase. Ceramic nanoparticles are another subject of much research, as nanoparticles offer a way to provide unique biological responses. Nanoparticles are not new in dentistry, however-silica nanoparticles have been used for decades in composites and toothpastes. Compared to other fields, manufacturing in dentistry happens at a small scale. As such, \"Dentistry often follows the innovations in other industries or adopts materials used in other fields,\" Primus says. For example, computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) are examples of innovations from other industries adopted for dental applications beginning in the 1980s.3 CAD/CAM dentistry is becoming a widespread method for making ceramic dental crowns in a dental office. Additive manufacturing is also being adopted for dentistry. Fabrication of dentures and temporary restorations are leading the way for additive manufacturing. Lithoz GmbH (Vienna, Austria) is helping to lead the adoption of additive manufacturing for dental purposes with their lithography-based CeraFab 7500 Dental and CeraFab System Series ceramic manufacturing machines. Ivoclar Vivadent (Schaan, Liechtenstein) is also exploring additive manufacturing with their PrograPrint PR5, a digital light processing-based stereolithography printer. As these technical innovations allow people to retain more teeth, the dentistry field will continue to grow, and the opportunities for ceramic and glass materials along with it. \'Dental products & materials.\" Freedonia Group, January 2016. https://www.freedoniagroup.com/industry-study/dental-products-materials-3359.htm ²Kassebaum NJ, Bernabé E, Dahiya M, Bhandari B, Murray CJ, Marcenes W, \"Global burden of untreated caries: a systematic review and metaregression,\" Journal of Dental Research, 94(5): 650-658 (May 2015). doi: 10.1177/0022034515573272 ³Klim J and Corrales E. (2008). \"Innovation in dentistry: CAD/CAM restorative procedures.\" https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Innovation-in-Dentistry-%3A-CAD-%2F-CAM-Restorative-Corrales/ f80ede5fc034b50afe972b7b7e15435108c7c8d5#paper-header. Accessed on Oct. 29, 2020. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 29 Better bodies with biomaterials Figure 11. CoorsTek\'s Cerahive 3D cell cultivation system. Small porous ceramic discs placed in the bottom of a cell culture disc allows growth of 3D cell spheres in vitro. \"The medical industry is constantly searching for new, better, and more costeffective solutions, and advancements in the medical industry are moving at a pace so much faster than just a few years ago due to the introduction of advanced materials. With climbing healthcare costs combined with the move from inpatient to outpatient procedures, there is a pull from the market for better materials,\" says CoorsTek\'s Lucian Strong. Ceramics and glass clearly fit into that future vision not only because of the role of established products such as joint implants but also due to entirely new forms and functionalities of the materials that are just starting to be discovered, realized, and matured. \"I absolutely believe that ceramics and bioactive glass have a really strong future, and their areas of use are going to diversify in a big way,\" says Mo-Sci\'s Steve Jung. \"Bioactive glass is 50 years old, but we\'re still finding new ways to use it all the time. Old materials used in new ways or in combination with new techniques I think is the wave of the future.\" Some of those new ways, combinations, and techniques are highlighted in this article, but potential extends much, much further as well. 30 One particular area ripe for future innovation is technologies that address multiple different tissues simultaneously. Although an isolated tissue-specific approach often guides biomaterial developments, components of the human body operate together in systems on several different scales. \"If you look at everything in isolation, there are solutions that already exist. They may not be the best solutions, but there are ways to treat individual tissues,\" says Dimension Inx\'s Adam Jakus. However, most injuries or conditions involve multiple tissues, so more complex solutions are often required. \"This has been a driving force for our technology for a long time, and we set up a manufacturing technology where all the materials are complementary to each other,\" Jakus says about Dimension Inx\'s 3D-painting platform. “So we can manufacture a bone material with a muscle material and with a ligament material, so that in the future you could make a multitissue implant.\" Such strategies will inevitably need to leverage properties and strengths from multiple different materials. \"This could be partially ceramic, partially polymer, partially biological, even partially things like graphene and graphite for electrical conductivity,\" Jakus adds. \"So manufac Credit: CoorsTek turing different material types together to match the really different material types in the body.\" Another systems-level approach that will certainly shape the future of healthcare is smart implants. Miniaturization of devices, enabled by advances in the materials themselves, provided the feasibility for tiny sensors that can be implanted within the body to track an array of biological parameters on-demand. Such sensors provide the ability to track those parameters continuously, rather than sporadic measures taken at a doctor\'s office or hospital, and monitor for any changes that could signal a potential health problem. Such rich data provides a more comprehensive view of a patient\'s health as well as the ability to respond immediately to a potential disturbance in that health. According to Schott\'s Jochen Herzberg, smart implants have a prominent place in the future of medical care not only because they provide better monitoring but also in terms of reducing healthcare spending, by reducing trips to the doctor or hospital and by informing more strategic medical intervention when necessary. \"A trend that is very visible right now is smart implants and remote monitoring of patients to reduce hospitalization. For example, in-line measurements of vital signs like blood pressure inside of your body, with smart computers inside your body communicating with your doctor without being hospitalized,\" Herzberg says. Glass is already used in several different components of such devices, includ ing hermetic seals, but its optical transmissivity offers compatibility in terms of data transmission (see sidebar: Could future bandages not only be smart, but also made of glass?). Yet tiny implantable devices also can do more than just sense and monitorthey can also be designed with the capability to intervene as well, for instance by delivering a therapeutic. \"This is very fast moving technology. The idea is to replace conventional medical therapies with active implants so that you avoid overmedicating your whole body, for example by replacing www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 COULD FUTURE BANDAGES NOT ONLY BE SMART, BUT ALSO MADE OF GLASS? \"The materials of the future must be smarter than ever,\" states a video from Schott\'s Opportunity lab. Credit: Schott North America; YouTube The company is clearly giving top marks to ultrathin glass, as the video depicts a transparent glass bandage being directly applied to a cut in the skin. In this concept, thin-film sensors are integrated into a small sheet of ultrathin glass, which can be applied directly to a wound to not only treat the wound and help it heal but also to transmit health data in real time. Although the smart bandage is a concept idea, it plays into current medical trends toward connected devices and data-driven monitoring of health, with increasing use of sensors in and on the body to continuously measure diverse health parameters. Yet although thin glass is flexible, it is still breakable meaning that damaging this bandage could result in additional wounds beyond what the bandage was originally intended to treat. However, according to Schott\'s website, the company is not discounting the concept\'s potential. \"Sounds utopian perhaps, but due to the special properties of glass, it could soon be a reality,\" the website says. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/ aSiJsGchvbw. ¹Schott, https://www.us.schott.com/innovation/smart-glass chronic pain relievers with very smart implants that are active only where the pain is created rather than influencing the whole body,\" Herzberg says. Smart implants play into an overall health ecosystem increasingly focused on early detection and proactive intervention, before health conditions because problems and require more involved treatment. These data-based monitoring strategies extend beyond implants as well, according to a Deloitte Insights report on the future of health. 23 \"Medical products might no longer be limited to pharmaceuticals and medical devices. They could also include software, applications, wellness products, even healthfocused foods. The home bathroom of the future, for example, might include a smart toilet that uses always-on sensors to test for nitrites, glucose, protein, and pH to detect infections, disease, even pregnancy. A smart mirror equipped with facial recognition might be able to distinguish a mole from melanoma,\" the report says. Ultimately, the entire landscape of how we approach, monitor, manage, and mitigate human health is shifting. While these changes will not come without challenges to the market for biomaterials, they also offer incredible opportunity and ceramics and glass are certainly well-positioned to capitalize on such opportunities as well as integrate critical function into the human body. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank Carolyn Primus for her review of and detailed suggestions for the section \"Ceramics used in dentistry.\" REFERENCES WorldoMeter, \"Life expectancy of the world population.\" https://www.worldometers.info/ demographics/life-expectancy. 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That question was the core of industry exposition, which typically takes place in the spring, took place instead from Sept. 21-25, 2020, and it welcomed more than 1,500 virtual event attendees and more than 150 exhibitors. Each day of the exposition featured panels, interviews, and roundtables focused on different themes, including clean and electrified technology (Monday), additive manufacturing (Tuesday), aerospace applications (Wednesday), and quality and testing (Thursday). The exposition kicked off Monday with a panel on overcoming business continuity challenges caused by COVID-19. The manufacturers on the panel say while there are still difficulties, overall some of the necessary workarounds enacted to handle the pandemic could prove useful in the future, such as facilitating business electronically and working from home. LIVE 71 AMERICA zoom Acers director of technical content and communications Eileen De Guire (top left) moderates the first panel of Ceramics Expo Connect on Sept. 21, 2020. From top right clockwise, the panelists include Kyocera vice president of the fine ceramics group Mark Wolf, American Elements CEO Michael Silver, and CoorsTek director of automotive strategy Steve Pawlowski. Credit: Smarter Shows Plenary Discussion-Overcoming Business Continuity Challengen Cau by COVID 19 and Maximizing Opportunities in the Sustainable Technology Market Chat Type your mages 00:58:52 On Tuesday, manufacturers again were future focused in their discussions of additive manufacturing. However, they did caution that additive manufacturing should not be treated as a solution to all processing challenges but rather as just another forming process. With all the talk of future potential, Wednesday discussions focused on one area in which ceramics are already making a difference: aerospace. The first jet engines based on ceramic matrix composites were commercially deployed in 2016, and panelists suggested more aerospace opportunities for ceramic materials in the future, including in shrouds, liners, nozzles, and blades. In contrast to the other three days, Thursday wrapped up the exposition with a focus on current processes and how to ensure material quality and testing. Experts from multiple fields offered their expertise, including representatives from vehicle manufacturing, scientific instruments for molecular research, and clay brick making. 32 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Deadline Feb. 3 MATERIALS CHALLENGES IN ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY 2021 (MCARE 2021) 4TH ANNUAL ENERGY HARVESTING SOCIETY MEETING (EHS 2021) Hyatt Regency Bellevue Bellevue, WA USA Hosted and organized by: Energy Materials and Systems Division The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org e ENERGY HARVESTING SOCIETY ceramics.org/MCARE2021 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 First-ever Keynote Session CERAMIC MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS CONFERENCE looks at latest trends in ceramic manufacturing industry Andrea Ross (above) presents Dana Goski and Matthew Lambert (below) with this year\'s John E. Marquis Memorial Award. C Credit: ACerS urrent trends, applications, and processes in the ceramic manufacturing industry were the focus of the first-ever Ceramic Manufacturing Solutions Conference, which took place on Sept. 29, 2020. Originally scheduled to take place alongside Ceramics Expo in the spring, CMSC was rescheduled as a virtual event for the week after Ceramics Expo Connect in light of the ongoing pandemic. Sixty-nine registrants from 13 countries, including 10 students, registered to attend the one-day event, which was organized into three main sessions: Testing, Quality, and Health & Safety; Ceramic Processing; and Raw Materials. The day kicked off with a keynote presentation by Doug Freitag, technical director for government affairs at the United States Advanced Ceramics Association. Freitag spent time describing the history and current status of research on transparent ceramic armor and ceramic fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites for gas turbines. Following Freitag\'s presentation, ACerS director of meetings and marketing Andrea Ross presented Allied Mineral Products vice president of research & development Dana Goski and manager of special projects Matthew Lambert with this year\'s John E. Marquis Memorial Award, in recognition of their paper “Engineering resilience with precast monolithic refractory articles.\" During the three main sessions, several topics were discussed in regard to each theme, including • Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations and ASTM test methods for powder characterization under Testing, Quality, and Health & Safety. • Failure modes & effects analysis, additive manufacturing considerations, silicon nitride production, and specific volume diagrams under Ceramic Processing. • Electric arc fusion of mullite ceramics and the role of alumina in various applications under Raw Materials. \"Working in the manufacturing environment, the CMSC event exceeded expectations; the speakers and the content of their talks were both excellent. I\'m excited for this event to continue,\" says coorganizer Keith DeCarlo of Blasch Precision Ceramics. ONLINE TRAINING FOR YOU OR YOUR STAFF NEW ACerS Online Learning Ceramic Manufacturing Technology with Carl Frahme Ph.D., FACerS Starts Jan. 12, 2021 The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org ACerSONLINE LEARNINGCenter To learn more and to register, visit ceramics.org/shortcourse American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 33 33 REGISTER TODAY! VIRTUAL MEETING The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS (EMA 2021) JAN. 19-22, 2021 ceramics.org/ema2021 Organized by the ACerS Electronics and Basic Science Divisions Electronic Materials and Applications 2021 (EMA 2021) is an international conference focused on electroceramic materials and their applications in electronic, electrochemical, electromechanical, magnetic, dielectric, biological and optical components, devices, and systems. Jointly programmed by the Electronics Division and Basic Science Division of The American Ceramic Society, EMA 2021 will be a virtual event on the same planned dates, Jan. 19-22, 2021. EMA 2021 is designed for scientists, engineers, technologists, and students interested in basic science, engineering, and applications of electroceramic materials. Participants from across the world in academia, industry, and national laboratories exchange information and ideas on the latest developments in theory, experimental investigation, and applications of electroceramic materials. Students are highly encouraged to participate in the meeting. Prizes will be awarded for the best oral and poster student presentations. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ELECTRONICS DIVISION BASIC SCIENCE DIVISION Hui (Claire) Xiong Boise State University clairexiong@ boisestate.edu Xiong Jennifer Andrew University of Florida Andrew jandrew@mse.ufl.edu SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2021 Plenary session 1 Concurrent technical sessions Networking session THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021 Rheinheimer Garcia Wolfgang Rheinheimer Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany wolfgang.rheinheimer@ gmail.com Edwin Garcia Purdue University redwing@purdue.edu 9:45-11 a.m. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 4-5 p.m. 10-11 a.m. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Plenary session 2 Concurrent technical sessions 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Student & Young Professionals networking session FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2021 Concurrent technical sessions 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 5-6 p.m. Failure: The greatest teacher TECHNICAL PROGRAM S1 - Characterization of Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Ceramics S2-Advanced Electronic Materials: Processing Structures, Properties, and Applications S3 - Frontiers in Ferroic Oxides: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Applications S4 - Complex Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures: From Synthesis to Strain/Interface-engineered Emergent Properties S5 Mesoscale Phenomena in Ferroic Nanostructures: From Patterns to Functionalities S6 Emerging Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces S7 Superconducting and Magnetic Materials: From Basic Science to Applications S8-Structure-Property Relationships in Relaxor Ceramics S9-lon-Conducting Ceramics S10-Point Defects and Transport in Ceramics S11 Dislocations in Ceramics: Processing, Structure, Plasticity, and Functionality S12 - Evolution of Structure and Chemistry of Grain Boundaries and Their Networks as a Function of Material Processing S13-5G Materials and Applications Telecommunications S14-Agile Design of Electronic Materials: Aligned Computational and Experimental Approaches and Materials Informatics S15-Functional Materials for Biological Applications OFFICIAL NEWS SOURCES AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY bulletin emerging ceramics & glass technology Ceramic TechToday FROM THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 34 www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 REGISTER TODAY! 45 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION ON ADVANCED CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES ceramics.org/icacc2021 VIRTUAL MEETING FEB. 8-12, 2021 Organized by the Engineering Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society The American Ceramic Society www.ceramics.org Engineering Ceramics Division The Amer can Ceramic Society Due to uncertainty surrounding the current global pandemic, meeting organizers, along with the meetings team at The American Ceramic Society, have decided to move the 45th International Conference & Exposition on Advanced Ceramics & Composites meeting to a fully virtual format for 2021, running live sessions containing pre-recorded talks on a new date: Feb. 8-12, 2021. This conference will be the first-ever Virtual ICACC organized by ACers Engineering Ceramics Division, and we would like for you to be a part of it. This conference has a strong history of being the preeminent international meeting on advanced structural and functional ceramics, composites, and other emerging ceramic materials and technologies, and this year is no different. The technical program will reflect the growth and success of ICACC by featuring 18 symposia, five focused sessions, one special focused session, and the 10th Global Young Investigator Forum. These technical sessions, consisting of both oral and poster presentations, will provide an open forum for scientists, researchers, and engineers from around the world to present and exchange findings on recent advances on various aspects related to ceramic science and technology. The technical program reflects critical areas of interest within ceramics and advanced composites, with a particular emphasis on current trends in research, development, engineering, and application of advanced ceramics. Hisayuki Suematsu Program chair, ICACC 2020 Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan E-mail: suematsu@nagaokaut.ac.jp FOCUSED SESSIONS ❖ Special Focused Session on Diversity, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization 10th Global Young Investigator Forum FS1: Bio-Inspired, Green Processing, and Related Technologies of Advanced Materials FS2: Materials for Thermoelectrics FS3: Molecular-level Processing and Chemical Engineering of Functional Materials FS4: Ceramic/Carbon Reinforced Polymers FS5: Fractography of Ceramics SYMPOSIA S1: Mechanical Behavior and Performance of Ceramics and Composites S2: Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications S3: 18th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Cells (SOC): Materials, Science, and Technology S4: Armor Ceramics - Challenges and New Developments S5: Next Generation Bioceramics and Biocomposites S6: Advanced Materials and Technologies for Rechargeable Energy Storage S7: 15th International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Sustainable Energy Harvesting, Environmental, and Health Applications S8: 15th International Symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems (APMT15) S9: Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications S10: Modeling and Design of Ceramics and Composites S11: Advanced Materials and Innovative Processing Ideas for Production Root Technologies S12: On the Design of Nano-laminated Ternary Transition Metal Carbides/Nitrides (MAX Phases) and Borides (MAB Phases), and Their 2D Counterparts (MXenes, MBenes) S13: Development and Applications of Advanced Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear Fission and Fusion Energy Systems S14: Crystalline Materials for Electrical, Optical, and Medical Applications S15: 4th International Symposium on Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies S16: Geopolymers, Inorganic Polymers, and Sustainable Materials S17: Advanced Ceramic Materials and Processing for Photonics and Energy S18: Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramics.org 55 35 O deciphering the discipline A regular column offering the student perspective of the next generation of ceramic and glass scientists, organized by the ACerS Presidents Council of Student Advisors. Antonia Ressler Guest columnist Credit: Antonia Ressler Biomimetic approach—the role of ions in bone regeneration The challenge of bone tissue engineering (BTE) is to develop bone scaffolds that allow good integration with the surrounding tissues. Systems of particular interest are scaffolds based on calcium phosphates (CaP), mainly hydroxyapatite (HAP), due to its chemical and structural similarity to the inorganic matrix of natural bone and its excellent bioactivity. Scientists have used growth factors in combination with CaP to enhance bone regeneration, but negative side effects such as ectopic or unwanted bone formation throw the safety of this approach into question. An alternative way to adjust properties of synthetic materials is a biomimetic approach, in which various trace elements with a beneficial effect for bone formation are incorporated in Caps.¹ The introduction of even small quantities of these ions may cause changes or improvements in the biological, physicochemical, or mechanical properties of scaffolds. Researchers have extensively investigated Caps substituted with strontium, magnesium, zinc, selenium, and carbonate ions. Findings concerning each of these ions include 1,2 • Strontium (Sr²+) stimulates bone formation by decreasing resorption activity and differentiation of osteoclasts, while at the same time increasing osteoblast proliferation and differentiation. • Magnesium (Mg2+) acts as a growth factor, especially in the early stage of bone formation, where it plays a key role in bone metabolism. It influences the osteoblast and osteoclast activity. • Zinc (Zn²+) is thought to have the same influence on osteoblast and osteoclast activity as strontium and magnesium. Furthermore, it has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. Due to that, zinc-substituted CaPs could be used as a coating for metal implants to reduce inflammatory response. 1,2 • B-type carbonate (CO2) substitution is characteristic for biological apatite and thus is a highly interesting substitution in synthetic HAp. Furthermore, the 36 CO₂-substitution enhances bioresorption and therefore osteogenic performance of synthetic material.³ • Selenium is an essential element for the proper functioning of bone tissue, with strong antioxidant properties. Selenium can induce tumor cell apoptosis while at the same time enhance the proliferation of healthy bone cells. As such, many experiments involve selenium oxyanions (SeO3 or SeO2), especially in bone cancer studies. 10 μm 500 μm Figure 1. SEM micrographs of highly porous scaffold based on biopolymer chitosan and hydroxyapatite multisubstituted with Sr²+, Mg2+, Zn2+, Na+, CO², and SeO32 ions. Though these results show the benefits of introducing trace elements in CaPs, scaffolds based on HAp still face some disadvantages, such as poor mechanical properties. To overcome these disadvantages, HAp has been combined with polymers to obtain composite scaffolds for bone regeneration. The ongoing University of Zagreb research project \"Development of biocompatible hydroxyapatite-based materials for bone tissue engineering applications\" supported by the Croatian Science Foundation investigates highly porous scaffolds based on biopolymer chitosan and multisubstituted HAP (Figure 1). Initial results show multisubstituted scaffolds have better osteogenic properties compared to nonsubstituted scaffolds, confirming the importance of trace elements in BTE. Currently, I am one of the researchers involved with this research project. In the future, we plan to investigate the efficacy of selective laser sintered bioinspired scaffolds for bone tissue engineering as well. References \'S. Bose, G. Fielding, S. Tarafder, A. Bandyopadhyay. \"Understanding of dopandinduced osteogenesis and angiogenesis in calcium phosphate ceramics,\" Trends in Biotechnology, Vol. 31, pp. 594-605, Oct. 2010. 2E. Boanini, M. Gazzano, A. Bigi. \"Ionic substitutions in calcium phosphates synthesized at low temperature,\" Acta Biomaterialia, Vol. 6, pp. 1882-1894, June 2010. 3D. L. Goloshchapov, V. M. Kashkarov, N. A. Rumyantseva, P. V. Seredin, A. S. Lenshin, B. L. Agapov, E. P. Domashevskaya. \"Synthesis of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite by precipitation using hen\'s eggshell,\" Ceramics International, Vol. 39, pp. 4539-4549, May 2013. 4V. Uskoković, M. Adiraj Iyer, V.M. Wu. \"One ion to rule them all: the combined antibacterial, osteoinductive and anticancer properties of selenite-incorporated hydroxyapatite,\" Journal of Materials Chemistry B, Vol. 5, pp. 1430-1445, Jan. 2017. Antonia Ressler is a recent doctoral graduate from and now researcher in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her research focuses on biomimetic scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration. She is currently a committee member of the Young Ceramists Network, an initiative of the European Ceramic Society sponsored by the JECS Trust. www.ceramics.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 DECEMBER 2020 VOLUME 1 • ISSUE 5 Ceramic Glass MANUFACTURING www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing fications Engineering Manufacturing R&D Quality STANDARDS Product Development Design SETTING THE STANDARDS: HOW STANDARDS ENHANCE QUALITY AND PROMOTE RELIABILITY JAPAN FINE CERAMICS ASSOCIATION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR FINE CERAMICS A SHORT LIST OF STANDARDS-DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS Abstracts now due DEC. 31, 2020 17TH BIENNIAL WORLDWIDE CONGRESS ON REFRACTORIES UNITECR 2021 Sept. 14–17, 2021 | Chicago, III., USA THE UNIFIED INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON REFRACTORIES 17th Biennial Worldwide Congress on Refractories 323 да ва за за DE 33 33 mmmmmmmmmm Π CELEBRATING THE INTERNATIONAL REFRACTORIES COMMUNITY Organized by The North American Members of the UNITECR International Executive Board Under the auspices of the UNITECR International Executive Board | Hosted by The American Ceramic Society The American Society Ceramic www.ceramics.org UNITECR2021.ORG FOUNDING MEMBERS The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) German Refractory Association (GRA) Asociacion Latinoamericana de Fabricantes de Refractarios (ALAFAR) The Technical Association of Refractories, Japan (TARJ) PRINCIPAL MEMBERS Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS) Indian Refractories Makers Association (IRMA) Federation Europeenne des Fabricants de Produits Refractaires (PRE) Sept. 14-17, 2021 | Chicago, III., USA www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing CONTENTS Ceramic Glass Vol. 1, No. 5 MANUFACTURING Executive Director & Publisher Mark Mecklenborg Editorial & Production Eileen De Guire Director of Technical Content and Communications edeguire@ceramics.org David Holthaus Content Editor dholthaus@ceramics.org Lisa McDonald Associate Managing Editor Tess Speakman Senior Graphic Designer Kerry Burgdorfer Graphic Designer Michelle Martin Production Editor Editorial Advisory Board Carolyn Primus, Primus Consulting William Carty, Alfred University Daniel Tipsord, TevTech LLC 6 10 INDUSTRY NEWS SETTING THE STANDARDS: HOW STANDARDS ENHANCE QUALITY AND PROMOTE RELIABILITY by David Holthaus A SHORT LIST OF STANDARDS-DEVELOPING ORGANIZATIONS by David Holthaus JAPAN FINE CERAMICS ASSOCIATION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR FINE CERAMICS by Hirofumi Takemura 1 James Hemrick, Reno Refractories Inc. 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For your free subscription, go to www.ceramics.org/ CGMsubscribe. 39 2 CERAMIC & GLASS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY NEWS ENPRO AGREES TO BUY OPTICAL FILTER AND COATINGS MAKER Charlotte, N.C.-based EnPro Industries, Inc. agreed to acquire Alluxa, Inc., a privately held, Santa Rosa, Calif.-based company. Alluxa is an industrial technology firm that provides optical filters and thin-film coatings for applications in the industrial technology, life sciences, and semiconductor markets. EnPro is financing the transaction with cash and rollover equity from Alluxa executives. The purchase price is $255 million, including rollover equity. EnPro says it has a strategy to grow by acquisition in attractive markets. North Carolina-based EnPro employs about 6,000 people. The latest transaction follows two agreements Total signed in February to develop nearly two gigawatts of solar projects in Spain. TOTAL AGREES TO BUILD SOLAR PROJECTS IN SPAIN French energy company Total SE reached an agreement with Spanish developer Ignis to build 3.3 gigawatts of solar projects in Spain. The first projects are scheduled to start in 2022, with the rest expected to be in production by 2025. The transaction will bring Total\'s portfolio of solar projects under development in Spain to more than five gigawatts by 2025, contributing to Spain\'s goal of generating 70% of its electricity from renewables by 2030 and 100% by the middle of the century. ALTONA ENERGY ACQUIRES MAJORITY STAKE IN RARE EARTH PROJECT Australia-based Altona Energy, a mining exploration company with a focus on rare earth element projects in Africa, signed an agreement with Leadway Group Ltd. to acquire a 70% interest in a greenfield project in Uganda, the Nankoma Rare Earth Project. Altona says it wants to build a portfolio of rare-earth sites in Eastern and Central Africa. When the agreement is final, Altona will be responsible for completing a feasibility study on establishing a commercial-scale, rare-earth mining and processing operation at the site. Altona will also be the manager and operator of the project. The Nankoma Rare Earth Project is located in Eastern Uganda. 40 40 www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing SIEMENS, UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO COLLABORATE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY Siemens Industry and the University of New Mexico signed an agreement to collaborate on integrating renewable energy systems and microgrids. The agreement is centered around a University-owned microgrid. The microgrid assets include facilities such as a cooling tower, thermal storage tank, battery energy storage system, fuel cell, photovoltaic system, and a natural gas generator. The university is part of a statewide consortium that received a five-year, $20 million grant in 2018 to modernize the electrical grid. 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The company says all Vinkova employees and locations would be retained. Financial details were not disclosed. SANDVIK JOINS GE ADDITIVE BETA PROGRAM GE Additive announced that Sandvik Additive Manufacturing joined its Binder Jet beta partner program. Sandvik has a broad alloy program for additive manufacturing on the market, marketed under the Osprey brand. The GE program uses its industrialized additive technology with technical partners to grow its Binder Jet technology. GE says the first phase involves developing the beta system into pilot lines, and eventually into a commercially available factory solution in 2021. Sandvik is a Stockholm, Sweden-based company with about 40,000 employees. 42 Berlin Packaging maintains more than 130 sales and warehouse locations, and design and innovation centers on two continents. GUARDIAN GLASS COMPLETES STARTUP OF PLANT IN POLAND Guardian Glass completed starting up its second float glass facility in Częstochowa, Poland, to help meet the demand for high-performance coated and fabricated glass products in Eastern Europe. The plant hosts two float lines, two coater lines, and a lamination line. Headquartered in Auburn Hills, Mich., Guardian Glass has six float glass plants in the United States and one in Mexico, as well as many fabrication facilities and warehouses. Guardian Glass companies also operate ten float glass plants across Europe and Russia. The Częstochowa plant represents Guardian\'s biggest greenfield capital investment in its history, the company says. MADE INSPACE MADE INS CE www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglass manufacturing MADE NSPACE MADE IN SPACE The Made In Space ceramics manufacturing module team. 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The standard called for door panels to be made from a combination of ceramic and fabric, with the ceramic material acting as the strike face to break bullets that were made with steel cores. Such ammunition was increasingly being used in the high-powered weaponry that police were encountering on the streets, according to ASTM. Panels made with basic, armored steel often would not stop bullets with steel cores. The new specification standardized protection levels and included language to help public safety agencies retrofit their vehicles or buy new ones with the safer ceramic-fabric panels. It was a dramatic example of how standards evolve to keep up with new technology, materials, and processes. Perhaps not as dramatic, but equally important in terms of safety and reliability, is the development and evolution of standards used to make refractories, the materials used to build structures routinely subjected to high temperatures. The ASTM International Committee C08 on Refractories was founded in 1914. Over its history, the committee has defined what a refractory is, clasASTM International\'s headquarters in West Conshohocken, Pa. Credit: ASTM International www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing 7 sified them by type and function, and defined tests to determine their suitability for specific applications. In the early decades of the committee\'s existence, refractories were used to build the linings of fireplaces, kilns, and stills, among other applications. By the end of the 20th century, refractories were used to line nuclear reactors and in the manufacturing of reentry heat shields for space shuttles. The new uses demanded standardized tests to benchmark performance and to help evaluate and develop new materials. Bill Headrick has been involved with creating and refining ASTM standards for more than 30 years, and he is currently working with Committee C08 as the chair of the technical subcommittee on monolithics. Headrick is head of research and development Standards for the production of refractories have evolved since 1914. Credit: RHI Magnesita It is a deliberative process. for aluminosilicate products for the Americas at RHI Magnesita, the world\'s largest refractories company. There are more than 100 standards relating to refractories alone, and the manual on refractory standards is nearly an inch thick, Headrick says. Committee members are engaged in a continuous process of evaluating and reviewing the standards to make sure they are up to date. In August alone, Headrick says the committee reevaluated six standards. \"The biggest thing is making sure we\'re using the best available methods,\" he adds. For example, for years, the only method for determining the chemistry of materials was wet chemistry, and the relevant standards only addressed those methods. \"Now, we have X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, mass spectroscopy, and we\'ve had to rewrite our standards to take into account these better methods that give better results,\" he says. The committee is currently doing a lot of work to make standards safer, Headrick says, and to have them align with the health and safety requirements of employers. Bill Headrick RHI Magnesita Some of the standards for measuring chemistry use materials that are considered hazardous to health, leading the committee to look for alternative materials that are safer and can produce similar results. \"That\'s the biggest evolution going on,\" he says. \"We\'re going through all the standards and making sure they\'re as safe as possible.\" Every five years, ASTM standards must be reviewed and reapproved by the appropriate subcommittee and then by the main committee. Any negative comment about the proposed standard must be resolved before the standard can be approved. \"To pass a standard, you have to eliminate every single negative,\" Headrick says. \"Once everyone is in full, 100 percent agreement, then the standard is published. That can take a matter of months to a number of years.\" For several years now, ASTM committees and subcommittees have worked on the standardization of the growing and developing field of additive manufacturing, the process of fabricating parts and components layer by layer using computer-aided design rather than traditional manufacturing methods. Improved technology, advanced equipment and sensors, and more suitable materials are driving the productivity and reliability of additive manufacturing production, yet the rapid change has pointed up the need for standardization, says Mohsen Seifi. Seifi is ASTM\'s director of global additive manufacturing programs, responsible for additive manufacturing programs that support standards development and other products and services at the organization. He also oversees its Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence, which has the mission to bridge the gap between standardization to research and development. By 2008, the nascent additive manufacturing industry had reached the point where standards were needed. \"Without standards, it\'s going to be the Wild West,\" Seifi says. \"Industry needs standards for rapid implementation of this technology for critical applications.\" 45 45 8 CERAMIC & GLASS MANUFACTURING Standards are constantly reviewed to keep up to date with advances in technology, with two examples being the use of refractories in space shuttles and in the linings of nuclear reactors. Credit: (top) NASA; (bottom) Duke Energy Additive manufacturing\'s shortened development cycle and more efficient process means products can be designed and produced more quickly, but standardization is necessary to create consistency and reliability, and to serve as a foundation for continued growth. \"Innovation is inevitable, but without having standards in place, you can\'t really drive this technology forward in terms of full implementation and adoption to satisfy regulation,\" Seifi says. \"The reason is very clear,\" he adds. \"You need to make sure we\'re all communicating the same language and making products in a repeatMohsen Seifi, ASTM International able and reliable fashion.\" ASTM\'s committee on additive manufacturing technologies has met since 2009 and now has more than a thousand members from more than 35 countries who have developed standards that support the application and adoption of additive manufacturing for diverse materials and processes across various industry sectors. In 2011, ASTM International and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) signed an agreement paving the way to create joint additive manufacturing standards in order to increase collaboration and minimize duplication of efforts. \"If you are a user of this technology interested in fabricating parts and components, are you going to receive the same results if you produce a part at a service provider in the U.S. versus Europe versus Asia?\" Seifi says. \"That\'s where standards play a critical role to make sure we manufacture products in a consistent, reliable, and repeatable manner.\" Another key reason for standards is to facilitate certification of additively manufactured parts from regulatory bodies such as the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, Department of Defense, Food and Drug Administration, and many others. \"Once a standard is out, it has the potential to become part of regulatory frameworks and can get into federal codes and referred to in federal contracts,\" Seifi says. One of the key trends on additive manufacturing standardization is understanding the challenges the technology brings in regard to data management and schema, Seifi says. The 3D printers and their sensors can generate gigabytes, sometimes terabytes, of data. \"The question is, what data to collect according to what standard and format and why?\" he says. \"Is that data you collect findable, accessible, and reusable? Does it make sense to capture that data, and using what standard method? What kind of intelligence can we generate from the data to improve the process?\" \"There are major standard gaps in this space that ASTM is trying to fill,\" he adds. In the cases of newer technologies such as additive manufacturing, and older processes such as refractory production, standards have helped advance processes, improve quality, and enable those production methods to be used reliably in a growing range of industries and applications. 46 www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing A short list of standards-developing organizations There are many organizations in the U.S. and around the world that work to develop standards for their industries. Here are some that apply to manufacturing: • The Association for Manufacturing Technology Based in McLean, Va., the association promotes the interests of American manufacturing machinery and equipment, including the standardization of technology used to run machines. www.amtonline.org • The American Nuclear Society Based in LaGrange Park, III., the Society advances the development of nuclear science, engineering, and technology, and maintains a standards committee and board. www.ans.org • The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) • Based in Atlanta, Ga., the Society focuses on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration, and sustainability through research, standards writing, publishing, and continuing education. www.ashrae.org American Society of Mechanical Engineers Based in New York City, N.Y., the Society enables collaboration and skills development across engineering disciplines through programs in continuing education, training and professional development, codes and standards, research, and conferences and publications. www.asme.org • ASTM International Formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and publishes consensus technical standards for a range of materials, products, systems, and services. It is headquartered in West Conshohocken, Pa., outside of Philadelphia. www.astm.org • International Code Council Based in Washington, D.C., the Council is an association of building safety professionals and a source of model codes and standards that establish baselines for building safety. www.iccsage.org • The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, ISO is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. It promotes worldwide proprietary, industrial, and commercial standards. www.iso.org • The International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Based in Washington, D.C., this committee is a standards development organization composed of information technology developers. www.incits.org • The International Society of Automation Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., the Society is a technical society for engineers, technicians, businesspeople, educators, and students, and it sets standards for industry professionals in automation. www.isa.org • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., NIST is a nonregulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce that develops and disseminates standards that allow technology to work seamlessly and business to operate smoothly. www.nist.gov • NSF International Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., NSF International has developed more than 80 public health and safety standards, and tests and certifies products to verify they meet those standards. www.nsf.org • SAE International Previously known as the Society of Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, Pa.-based SAE International is a standards-developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. Its principal emphasis is on global transport industries, such as aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicles. www.sae.org • UL Formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories, UL is a global safety certification company headquartered in Northbrook, III. It is approved to perform product safety testing by the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration. www.ul.com 9 47 48 10 CERAMIC & GLASS MANUFACTURING JAPAN FINE CERAMICS ASSOCIATION AND ITS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR FINE CERAMICS apan Fine Ceramics Association (JFCA) was established in 1986 with a mission to promote the development of the fine ceramics/ advanced ceramics industry. To take advantage of the most advanced technologies of fine ceramics, overall collaboration of manufacturers, users, universities, and research laboratories is required, together with the fusion of other materials. The members of JFCA are 104 companies from different industries, such as ceramics, chemicals, metals, automobiles, electronics, power supply, and service. Through various activities, JFCA brings together and promotes cooperation among government, industry, academia, and overseas countries for the further expansion of the fine ceramics industry. The United States Advanced Ceramics Association (USACA), European Ceramics Center (PEC), and Ceramics Application are cooperating members of JFCA. There are technical committees and consortiums in JFCA. Committees operate research groups such as Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Power Electronics, GaN, LED, Bioceramics, Optical Ceramics, Material Function Predictive Simulation, Advanced Coating Alliance, and Ceramics Matrix [Billion US$) . 30 1 $30 Billion (2018) 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2000 2015 2019 est Figure 1. Fine ceramics production in Japan. Credit: Japan Fine Ceramics Association By Hirofumi Takemura Composites Consortium. In September, Fine Ceramics Roadmap 2050 Study Group was launched, which will publish the latest Roadmap in both Japanese and English versions in December 2021. Figure 1 shows the amount of fine ceramics production in Japan, which reached $30 billion in 2018.1 The benefits of standards for worldwide industries are extensive.² Standards help manufacturers reduce costs, anticipate technical requirements, and increase productive and innovative efficiency. Standards make trade across international borders easier and promote global competition, having a positive impact on economies. Standards provide consumers with confidence in the quality and safety of products and services. In a global economy of rapidly emerging new technologies and markets, standards help set the rules and establish the frameworks, making it easier to innovate successfully. ISO international standards help businesses of any size and sector reduce costs, increase productivity, and access new markets. Standards can help to • Build customer confidence that the products are safe and reliable; • Meet regulation requirements, at a lower cost; • Reduce costs across all aspects of a business; • Gain market access across the world; • Improve quality, safety, and lead time of products and services; • Lower research and development costs and improve speed to market by building on previously standardized technology or systems; and • Provide uniformity of units measurement, enabling accuracy and confidence in commercial transactions locally and globally. THE ROLE OF JFCA JFCA conducts surveys and research to promote the international standardization of fine ceramics. JFCA, as a drafting organization in www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglassmanufacturing the field of fine ceramics, is making international standards for high-quality, safe, secure, and highly reliable fine ceramic materials. JFCA holds the secretariat of ISO/TC206 (Fine Ceramics) and ISO/TC150/SC7 (Tissue-engineered Medical Products) under the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee. In addition, as a national committee for ISO/TC206 and ISO/ TC150 (Implants for Surgery) in Japan, we are engaged in deliberating proposals for new work items, development of projects in Japan and other countries, and maintenance and management of issued ISO standards. ACCELERATION OF STANDARDIZATION SPEED The speed of technological development increases to popularize new technologies globally. The conventional model shown in Figure 2, \"Research & DevelopmentStandard Development-Manufacturing / Products,\" cannot catch up with its speed. It is necessary to proceed with R&D and standard development at the same time and connect it to global manufacturing. As shown in Figure 3, loop-shaped parallel development becomes the most effective way to establish standardization.³ Conventional: Progress in stages Research & Development Standard Development Manufacturing/ Products Figure 2. Conventional standardization model. Credit: Japan Fine Ceramics Association Future: Progress in parallel Research & Development Standard Development Manufacturing / Products Figure 3. Future standardization model. Credit: Japan Fine Ceramics Association ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION International standards are published by international standardization bodies; three organizations are the representative. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) establishes international standards in a wide range of fields, except the fields of electricity, electronics, and communications. International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) establishes international standards in the fields of electricity and electronics, and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) establishes international standards in the fields of communication, broadcasting, and information technology. ISO is currently divided into 333 technical committees that deliberate and manage international standardization. The international standards for fine ceramic materials mainly belong to two committees: ISO/ TC206 (Fine Ceramics) and ISO/TC150 (Implants for Surgery). ISO/TC206 standardizes various forms and functions of fine ceramics. Japan is the secretariat of this committee and has a committee manager. The chair is from South Korea. The ISO/TC206 scope states as follows: Standardization in the field of fine ceramics materials and products in all forms: powders, monoliths, coatings and composites, intended for specific functional applications including mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, optical, and combinations thereof. The term \"fine ceramics\" is defined as \"a highly engineered, high performance, predominantly non-metallic, inorganic material having specific functional attributes.\" Note: Alternative terms for fine ceramics are advanced ceramics, engineered ceramics, technical ceramics, or high-performance ceramics. The ISO/TC206 strategic business plan has the following description: World demand for fine ceramics is projected to expand to $75 billion in the year 2020. In order for the fine ceramics industry to further grow to contribute to the 21st century as a new materials industry, the following issues have to be overcome. • Further promotion of research and development in terms of the material itself, development of new uses and application technologies. • Research on manufacturing processes, and cost-reduction through corporate efforts. • Establishment of testing and evaluation methods and standardization of the methods to prepare a basis for research and development, application, and utilization. • Promoting international cooperation in the fields of research and development, and standardization. Table 1 shows the composition of ISO/TC206, the number of ISO registrations, and the number under development. ISO/TC206 is divided into more specialized working groups (WGs) from WG1 to WG12. Since the committee\'s inception in 1992, 136 standards have been issued. In recent years, about 10 new standards were published each year. In addition, there are 18 items under development. 11 49 50 50 12 CERAMIC & GLASS MANUFACTURING WG Title Standards under development Published Standards WG1 Terminology/Classification 2 1 WG2 Powders 16 0 WG3 Chemical analysis 4 3 WG4 Composites 22 2 WG5 Porous ceramics 4 0 WG6 Monolithic ceramics/Mechanical properties 20 0 WG7 Monolithic ceramics/Physical and thermal properties 10 1 WG8 Joining 4 0 WG9 Photocatalysis 28 3 WG10 Coatings 16 2 WG11 Electrical and optical applications 6 3 WG12 Engineering applications 4 3 ISO/TC206 136 18 Table 1. ISO/TC206 structure, number of published standards and standards under development SC/WG Title Standards under development Published Standards SC1 Materials 37 7 SC2 Cardiovascular implants and extracorporeal systems 33 11 SC4 Bone and joint replacements 36 5 SC5 Osteosynthesis and spinal devices 26 9 SC6 Active implants 16 2 SC7 Tissue-engineered medical products 4 0 WG1-15 14 5 ISO/TC150 166 39 Table 2. ISO/TC150 structure, number of published standards and standards under development New work-item proposals are deliberated by experts in the relevant working groups depending on the technical field. After approval of new business-item proposals, deliberation and approval proceed by passing through the stages of working draft, committee draft, draft international standard, and final draft international standard, to the goal of being published. It takes about three years to complete the process. ISO/TC206 is currently composed of Participating Members from 14 countries (nine countries in Europe; five countries in Asia) and Observer Members from 20 countries. Participating Members have the right to vote and can elect experts to actively participate in the proposed project. ISO/TC206 holds a plenary meeting once a year where member countries can participate. This year, it was scheduled to be held in Brussels, Belgium, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the face-to-face conference was canceled, and a web conference was held by Japan. The plenary meeting is a valuable opportunity for experts on global standardization to gather once a year, but it was a shame it was canceled. It is scheduled to be held in France in 2021 and in Belgium in 2022. Japan took the role as host country in the first, tenth, and twentieth plenary meetings. 2023 will be the thirtieth meeting, and we would like to hold the meeting in Kyoto, Japan. ISO/TC150 is a committee related to surgical implants. It includes bioceramics such as artificial bones and dental implants, which overlap with the field of fine ceramics. Germany is the chair of TC150, and Japan holds the secretariat of TC150/SC7. The ISO/TC150 scope states as follows5: Standardization in the field of implants for surgery and their required instrumentation, covering terminology, specifications, and methods of tests for all types of implants, and for the materials both basic and composite used in their manufacture and application. The ISO/TC150 configuration is divided into specialized fields: subcommittee (SC) from SC1 to SC7, and working groups from WG1 to WG15. Since its inception in 1971, the technical committee has issued 166 standards, and 39 standards are under development. ISO/TC150 currently consists of Participating Members from 29 countries, and Observer Members from 17 countries. RECENT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES New work-item proposals were made from Japan to ISO/ TC206 in 2020. Two proposals were made regarding the thermal characteristics evaluation method for ceramic substrates for power modules, and one proposal was made regarding the evaluation method for power generation characteristics of piezoelectric materials. One new workitem proposal was approved for a ceramic substrate for a power module, and it is currently at working draft stage. The market size of power modules was 420 billion yen in 2019, and it is projected to be 570 billion yen in 2025 (140% of 2019). The core technology for ensuring the long-term reliability of power modules is the high-temperature resistance of power semiconductors. More specifically, it is heat that controls the change over time, and the ambient temperature and heat generated by driving the element contribute as heat sources. We have strategically promoted the world\'s first international standardization of the method for measuring the thermal properties of ceramic substrates for power electronics, which is a key element of next-generation power semiconductors. In addition, JFCA is promoting a research project to develop international standardization of fine ceramics as a preliminary step to propose new work-item proposals to ISO. We are working on about six projects a year. Each project takes three years to research, prepare a standardization draft, and make a new proposal to ISO. www.ceramics.org/ceramicandglass manufacturing The following projects are underway as ongoing research and research projects. • Test method for GaN crystal surface defects. • Strength reliability test method for ceramic materials for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). • Corrosion-resistant test method for fine ceramic thin films. Optical characteristic evaluation method for ceramic phosphors for white LEDs. • Test method for thermal characteristics of insulating substrates for power electronics. • Mechanical property test method for bioceramics. All of these projects cover advanced technological fields where the market for fine ceramic materials is expected to expand, and they are developments for standardization related to property test methods for fine ceramic materials. We are aiming for international standardization to ensure high-quality, safe, secure, and highly reliable fine ceramic materials. To secure the competitiveness of the fine ceramics industry and to develop the industry, it is necessary to differentiate products by improving functionality, strengthen price competitiveness by innovation in manufacturing processes, enhance product revolution by innovation of materials, develop new markets, and lead with speed. We hope that the international standardization promoted by JFCA will contribute to the further expansion of the fine ceramics industry. OTHER JFCA ACTIVITIES CMC International Cooperation: CMC International Cooperation was established in 2020 for developing reliability assurance technology for ceramic matrix composites. This consortium consists of the CMC center at Tokyo University of Technology, Ultra High Temperature Materials Research Center, and JFCA. CMC International initiated development of the international standard inspection method that can overcome the problems of the conventional test method for ceramic matrix composite reliability. The method of guaranteeing reliability for use by taking advantage of the \"damage tolerance\" is not established yet. The first step is to prepare SiC/SiC test pieces that are damaged and defective inside. Then, we will conduct an evaluation test (round robin test) using common test pieces by overseas joint research partners of the University of Birmingham and the University of California, Los Angeles. Giant Micro-photonics Research: The Giant Micro-photonics Project was established in 2020 by RIKEN Spring-8 Center (RSC), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Mitsubishi Electric Co., Kounoshima Chemical, and JFCA to achieve dramatic sophistication of extremely high-power, solid-state lasers and terahertz generation by new transparent ceramic materials, or so called giant micro-photonics. Based on these research results, the project is expected to prototype and develop a compact ultrahigh output, power density laser and develop wavelength conversion technology, which was difficult until now. It is also designed to convert to other important wavelengths and apply laser driven particle accelerators. Japan Ceramics Expo: JFCA is the coorganizer of Japan Ceramics Expo, which is one of the world\'s largest exhibitions alongside Ceramitec in Munich and Ceramics Expo in Cleveland, Ohio. Japan Ceramics Expo is organized by the Reed Exhibitions Japan and gathers all kinds of highly functional ceramics, materials, forming/processing equipment, burning/heating equipment, evaluation/testing/analysis equipment. It is held every year in Osaka and Tokyo. Japan Ceramics Expo is chosen by advanced materials industry players worldwide as the best gateway to the Japanese and Asian markets. For more information, please go to https://www.ceramics-japan.jp/en-gb.html. Osaka Expo Dates: Wednesday, June 23 to Friday, June 25, 2021 Venue: INTEX Osaka, Japan Tokyo Expo Dates: Wednesday, December 8 to Friday, December 10, 2021 Venue: Makuhari Messe, Japan ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hirofumi Takemura is director of Japan Fine Ceramics Association. 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Outside back cover, 54 www.americanelements.com Hitachi High Technologies America ....101 www.hitachi-hightech.com/us Plibrico Company 105 www.plibrico.com Associated Ceramics & Technology 65 I Squared R Element Co. Inc.. 89 Quality Executive Search Inc 56 ....... www.associatedceramics.com www.isquaredrelement.com www.qualityexec.com Bomas Machine Specialties, Inc ........ 81 II-VI Aerospace & Defense 67 Rauschert Industries, Inc 69 www.bomas.com www.iiviad.com www.rauschert.com Buehler Inc. 99 Ingredient Masters 103 Schott North America, Inc 41 www.buehler.com www.ingredientmasters.com https://www.us.schott.com Centorr Vacuum Industries, Inc 87 Ivoclar Vivadent Inc 95 www.centorr.com www.ivoclarvivadent.com Semiconductor Energy Laboratories www.sel.co.jp/en 91 Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation ..... 9 L&L Special Furnace Co., Inc. 87 Superior Graphite Co 73 www.foundation.ceramics.org www.llfurnace.com www.superiorgraphite.com Cerion 71 McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies . 61 Superior Technical Ceramics Co....... 63 www.cerionnano.com/acers www.mcdanelceramics.com www.ceramics.net Chiz Bros. Inc www.ChizBros.com Deltech Inc www.deltechfurnaces.com 109 Mohr Corp 79 TevTech LLC.. 83 www.mohrcorp.com www.tevtechllc.com 85 Mo-Sci Corp 97 Thermcraft, Inc 88 www.mo-sci.com www.thermcraft.com Elcon Precision LLC 107 www.ElconPrecision.com National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Verder Scientific 101 53 https://www.verder-scientific.com EZG Manufacaturing Inside front cover www.ncms.org Xiamen Innovacera Advanced 93 www.EZGmfg.com Gasbarre Powder Compaction 95 NSL Analytical Services, Inc www.nslanalytical.com 75 https://www.innovacera.com www.gasbarre.com Objects Research System . . . www.theobjects.com 81 American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 98, No. 9 | www.ceramicsource.org 59 ADDITIVES ■ ADDITIVES Acids Arkema Inc PA Ferro-Ceramic Grinding Inc MA Heraeus Quartz UK Ltd UK Hexion Inc OH Adhesives Aremco Products Inc NY Arkema Inc PA Dow Corning Corp MI Empower Materials Inc DE Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd UK Hexion Inc OH Master Bond Inc NJ Peter Pugger Mfg Inc CA Starfire Systems Inc NY Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Zibo Guangtong Chemical Co Ltd China Binders Arkema Inc PA BassTech Intl NJ Borregaard LignoTech WI Empower Materials Inc DE Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Gwent Electronic Materials Ltd UK Haiku Tech Europe BV The Netherlands Haiku Tech Inc FL Hexion Inc OH Nyacol Nano Technologies Inc MA Peter Pugger Mfg Inc CA Polymer Innovations Inc CA Refractory Minerals Co Inc PA Shamrock Technologies Inc NJ Tethon 3D NE Trinity Ceramic Supply Inc TX Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Wesbond Corp DE Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Colorants American Chemet Corp IL Arlimin Industries CO Cancarb Limited Canada Ceramic Color & Chemical Mfg Co PA Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Hunter Chemical LLC PA Imerys Refractory Minerals GA Laguna Clay Co CA Mason Color Works Inc OH RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Sauereisen Inc PA Wistra GmbH Germany Conditioners Borregaard LignoTech WI Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Deflocculants BassTech Intl NJ Borregaard LignoTech WI Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Defoaming Agents Arkema Inc PA Ferro-Ceramic Grinding Inc MA Momentive Performance Materials Inc NY Polymer Innovations Inc CA Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Fillers Arkema Inc PA Baikowski Malakoff Inc NC Dow Corning Corp MI Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Hexion Inc OH Imerys Refractory Minerals GA Maryland Refractories Co OH Momentive Performance Materials Inc NY RE Carroll Inc PA Sauereisen Inc PA Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Flocculants Hexion Inc OH Wesbond Corp DE Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Fluxes Fusion Ceramics Inc OH RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Foaming Agents Arkema Inc PA Hexion Inc OH RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Fungicides Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Gelling Agents Trinity Ceramic Supply Inc TX Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Glaze Additives BassTech Intl NJ Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Hexion Inc OH Hunter Chemical LLC PA RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Glaze Hardeners Fusion Ceramics Inc OH RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Vanderbilt Minerals, LLC CT Lubricants Arkema Inc PA Boca Bearing Company FL Borregaard LignoTech WI Momentive Performance Materials Inc NY RE Carroll Inc PA Shamrock Technologies Inc NJ Superior Graphite Co IL See ad on pg 73 Werner G Smith Inc OH Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Organometallic Precursors RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, RISE Glass Sweden Zibo Guangtong Chemical Co Ltd China Plasticizers Arkema Inc PA Borregaard LignoTech WI Croda NJ Hexion Inc OH novomer Inc MA Polymer Innovations Inc CA SCG Chemicals Co Ltd Thailand Zschimmer & Schwarz GA Polycarbosilane Momentive Performance Materials Inc NY Starfire Systems Inc NY Refractory Additives Almatis Inc PA BassTech Intl NJ Borregaard LignoTech WI Cancarb Limited Canada FELDCO Intl CA Fusion Ceramics Inc OH Hunter Chemical LLC PA Innovnano - 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AADVANCED MACHINERY INC 35044 Automation Dr Clinton Township MI 48035 http://aadvancedmach.com service@aadvancedmach.com 586-790-1717 Fax: 586-790-1871 Buy, sell, trade, and liquidate new and rebuilt machinery for the whitewares, refractories, abrasives, dinnerware, structural clay products, electrical porcelain, and technical ceramics industries. ACCCO INC/BURLEY CLAY PRODUCTS CO 451 Gordon St Roseville OH 43777 http://www.accco-inc.com remmert@accco-inc.com 740-697-2005 Manufacturer of high quality ceramic products and consumer-based ceramic products. Mines and processes rich clay deposits. ACCURATUS CORP 35 Howard St Phillipsburg NJ 08865 http://accuratus.com info@accuratus.com 908-213-7070 Fax: 908-213-7069 Provides precision ceramic grinding and machining service. Offers ceramic component design and material selection assistance. Manufactures Accuflect light-reflecting ceramic. Distributes rods and tubes. 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ADTECH CERAMICS 511 Manufacturers Rd Chattanooga TN 37405 http://adtechceramics.com sales@adtechceramics.com 423-755-5400 Fax: 423-755-5438 Produces custom cofired HTCC (alumina) and AIN microelectronic packaging, ceramic injection molded products, and etched metal products for medical, military, and high rel industrial application. Microware modeling and custom design center. A AdValue Technology ADVALUE TECHNOLOGY LLC 3158 S Chrysler Ave Tucson AZ 85713 http://www.advaluetech.com sales@advaluetech.com 520-514-1100 Fax: 520-747-4024 A leading supplier of high-temperature ceramic products made of fused quartz, alumina, sapphire, and zirconia. 114 ADVANCED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGY 803 W Angus Ave Orange CA 92868-1307 http://advancedceramictech.com ceramic@prodigy.net 714-538-2524 Fax: 714-538-2589 Since 1983, ACT manufactures precision ceramic components to customer specifications. Materials include alumina, zirconia, glass, ferrite, cordierite, silicon carbide, and silicon nitride. ADVANCED CERAMICS MANUFACTURING 7800A S Nogales Highway Tucson AZ 85756 http://www.acmtucson.com info@acmtucson.com 520-547-0850 Fax: 520-547-0851 ACM is a supplier of custom technical ceramics, machining services, toll firing, and mechanical testing. We have expertise in custom formulations: nitrides, carbides, borides, and oxides. Patented gel casting. In addition, we conduct sponsored R&D. ADVANCED ENERGY 1625 Sharp Point Dr Fort Collins CO 80525 http://www.advanced-energy.com 800-446-9167 Fax: 970-407-5296 Advanced Energy devoted more than three decades to perfecting power-enabling design breakthroughs and driving growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. ADVANCED MATERIALS ASSOCIATES 91 Adams Way Cr Ste No 915 PO Box 809 Breckenridge CO 80242 http://www.advanced materialsassoc.com jjs.ama@comcast.net 970-453-1221 Consulting in ceramics, CMCs, MMCs, forming, and synthesis, including hot pressing, sintering, and SPS wear/corrosion/ elevated temperature coating applications and technologies with two companies, and lightweight armor materials and structures. AGNI FIBER BOARDS PVT LTD 990/3/4 GIDC Makarpura Vadodara Gujarat 390010 India http://www.agnipultrusion.com info@agnipultrusion.com +91 265 264 6121 Fax: +91 265 263 4531 Manufacturer and dealer of high-temperature structural insulation boards, mold platen insulation boards, and thermal insulation boards for various industrial applications. AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER Technical Information Center 139 Barnes Dr Ste 2 Tyndall AFB FL 32403-5323 http://www.afcec.af.mil AFIMSC.PA.Workflow@us.af.mil 866-725-7617 The Air Force Civil Engineer Center, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, is a 1,900-person primary subordinate unit assigned to Air Force Materiel Command and attached to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center-Provisional. The Center is responsible for providing responsive, flexible, full-spectrum installation engineering services. AFCEC missions include facility investment planning, design and construction, operations support, real property management, readiness, energy support, environmental compliance and restoration, and audit assertions, acquisition, and program management. AIR PRODUCTS 7201 Hamilton Blvd Allentown PA 18195-1501 http://airproducts.com/glass info@airproducts.com AKRON PORCELAIN & PLASTICS CO 2739 Cory Ave PO Box 15157 Akron OH 44314-0157 http://akronporcelain.com sales@akronporcelain.com 330-745-2159 Fax: 330-745-6688 Established 1890. Manufactures custom ceramic parts to customers\' specification using compression and injection molding. Produces glazed and unglazed ceramics. Products include special electrical porcelain insulators and refractory shapes. ALFA AESAR JOHNSON MATTHEY 2 Radcliff Rd Tewksbury MA 01876 http://alfa.com specialquotes@alfa.com 888-343-8025 Fax: 978-521-6350 Manufactures and supplies complete line of rare-earth oxides and salts for making ceramics, glass, and superconductortype materials. Also offers a wide range of chemicals, including inorganic, organic, and precious-metal compounds. ALFRED UNIVERSITY 2 Pine St Alfred NY 14802 http://engineering.alfred.edu wightman@alfred.edu 607-871-2425 Fax: 607-871-2392 Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering/New York State College of Ceramics: BS and MS degrees in ceramic engineering, glass, biomaterials, materials science and engineering, and mechanical engineering. PhD degrees in ceramics, glass, and materials science. ALL WASTE MATTERS Unit 1 Joseph Wilson Industrial Estate Millstrood Rd Whitstable CT5 3PS UK http://www.allwastematters.co.uk info@allwastematters.co.uk The waste management specialists. ALLIED HIGH TECH PRODUCTS INC 2376 E Pacifica Pl Rancho Cordova CA 90220 http://alliedhightech.com info@alliedhightech.com 227-280-777 310-635-2466 Fax: 310-762-6808 Supplies products for metallographic and SEM/TEM sample preparation, including polishing, grinding and sectioning equipment, and consumables. Online ordering available as well as MSDS information and catalog. ALLIED MINERAL PRODUCTS 201 Truss Ferry Rd Pell City AL 35128 http://riversiderefractories.com jwilli@riversiderefractories.com 205-338-3366 Fax: 205-338-7456 Established 1929. Mines and processes gunning fireclay for steel and foundry markets. Produces taphole clays, monolithic refractories, and precast shapes. Offers installation, construction, and maintenance services for a wide range of industrial furnaces. ALLIED MINERAL PRODUCTS INC 2700 Scioto Pkwy Columbus OH 43221-4660 http://alliedmineral.com info@alliedmin.com 614-876-0244 Fax: 614-876-0981 Manufactures refractory monolithics and specialties, including alumina, magnesia, silica, mullite, zircon, and fireclay for the foundry and basic-steel industries. 800-654-4567 Fax: 800-272-4449 ALMATIS INC 501 West Park Rd Leetsdale PA 15056 Air Products is a global leading industrial gas supplier (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, helium and rare gases) with patented technologies and equipment (oxy-fuel burners, flow controls), and CFD modeling and services (feasibility studies, start-up/commissioning). http://almatis.com info@almatis.com 800-643-8771 Fax: 412-630-2900 Almatis is a global specialty alumina producer, serving customers from 16 sales, research, and manufacturing sites. 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AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY BULLETIN 550 Polaris Pkwy Ste 510 Westerville OH 43082 614-890-4700 Fax: 614-899-6109 https://ceramics.org/publications-resources/the-bulletin-ofthe-american-ceramic-society Published by The American Ceramic Society, the Bulletin is the official in-print and online voice of the organization, covering ACerS events, governance news, awards, and member achievements. This nine-issues-per-year publication has regular news department. AMERICAN CHEMET CORP 740 Waukegan Rd Ste 202 Deerfield IL 60015 http://www.chemet.com KKlatt@Chemet.com 847-948-0800 Fax: 847-948-0811 Manufacture zinc and copper oxides for colorants and copper granules for iron spot brick and tile. Supply cupric oxide for thermistors, ferrites, and conductors as well as metallic copper powders for thick-film electronic production. AMERICAN ELEMENTS THE ADVANCED MATERIALS MANUFACTURERⓇ AMERICAN ELEMENTS INC 10884 Weyburn Ave Los Angeles CA 90024 http://www.americanelements.com customerservice@americanelements.com 310-208-0551 Fax: 310-208-0351 American Elements is the world\'s manufacturer of engineered and advanced materials with corporate offices and primary research and laboratory facilities in the US, and manufacturing and warehousing in the US, China, and Mexico. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 614-497-3148 Fax: 614-497-3407 Manufactures hot and cold isostatic presses, warm isostatic presses, sinter-HIP systems pressure-sintering furnaces, and high-temperature thermocouples. Also supplies replacement furnaces, service, and parts for all makes and models of HIP systems. 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APF RECYCLING INC 2610 N Park Ave Warren OH 44483-2210 http://www.apfrecycling.com/ jamesp@apfrecycling.com 330-395-8354 Fax: 330-395-0059 Go green with APF Recycling! Our goal as professionals is to minimize your waste, increase profits with effective raw material substitutes, and pay a premium for byproducts of value. We proudly serve the ceramic, steel, cement, and glass industries. APPLICON CO 450 N Somerset Ave Indianapolis IN 46222 http://www.appliconco.com sales@appliconco.com 317-635-7843 Applicon designs and builds turnkey, compact systems for batching and blending major, minor, and micro ingredients; systems to produce very fine powders and to granulate powders; and portable bin systems and conveyors to move products in plant. APPLIED CERAMICS INC 48630 Milmont Dr Fremont CA 94538 http://www.appliedceramics.net victor@apceramics.com 510-249-9700 Fax: 510-249-9797 Applied Ceramics\' exclusive material technology and sophisticated manufacturing capabilities provide outstanding performance benefits to the global semiconductor, solar, fuel cell, oil drilling, and nuclear industries. The company works with a wide variety of materials, including alumina, zirconia, and quartz. APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER PO Box 462 Aiken SC 29802-0462 http://www.discoverarc.com 803-641-3300 From sustainable energy to effective healthcare to security at home, our nation is counting on rapid developments of practical new technologies. At South Carolina\'s Applied Research Center (ARC), many of America\'s most skilled researchers are working daily to | www.ceramicsource.org advance our knowledge and use of technology. Established as a hydrogen energy research facility in 2006, ARC\'s mission expanded to encompass the broader needs of government, academia, and the private sector. This 60,000-square-foot facility, combining state-of-theart laboratories and a conference center, is home to many organizations, including the Department of Energy,Äôs Savannah River National Laboratory. APPLIED TEST SYSTEMS INC 154 East Brook Ln Butler PA 16002 http://www.atspa.com sales@atspa.com 800-441-0215 Fax: 724-283-6570 Design and manufacture furnace ovens, furnace heating elements, temperature controls, and extensometers. Also manufacture materials-testing systems, including tensioncompression, creep/stress rupture, stress relaxation, constant stress, and universal. ARBURG GMBH + CO KG +49 7446 330 Fax: +49 7446 333365 Arthur-Hehl Strasse Lossburg Baden-Wurttemberg 72290 Germany http://www.arburg.com/info/pim/en pim@arburg.com ARBURG is a PIM pioneer with more than 50 years of experience in the industry and one of the world\'s leading manufacturers of plastic processing machines. The portfolio includes ALLROUNDER injection moulding machines with clamping forces between 125 and 6,500 kN, the freeformer for industrial additive manufacturing, robotic systems, customer- as well as sector-specific turnkey solutions, and further peripherals. ARBURG offers also application consulting, training, and a well-equipped PIM laboratory for all relevant production steps. An international sales and service network guarantees first-class, local customer support. ARBURG has its own organizations at 34 locations in 26 different countries; together with its trading partners, it is present in more than 100 countries. The machines are produced exclusively at the parent factory in Lossburg, Germany. ARBURG has triple certification according to ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 50001 (energy). US headquarters in Rocky Hill, CT. Tel. +1 860 667 6500; Fax +1 860 667 6522 https://www.arburg.us; usa@arburg.com ARCH MAINTENANCE SERVICES 162 Key Circle Dr Brunswick GA 31520 http://www.jpechin.com info@jpechin.com 912-996-0156 Providing custom spray drying services on laboratory and pilot scales. AREMCO PRODUCTS INC 707-B Executive Blvd Valley Cottage NY 10989 http://aremco.com info@aremco.com 845-268-0039 Fax: 845-268-0041 Established 1964. Specializes in ceramic raw materials for production and research. Supplies ceramic adhesives, coatings, and castable ceramics for encapsulation work, and machinable ceramics for components, development, and tooling, including brazing boats. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY 699 S Mill Ave Tempe AZ 85281 http://semte.engineering.asu.edu semte@asu.edu ARKEMA INC 900 First Ave King of Prussia PA 19406 http://www.arkema-americas.com arkema.usph-general@arkema.com 480-965-3291 Fax: 480-727-9321 610-205-7000 Fax: 610-205-7913 Arkema is a world-class producer of industrial chemicals including acrylic monomers, emulsion systems, fluorochemicals, fluoropolymers, functional additives, hydrogen peroxide, PMMA, specialty polyamides and thiochemicals. 115 Arlimin Industries Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member ARLIMIN INDUSTRIES PO Box 271497 Fort Collins CO 80526 http://www.arlimin.com info@arlimin.com 832-280-9980 Fax: 970-494-0206 Wholesale provider of raw materials to the ceramics, glass, and coatings industries. ART ON CERAMIC PO BOX 1625 Plattsburgh NY 12901 https://www.custom-ceramic-tile.com contact@artonceramic.com 855-918-5506 Fax: 855-918-5506 We developed an exclusive ceramic printing technology that will fit your personal project or your business branding. We also do tile reproduction. It is simple; your imagination is the limit of what we can do for you. You create, we print! ASSOC OF AMERICAN CERAMIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURERS (AACCM) 550 Polaris Pkwy Ste 510 Westerville OH 43082 http://www.aaccm.org kthompson@ceramics.org 614-794-5894 Fax: 240-396-5637 AACCM\'s member companies manufacture components from ceramic powders at U.S. operating facilities. Its purpose is to expand the market for U.S.-manufactured components by enhancing processes and quality and to increase awareness of ceramic applications. Associated Ceramics an Advanced Technology Company ASSOCIATED CERAMICS & TECHNOLOGY INC 400 North Pike Rd Sarver PA 16055 http://www.associatedceramics.com sales@associatedceramics.com 724-353-1585 Fax: 724-353-1050 Associated Ceramics & Technology Inc is a custom manufacturer of ceramics composed of alumina, steatite, cordierite, spinel, wollastonite, mullite, and high performance materials such as zirconia and yttria-stabilized zirconia. Its engineers\' knowledge of the physical and chemical properties of a finished product allow the company to provide excellent quality in applications pertaining to chemical, electrical, wear-resistant, automotive, appliances, and many others. The expansive production capabilities at ACT include more than 155 dry and isostatic presses, seven extrusion presses, 10 kilns, and pre- and post-sintered machining capabilities that are sure to satisfy a customer\'s every need. ASTRAL MATERIAL INDUSTRIAL CO LTD Rm 2303 Block 1 JunNing Bldg +86 757 8266 7101 No 213 FuNing Rd Fax: +86 757 8270 1478 ChanCheng Dist FoShan 528000 China http://www.amic.biz sales@amic.biz AMI produces thermal ceramics, technical ceramics for tile factories, sanitaryware factories, and tableware factories. We also supply to new energy industry, precision casting, chemical industry, and environmental protection industry. We are an ISO9001:2015 certified enterprise. AMI is dedicated to provide products and service with good quality and assist customers with cost. ASTRO MET ADVANCED CERAMICS INC 9974 Springfield Pike Cincinnati OH 45215 http://astromet.com fgorman@astromet.com 513-772-1242 Fax: 513-772-9080 Established 1961. Manufacturers precision toleranced advanced ceramic components on a custom order basis per customer design with a focus on wear and corrosion applications. Materials include alumina, zirconia, ZTA, and Macor machinable ceramic. 116 ATLANTIC EQUIPMENT ENGINEERS 201-299-6476 Fax: 201-387-0291 BASIC MACHINERY CO INC 1220 Harold Andrews Rd PO Box 688 24 Industrial Ave PO Box 181 Upper Saddle River NJ 07458 http://micrometals.com info@micronmetals.com Manufactures and distribute high-purity metals, metal powders, oxides, and other compounds to meet the needs and material requirements of the R&D community. AVALON ADVANCED MATERIALS INC 130 Adelaide St W No 1901 Toronto ON M5H 3P5 Canada http://www.AvalonAM.com ilondon@avalonventures.com 416-364-4938 Fax: 416-364-5162 Emerging Canadian producer of petalite concentrates wellsuited for specialty glass/ceramic formulations demanding high purity lithium minerals. Avalon developed proprietary process technology to produce petalite products from its Separation Rapids mineral resource (near Kenora, Ontario, Canada). Avalon\'s standard petalite product (4.0-4.2% Li20) is notable for its low iron content and consistent Si02:A1203 ratio. The super petalite (>4.5% Li20) product also achieves exceptionally low levels of alkalis. AVEKA 2045 Wooddale Dr Woodbury MN 55125 https://www.aveka.com aveka@aveka.com 651-730-1729 AVEKA is a contract manufacturing and R&D company specializing in particle toll processing. Processing capabilities include drying, milling, blending, screening, and particle characterization. AVEKA is an ISO 9001:2015 registered company providing processing solutions from lab-scale samples to full-scale production for a wide variety of industries. AVS INC 60 Fitchburg Rd Ayer MA 04132 http://avsinc.com sales@avsinc.com 978-772-0710 Fax: 978-772-6462 Manufactures standard and custom vacuum furnaces. Debinding, sintering, hot isostatic or axial pressing, diffusion bonding in lab to production scale units. Vacuum to 2,500 psig. Specializes in custom-designed systems for advanced materials processing. AVX CORP 1 AVX Blvd Fountain Inn SC 29644-9039 http://avx.com inquiry@avx.com 843-448-9411 Fax: 843-448-2106 Established 1972. Manufactures multilayer ceramic capacitors for the electronics industry, including microminiature, multilayer monolithics in chips; radial- and axial-leaded, molded and conformal coated capacitors and tantalum capacitors. B&P LITTLEFORD 1000 Hess Avenue Saginaw MI 48601 https://www.bplittleford.com sales@littleford.com 800-365-8555 Fax: 859-525-1446 Manufactures processing equipment, including mixers, granulators, agglomerators, vacuum dryers, liquid dispersers, and pressure reactors. Also provides pilot-plant and lab equipment. Maintains a completely equipped test center to assist customers. BAIKOWSKI MALAKOFF INC 6601 Northpark Blvd Ste H Charlotte NC 28216 http://www.baikowskimalakoff.com info@baikowskimalakoff.com 704-587-7100 Subsidiary of Baikowski Intl. Corp. Produces Bayer-derived intermediate and high-purity (99.8-99.99%) calcined alphaand gamma-alumina. Siler City NC 27344 http://www.basicmachinery.com ceramic-sales@basicmachinery.com 888-522-7420 Fax: 919-663-2172 Design automated machinery and systems for ceramic industries as well as complete plants. Specialize in materials handling, crushing, grinding, screening, reclaiming, automatic transfer cars, cable haulages, and specialized equipment for brick shapes. BASSTECH INTL 400 Kelby St Fort Lee NJ 07024 http://basstechintl.com info@basstechintl.com 201-569-8686 Fax: 201-569-7511 Supplies chemicals and other raw materials to the ceramics industry in North America and Europe. Materials inventoried in warehouses strategically located throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia to guarantee continuity of supply. BAYVILLE CHEMICAL SUPPLY CO INC 70-G E Jefryn Blvd Deer Park NY 11729 http://www.bayvillechemical.net info@bayvillechemical.net 631-586-4309 Fax: 631-254-5591 Bayville Chemical is a supplier of ultrahigh-purity chemicals (organic and inorganic), ceramics, metals, optics, crystals, sputtering targets, evaporation and coating materials, and vitreous carbon. The company services small research, R&D, and production facilities. BEIJING CERAMETEK MATERIALS CO LTD A3 No 9 YongChun St Ste No 501 GuangMing ShenZhen GD518106 China http://www.cerametmaterials.com sales@cerametmaterials.com +86 10 6156 6641 Fax: +86 10 6156 1674 Cerametek materials (Al-Zr): metal(s) oxide, carbide, nitride, boride, fluoride, sulfide, diamond, graphite, quartz, metal, alloys, and rare-earth compounds. Also, 98%-5N grade, submicron to mesh (mm), powder/rods/tube/foil/porous, complex compounds. BELDEN BRICK CO PO Box 20910 Canton OH 44701 http://beldenbrick.com info@beldenbrick.com 330-456-0031 Fax: 330-456-2694 Established 1885. Company operates seven plants in Ohio and produces more than 240 million brick annually. BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LTD BHEL House Siri Fort New Delhi 110049 India http://www.bhel.com kumar@bhelepd.com +91 80 2218 2244 Fax: +91 80 2334 4231 Ceramic Technological Institute, Corporate R&D, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is engaged in industrial process and product development in ceramics, such as microwave sintering, ceramic membranes, coatings, nanomaterials, and CSP for energy sector. BLASCH PRECISION CERAMICS INC 580 Broadway Albany NY 12204 http://blaschceramics.com tconnors@blaschceramics.com 518-436-1263 Fax: 518-436-0098 Manufactures complex ceramic shapes requiring closely controlled tolerances and uniform composition and structure. Products include alumina, fused silica, and SiC items. BLASTCRETE EQUIPMENT CO Anniston AL 36202 http://www.blastcrete.com info@blastcrete.com 800-235-4867 For 60 years, Blastcrete Equipment Co manufactures safe, reliable, and user-friendly solutions for the refractory and shotcrete industries. The company offers a complete product line of concrete mixers, pumps, and related products. www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Centorr Vacuum Industries BOCA BEARING COMPANY 1420 Neptune Dr Ste A Boynton Beach FL 33426-8420 http://www.bocabearings.com info@bocabearings.com 561-998-0004 Fax: 561-998-0119 Boca Bearing Company is a proud supplier of bearings and lubricants catered toward the robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing industries. Boca Bearing\'s ceramic bearings can be used in manufacturing environments ranging from extreme temperatures to high speeds and heavy loads. Full ceramic bearings can be used in robotic applications underwater, in vacuum, and space environments. Ceramic bearings are nonmagnetic, nonconductive, noncorrosive, and can operate without lubrication. BOMAS BMS BOMAS MACHINE SPECIALTIES INC 334 Washington St Somerville MA 02143 http://www.bomas.com jannese@bomas.com 617-628-3831 Fax: 617-628-6108 Since 1959, we provide advanced ceramics machining for wear applications in all types of environments. Servicing the aerospace, automotive, dental, electronic, government, medical, nuclear, education, semiconductor, and wind and solar industries. BOSAI MINERALS GROUP CO LTD 46-47TH F World Trade Center 131 Zourong Road Yuzhong District Chongqing China http://cqbosai.com info@nanchuanminerals.com +86 23 6388 6666 Fax: +86 23 6388 6582 A Chinese raw-material-group that concentrates on mining (bauxite), fusion manufacturing (brown-fused alumina and metallurgical alumina), and mineral processing (calcined bauxites, flint clays, kaolin and barites). U.S. sales office. BRICK INDUSTRY ASSN 12007 Sunrise Valley Dr Ste 430 Reston VA 20191-1525 http://www.gobrick.com brickinfo@bia.org 703-620-0010 Fax: 703-620-3928 Promotes use of brick through marketing, education, engineering, research, advertising, and public relations. Serves on committees of national construction and technical organizations. Safeguards the industry against regulations and monitors legislation. BROOKHAVEN INSTRUMENTS CORP 750 Blue Point Rd Holtsville NY 11742 https://www.brookhaveninstruments.com info@bic.com 631-758-3200 Fax: 631-758-3255 Manufactures quality instrumentation for colloid and polymer characterization, quality control, and research applications. Particle-size measurements are obtained utilizing dynamic light scattering or discentrifugation. BUCHER EMHART GLASS SA Hinterbergstrasse 22 PO Box 2251 Cham 2 CH-6330 Switzerland http://bucheremhartglass.com webmaster@bucheremhartglass.com +41 41 749 42 00 Fax: +41 41 749 42 71 Leading international supplier of equipment, controls, and parts to glass container industry. Broad-based expertise in glass container forming, glass conditioning, gob forming, ware handling, cold end inspection, refractory parts, and quality assurance. BUEHLER 41 Waukegan Rd Lake Bluff IL 60044 https://buehler.com info@buehler.com BUEHLER An ITW Company 800-283-4537 Fax: 708-295-7979 Manufactures sample preparation equipment and supplies for metallographic, petrographic, and ceramics labs, including cutoff machines, low-speed diamond saws, coarse and fine grinders, lab presses, polishing machines, and automatic polishers. BULLEN 1301 Miller Williams Rd Eaton OH 45320 http://www.bullentech.com sales@bullentech.com 937-456-7133 Fax: 937-456-2779 Precision custom grinding and finishing of hard, brittle materials including glass, sapphire, alumina, silicon nitride, CVD silicon carbide, ceramic matrix composites, and other technical ceramics. Unique and innovative ultrasonic machining. ISO 9001. BUZZMAC INTL LLC 638 Congress St No 202 Portland ME 04101 http://www.buzzmac.com support@buzzmac.com 414-352-5419 Nondestructive-testing equipment/services for measuring the damping and dynamic elastic properties (Young\'s modulus, shear modulus, Poisson\'s ratio) of materials using the impulse-excitation technique (Ping test) as described in ASTM E1876/C1259. C&L DEVELOPMENT CORP 1821 Saratoga Ave Ste No 210 Saratoga CA 95070 http://candldevelopment.com info@candldevelopment.com 408-864-0680 Fax: 408-864-0930 Manufactures and imports oxides, compounds, and metals, including rare earths, zirconium, molybdenum, tungsten, indium, germanium, chromium, and barium. CANCARB LIMITED 1702 Brier Park Crescent NW Medicine Hat AB T1C 1T9 Canada http://www.cancarb.com customer service@cancarb.com 403-527-1121 Fax: 403-529-6093 Cancarb is the only company dedicated to manufacturing Thermal Carbon Black. In addition to our standard Thermax N990 and N991 grades for steel refractories, we offer a number of specialty thermal blacks, such as Ultra-Pure N990UP and N991UP carbon black for the advanced ceramics and metallurgical industries. CAPITAL REFRACTORIES LTD Station Road Clowne Chesterfield Derbyshire S43 4AB UK http://capital-refractories.com enquiries@capital-refractories.com +44 1246 811163 Capital Refractories specializes in supplying refractory linings and associated products to metal melting, foundry, and cement industries around the world. CARBO CERAMICS 5050 Westway Park Blvd Suite 500 Houston TX 77041 https://carboceramics.com customerservice@carboceramics.com 281-921-6400 CARBO creates innovative, industry-leading technologies and products engineered to significantly improve our customers\' performance and deliver value across a diverse range of industries and applications. We collaborate closely with our customers to understand their needs and apply over 40 years of material science, technology development and manufacturing expertise to create technology-based solutions CARBOLITE GERO Parsons Ln Hope Valley S33 6RB UK http://www.carbolite-gero.com/company info@carbolite-gero.com +44 1433 620011 Manufactures high-temperature furnace and other products for the lab and production environment. Offers a comprehensive range of box, tube and bottom-loading furnaces to 1,800°C and ovens to 600°C. Also offers refractory-testing and custom-built furnaces. CARL ZEISS MICROSCPYH LLC One North Broadway White Plains NY 10601 800-233-2343 Fax: 914-681-7446 https://www.zeiss.com/microscopy/int/home.html micro@zeiss.com Offers all types of high-performance microscope systems for the inspection and measurement of ceramics, plastics, and other substrates. Offers upright, inverted, stereo, and the latest in confocal microscopes. CAROLINA MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES 1801 Kilmonack Ln Charlotte NC 28270 http://www.cmtnc.com info@cmtnc.com 704-846-3737 Carolina Material Technologies offers engineering and consulting services, as well as providing turnkey bulk material handling system solutions. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY White Bldg 10900 Euclid Ave Cleveland OH 44106 http://case.edu jxc41@cwru.ed CELSIAN GLASS & SOLAR BV PO Box 7051 216-368-4230 +31 40 249 0100 Eindhoven North Brabant 5605 JB The Netherlands http://www.celsian.nl infodesk@celsian.nl Celsian Glass & Solar BV provides industrial contract research, technological solutions, and consultancy to the global glass and solar market; assists companies in optimization glass and silicon production and innovation of related products. CENTERLINE TECHNOLOGIES 577 Main St Ste 270 Hudson MA 01749-3096 http://www.centerlinetech-usa.com sales@centerlinetech-usa.com 978-568-1330 Fax: 978-568-1334 Capabilities include precision lapping, polishing, laser machining, diamond sawing, edge/diamond machining, tumbling, and a filled via planarity process. Materials include AIN; 99.6%, 99.5%, and 96% alumina; BeO; fused silica; sapphire; quartz; and titanate. CENTORR Vacuum Industries VI CENTORR VACUUM INDUSTRIES 55 Northeastern Blvd Nashua NH 03062 https://vacuum-furnaces.com/ sales@centorr.com 603-595-7233 Fax: 603-595-9220 Centorr Vacuum Industries is a manufacturer of custom vacuum and controlled atmosphere furnaces for the sintering, debinding, and heat treatment of advanced ceramics, such as SiC, Si3N4, AIN, BN, and B4C; stainless steels; refractory metals; cermets; and hardmetals. Available in laboratory to production size at temperatures to 3,000? and pressures to 1,500 psig, with graphite or refractory metal hot zones and optional Sweepgas binder removal systems to handle any binder or lubricant. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 www.ceramicsource.org 117 Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member CENTRAL GLASS & CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE 196 Raja S C Mullick Rd Kolkata West Bengal 700 032 India +91 33 2473 3469 Melts specialty frits and glasses. Distributor of raw materials. Fax: +91 33 2473 0957 CERAMIC POWDER TECHNOLOGY AS Kvenildmyra 6 +47 916 71 332 http://cgcri.res.in brmandal@cgcri.res.in Provides scientific industrial research and development in the area of glass, ceramics, and related materials that maximizes the economic, environmental, and societal benefit for the people of India. CERADYNE INC, A 3M CO 2416 Merchant St Lexington KY 40511 http://www.3m.com/specialtyglass specialtyglass@mmm.com 800-831-0658 From manufacturing a new generation of precision electronics to enabling a world powered by clean, renewable energy, specialty glasses from Ceradyne Inc, a 3M Co, are inspiring innovation in electronic, solar power, and semiconductor applications. 3M specialty glass compounds and solar metallization paste additives are vital to many groundbreaking electronic and mechanical components. These versatile materials are precision-manufactured for unmatched consistency, batch after batch,Äîand they are backed by Ceradyne\'s 50 years of insight and experience. From glass design and engineering, to in-house analytical support and quality control, to scale-up and full-scale production, Ceradyne has the breadth and depth of knowledge to help customers make tomorrow\'s breakthroughs today. CERAKOTE CERAMIC COATINGS 7050 6th St White City OR 97503 https://www.cerakote.com info@cerakote.com 866-774-7628 Founded in 1984, Cerakote is a division of NIC Industries Inc that focuses on developing and manufacturing the highest performing line of ceramic coatings available anywhere in the world. Cerakote is a world leader in ceramic coatings. CERALINK INC 105 Jordan Rd No 2 Troy NY 12180 http://ceralink.com patricia@ceralink.com 518-283-7733 Comprehensive microwave testing center staffed to assist customers in implementing and optimizing microwave processing in the ceramics, glass, and metal industries. CERAMCO INC 1467 E Main St PO Box 300 Center Conway NH 03813 http://ceramcoceramics.com sales@ceramcoceramics.com 603-447-2090 Fax: 603-447-3906 A manufacturer of near-net shape technical ceramics by ceramic injection molding from prototype to high-volume production. Diamond grinding for high precision components. Ceramic fasteners in stock. CERAMIC ARTS NETWORK 550 Polaris Pkwy Ste No 510 Westerville OH 43082 http://ceramicartsnetwork.org editor@ceramicartsdaily.org 866-721-3322 Inspiration and instruction from ceramic artists and leading professionals in the field. The Ceramic Arts Network is an online community serving active potters and ceramic artists worldwide, as well as those who are interested in finding out more about this craft. The Ceramic Arts Network includes Ceramics Monthly, Pottery Making Illustrated, CLAYflicks, the International Ceramic Artists Network (ICAM), and Ceramic Recipes. CERAMIC COLOR & CHEMICAL MFG CO 1100 13th St New Brighton PA 15066 http://ceramiccolor.com info@ceramiccolor.com 724-846-4000 Fax: 724-846-4123 Manufactures ceramic colors and inorganic pigments. Producer of custom chemicals and compounds. Tiller N-7093 Norway http://www.cerpotech.com sales@cerpotech.com CerPoTech manufactures advanced ceramic powders for applications such as fuel cells, batteries, membranes, piezoceramics, and many more. With its unique process, CerPoTech synthesizes high quality ceramic powders that are tailored to specific requirements of customers and partners. CERAMIC SERVICES INC 1060 Park Ave Bensalem PA 19020 http://www.kilnman.com kilns@kilnman.com 215-245-4040 Builds premium quality kilns and dryers. Provides experienced consulting for drying and firing problems. A fresh source for replacement parts and service for all makes of kilns and dryers. CERAMITEC Messegelande 1 Eingang Ost Munchen 81823 Germany http://www.ceramitec.com info@ceramitec.com +49 89 94911378 Ceramitec is a leading trade fair for the ceramics industry— hub for sector-wide expertise and technology that brings the industry together. CERAMTEC NORTH AMERICA CORP 1 Technology Pl Laurens SC 29360-0089 http://www.ceramtec.us sales@ceramtec.com 864-682-3215 Fax: 864-682-1140 Produces a wide range of ceramics in 11 worldwide manufacturing locations, including a state-of-the-art laser facility in the U.S. Products include alumina and aluminum nitride substrates (pressed, stamped, lasered) and piezoceramics. CERAMTEC-ETEC An der Burg Sülz 17 Lohmar 53797 Germany +49 2205 9200169 Fax: +49 2205 9200144 https://www.ceramtec.com/subsidiary/ceramtec-etec info@etec-ceramics.de Ceram Tec-ETEC is a CeramTec subsidiary that offers solutions made from ALOTEC advanced ceramics for wear and corrosion protection; ceramic armor for ballistic protection of personnel, vehicles, and assets; ALOSLIDE inrun track systems for ski jumping events; and PERLUCOR transparent ceramics. CERANOVA CORPORATION 85 Hayes Memorial Dr Marlborough MA 01752 http://www.ceranova.com info@ceranova.com 508-460-0300 CeraNova is an industry leader in product / process development and pilot-scale manufacturing of advanced ceramics. We specialize in near net shape, controlled microstructure, transparent ceramics, with superior optical and mechanical properties that provide unique, cost effective solutions for defense, aerospace, and commercial customers. CERCO INC 453 W McConkey St Shreve OH 44676 http://www.CerCoCorp.com diamonite@cercollc.com 330-567-2145 Fax: 330-915-4925 Supplies advanced structural ceramics for customengineered and designed machine parts, electrical/electronic components, fluid-handling equipment, machine wear parts, and welding-thermal equipment. Armor ceramics. CAD-CAM, CNC-equipped prototype lab. CERINNOV Parc d\'Ester 2 Rue Columbia Limoges 87068 France http://www.cerinnov.com j.daems@cerinnov.com +33 5 55 04 24 54 Fax: +33 5 55 04 24 55 Cerinnov specializes in the manufacturing of production and decoration machines for the ceramic and glass industries: shaping and decorating machines, laser marking, engineering, turn-key plants for tableware, tools, and after sales services. cerion nanomaterials Custom Design & Manufacturing CERION NANOMATERIALS 1 Blossom Road Rochester NY 14610 http://www.cerionnano.com sales@cerionnano.com 585-271-5630 Cerion is a leader in the science of designing, scaling and manufacturing metal, metal oxide and ceramic nanomaterials for commercial, defense and life science companies developing products or systems. The cost of developing advanced expertise in nanomaterials is prohibitively expensive and time intensive, resulting in a significant barrier to entry for companies considering its adoption. Cerion provides companies with access to this expertise through all phases of the product lifecycle including applied research, development, scale-up, commercialization and manufacturing. Cerion\'s position in the market is enabled by three strategic competitive advantages: deep and demonstrated capability in a.) precision design and customization of both nanoparticle size and technical attributes, b.) robust processes to scale materials from prototype to low and high-volume production rates, and c.) industry-leading, cost-effective manufacturing systems and production capacities. CERITHERM Hotel d\'entreprises des Garennes Rue de Pouloueix Oradour sur Vayres 87150 France http://ceritherm.org contact@ceritherm.com +33 5 55 33 23 13 Fax: +33 5 55 33 23 14 Part of the Ceric group, manufactures kilns for the production of fine ceramics. Also provides advanced systems for automatic handling and production monitoring. CERIX-GROW PLATFORM GMBH +49 0831 54075342 Albert Einstein Strasse 6 Kempten 87437 Germany http://www.cerix-ceramics.de info@cerix-ceramics.de CERIX grow platform GmbH is a start-up company from Robert Bosch GmbH. We produce high-tech ceramics for various markets and offer functional components for sensors, medical products, consumer goods, automotive components, and industrial products made of alumina and zirconia. CIM in combination with in-mold labelling and 3D printing enable us to manufacture complex functional components with the highest degree of precision. CERLASE Parc d\'Ester 2 Rue Columbia Limoges 87068 France http://www.cerinnov.com q.joly@cerinnov.com +33 5 55 04 24 54 Fax: +33 5 55 04 24 55 Cerlase is an officially certified R&D center. Primary research lines are lasers for ceramics, glass and metal (sintering, melting, cutting), shaping processes for ceramics, decoration (laser sintering, total transfer, heat decal), and heat treatment. CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE 2540 Olentangy River Rd Columbus OH 43210-0012 http://cas.org help@cas.org 614-447-3751 Fax: 614-447-3600 Established 1907. Publish Chemical Abstracts. Produces online information services to identify research studies and patents relating to chemistry, biotechnology, engineering, materials science, physics, and other scientific fields. 118 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 DCM Tech CHEMIR - A DIVISION OF EVANS ANALYTICAL GROUP 2672 Metro Blvd Maryland Heights MO 63043 http://www.chemir.com info.chemir@eag.com CLEVELAND VIBRATOR CO 314-291-6620 Fax: 314-291-6630 2828 Clinton Ave Cleveland OH 44113 Testing lab provides investigative analytical chemistry to solve challenging problems. Services include deformulation (reverse engineering), material/contaminant identification, polymer analysis, failure analysis, and litigation support. ISO 9001:200 CHIZ BROS. B CHIZ BROS: REFRACTORY AND INSULATION SPECIALISTS 2117 Lincoln Blvd Elizabeth PA US 15037 mrhoajr@chizbros.com http://www.chizbros.com 412-384-5220 Chiz Bros. is committed to providing personalized solutions for refractory applications and installations. We are dedicated to supplying high-quality, competitively-priced products and on-time delivery. At Chiz Bros., we promise immediate response and superlative customer service while meeting regulatory, safety and environmental industry requirements. Chiz Bros. has served the metals, power, glass and ceramics industries for nearly 50 years. We have vast knowledge of product applications and installation specifications. Our customers represent a wide array of companies ranging from international, publicly-traded major manufacturers to walk-in, small furnace operators. Our on-site warehouse is fullystocked to meet most customer needs. We carry FiberfraxⓇ ceramic fiber products, non RCF soluble fiber products, fire protection products, castables, gunite mixes, firebrick, silica fiberglass products and heating elements. We have a large inventory of miscelLnous refractory-related needs including CHRISTY MINERALS LLC 636-585-2214 833 Booneslick Rd PO Box 159 High Hill MO 63350 http://www.christyco.com/minerals sbower@christyminerals.com Fax: 636-585-2220 Christy Minerals LLC is a premier producer of alumina silicate clays and calcines. We service the refractory, ceramic art, investment casting, ceramic tile, and cement industries. We provide toll calcining, toll grinding, and screening services. CIDRA PRECISION SERVICES LLC 50 Barnes Park N Wallingford CT 06492 http://www.cidraprecisionservices.com jsirkis@cidracps.com 203-774-4422 Specializes in custom manufacturing of micron level precision machined mechanical, optical, and fluidic components and assemblies made from hard materials such as sapphire, quartz, ceramics, glass, and hard metals. CILAS PARTICLE SIZE 2984 Triverton Pike Dr Ste No 104 Fitchburg WI 53711 http://particle-size.us info@particle-size.com http://www.clevelandvibrator.com sales@clevelandvibrator.com 800-221-3298 Fax: 216-241-3480 Since 1923, the Cleveland Vibrator Company provides material flow and processing solutions to over 15,000 customers through a broad range of industrial vibrators and vibratory equipment components, including pneumatic and electric bin and hopper vibrators, vibratory feeders, vibratory tables, and vibratory screeners and sieves. CM FURNACES INC 103 Dewey St Bloomfield NJ 07003-4237 http://www.cmfurnaces.com info@cmfurnaces.com 973-338-6500 Fax: 973-338-1625 Established 1946. Manufactures lab and production furnaces for a wide variety of ceramics applications and services a temperature range to 2,000°C in air, inert, and reducing atmospheres. Batch and continuous furnaces offered in a variety of sizes. CMC LABORATORIES INC 7755 S Research Dr Ste 115 Tempe AZ 85284 http://cmclaboratories.com info@cmclaboratories.com 480-496-5000 CMC Laboratories Inc is a failure analysis laboratory located in Tempe, Arizona, that focuses on root cause analysis and failure mode identification. CMC\'s analysis goal is to provide customers with the root cause of a failure and work closely with the customer to identify process or control changes that can eliminate failure. COBER MUEGGE LLC 30 Moffatt St Stratford CT 06615 http://cobermuegge.com sales@cobermuegge.com 203-855-8755 Fax: 203-855-7511 Designs and manufactures microwave ovens for ceramic heating, sintering, and more. COMTRUST ARCHITECTURAL MESH CO LTD No 323 Weimin St of Anping County +86 318 706 3609 Hebei 053600 China Fax: +86 318 706 1960 http://www.coildrapery.com sales@coildrapery.com Produce a variety of styles of architectural mesh, architectural mesh panels, mesh facade, and decorative mesh. CONTROL INSTRUMENTS CORP 25 Law Dr Fairfield NJ 07004 http://www.controlinstruments.com sales@controlinstruments.com 973-575-9114 Fax: 973-515-0013 Manufactures detection systems for hazardous gases and vapors. Products include LFL analyzers, BTU analyzers, infrared analyzers, flame-ionization detectors, and gas sensors. 608-274-7719 Fax: 608-270-3801 COORSTEK Provides high-performance state-of-the-art laser particlesize analyzers. Products allow analysis of particle-size distribution and viewing of particle shape. Offers a wide range of instruments capable of analyzing samples from 0.04-2,500 micrometers. CINCINNATI GASKET & INDUSTRIAL GLASS 513-761-3458 40 Illinois Ave Cincinnati OH 45215 https://cgindustrialglass.com ueckerm@cincinnatigasket.com A leading U.S. manufacturer specializing in a wide range of machined glass products for use in nearly every major industry in the world from steel and chemical industries to machine tool and power generation. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 14143 Denver West Pkwy Ste 400 Golden CO 80401 https://www.coorstek.com info@coorstek.com 303-271-7100 With manufacturing locations across four continents, Coors Tek is the international partner of choice for companies requiring the unique, high-performance properties of engineered technical ceramics. CoorsTek partners with customers to design, test, and manufacture standard and custom components for virtually every industry in the global marketplace. Materials include aluminas, carbides, nitrides, quartz, silicates, yttrias, and zirconias. Visit CoorsTek.com. CORNING INCORPORATED 1 Riverfront Plaza Corning NY14831 http://corning.com inquiries@corning.com 607-974-9000 Corning combines its expertise in specialty glass, ceramic materials, polymers, and the manipulation of the properties | www.ceramicsource.org of light, with strong process and manufacturing capabilities to develop, engineer, and commercialize significant innovative products. CRODA 300A Columbus Circle Edison NJ 08837-3907 http://www.crodaindustrialchemicals.com/ Patricia.vanee@croda.com 732-417-0800 For advanced ceramics, Croda offers a selection of polymeric dispersing/suspending agents. The Hypermer KD range is specifically designed to provide superior dispersion of particles. Croda also offers versatile nonphthalate plasticizers, such as Pycal 94. CSC FORCE MEASUREMENT INC 84 Ramah Cir N PO Box 887 Agawam MA 01001-0887 http://www.cscforce.com linda@cscforce.com 413-789-3086 Fax: 413-789-3598 Stocking distributor of force/torque measurement products by Amatek/Chatillon/Lloyd Testers, CDI, Dillon, Larson, MSI, Mark-10, Seekonk, Tohnicki and others. Repairs and calibration lab with ISO/IEC 17025 certification, accredited by L-A-B. CUSTOM PROCESSING SERVICES 2 Birchmont Dr Reading PA 19606-3266 http://www.customprocessingservices.com hway@customprocessingservices.com 610-779-7001 Submicron- and nano-range ceramic particles, silicon carbide, boron carbide, alumina, and more. Custom toll manufacturing for submicron particles and wet grinding. Small batch manufacturing (kilograms) to large scale (tons). CYCLONAIRE CORP 2922 N Division York NE 68467 http://cyclonaire.com sales@cyclonaire.com 800-445-0730 Fax: 402-362-2001 Manufactures and supplies custom-designed pneumatic conveying systems. Offers vacuum-, pressure-, and vacuum/pressure-based technology; conveyors; and allied components. Typical applications involve bulk transfer (storage or in-plant). DALMIA INST OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH Post-Rajgangpur +91 6624 678 507 Dist- Sundargarh (Odisha) 770017 India http://www.dalmiainstiture.in info@dalmiainstitute.in Fax: +91 6624 220 933 A modern industry group with boron carbide as its leading product, integrating the scientific research, manufacture and sale of boride and carbide. Boron carbide is widely used in military, science, industry, and more. DATAPAQ INC 3 Corporate Park Dr Unit 1 Derry NH 03038 http://datapaq.com websales@datapaq.com 603-537-2680 Manufactures in-process thermal profiling systems and software. Kiln Tracker system is accurate and reliable and used to optimize firing process. System features a data logger with up to 130,000 readings, rugged thermal barrier, and Insight software. DCM TECH 4455 Theurer Blvd Winona MN 55987 http://dcm-tech.com info@dcm-tech.com 507-452-4043 Fax: 507-452-7970 DCM designs and manufactures blanchard style rotary grinders for ceramic grinding applications. Servo drive, Z-axis, and programmable automatic feed provides process repeatability. DCM is a U.S. manufacturer that sells and services factory direct. 119 Delkic & Associates Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member DELKIC & ASSOCIATES PO Box 1726 Immokalee FL 32004 904-285-0200 Fax: 904-273-1616 International ceramic consultants specializing in energysaving ceramic coatings and fiber modules. Deltech Furnaces An 150 9001 2015 certified company www.deltechfurnaces.com DIAMORPH AB c/o Tenmat Ltd Ashburton Road West Manchester M17 1TD UK http://www.diamorph.com sales@diamorph.com +44 161 872 2181 EBL PRODUCTS INC 91 Prestige Pk Cir Diamorph AB is an advanced material company dealing with especially demanding industrial applications. DIGITAL PRESS INC E Hartford CT 06108 http://www.eblproducts.com sales@eblproducts.com 860-290-3737 Fax: 860-291-2533 Provides standard, application-specific, and industrial piezoceramic transducer elements to researchers as well as manufacturers of piezoelectric transducers according to their terms and specifications. 610-758-9680 DELTECH INC (DELTECH FURNACES) 1007 E 75th Ave Unit E Denver CO 80229 303-433-5939 Fax: 303-433-2809 90 S Commerce Way Ste 340 Bethlehem PA 18017-8611 Fax: 610-758-8510 http://www.deltechfurnaces.com mary@deltechfurnaces.com Manufacturer of standard and custom electric lab and production scale furnaces, including glass melt and rotary models for 1,500-2,000°C operation in air, inert atmospheres, and under positive pressures. ISO 9001:2015 certified. NQA-1 compliant. Control systems certified by Intertek UL508A compliant. Deltech Kiln and Furnace Design ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED www.dkfdllc.com DELTECH KILN AND FURNACE DESIGN, LLC 1007 E 75th Ave Unit E Denver CO 80229-6442 http://www.dkfdllc.com mary@dkfdllc.com 303-433-5939 Fax: 303-433-2809 Custom design and optional build of electric kilns and furnaces for nuclear materials research, development, and production. ISO 9001:2015 certified. NQA-1 compliant. DENKA CORP 780 3rd Ave 8th Floor New York NY 10017-2024 http://www.denka.co.jp/eng Sales@denka.us.com 212-688-8700 Fax: 212-688-8727 Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Denka) is a chemical company operating in a wide range of business fields, including organic and inorganic materials for industrial manufacturing, materials for construction and civil engineering, electronic materials, food packaging materials, and pharmaceuticals. DPM DETROIT PROCESS MACHINERY DETROIT PROCESS MACHINERY 560 Fox Pointe Ct Bloomfield Hills MI 48304 http://www.detroitprocessmachinery.com sales@detroitprocessmachinery.com 248-858-8380 Fax: 248-858-8405 Buys and sells powder presses, isostatic presses, piston extruders, mixers, blenders, attritors, spray dryers, pulverizers, and process mills. DIACUT INC 773 Hwy 105 PO Box 217 Palmer Lake CO 80133 http://diacut.com sales@diacut.com 719-481-4205 Fax: 719-481-0872 Supplies diamond Thinwheel used for slicing, dicing, precision grinding, and cutoff operations. Thinwheels are used in single-wheel applications as well as in gang assemblies. Manufactures slicing and dicing blades with customized resin bonds. DIAMOND INDUSTRIAL TOOLS INC 6712 Crawford Ave Lincolnwood IL 60712 http://todit.com hgsachsel@gmail.com 800-227-5905 Fax: 800-441-7771 Manufactures and distributes precision-grinding systems and related diamond abrasive products. http://www.digitalpressusa.com/index.php Digital Press is leading the industry when it comes to hydraulic powder compacting presses. DORST AMERICA INC 64 S Commerce Way Bethlehem PA 18017 610-317-2000 Fax: 610-317-6416 https://www.dorst.de/en/dorst-america.html info@dorstamerica.com Designs and manufactures machinery, systems, and fully integrated plants for dinnerware, sanitaryware, advanced ceramics, soft and hard ferrite, and powder-metal industries. Program includes spray dryers, hydraulic presses, and isostatic dry presses. DOW CORNING CORP 2211 H.H. Dow Way Midland MI 48686 http://www.dowcorning.com product.info@dowcorning.com 989-496-6000 Fax: 989-496-8026 Worldwide supplier of additives, adhesives, coatings, reinforcing fillers, process aids, and release agents. DOWA HIGH TEMP FURNACES 1C 2nd Phase Peenya Industrial Area Bangalore Karnataka 560058 India http://www.dowahightemp.com sales@dowahightemp.com +91 80 2839 5917 Fax: +91 80 2839 0490 Manufacturer and supplier of industrial heat treatment furnaces with Japanese technology, including batch type integral sealed quench and soft nitriding furnaces, mesh belt furnaces, decarb annealing and blueing, and controlled atmosphere brazing. DU-CO CERAMICS COMPANY 155 S Rebecca St PO Box 568 Saxonburg PA 16056 http://www.du-co.com sales@du-co.com 724-352-1511 Fax: 724-352-1266 Dry-press, roll compaction, and extruded forms in steatite, cordierite, MgO, forsterite, porcelain, mullite, and alumina. High purity materials are also available in MgO and alumina. Secondary operations include machining, glazing, grinding, and tumbling. Toll spray drying services are also available. Facilities in Saxonburg, Pa. (main) and Monroe, N.C. DUNHUA ZHENGXING ABRASIVE CO LTD +86 433 634 0878 No 4 Industry Rd Fax: +86 433 634 0868 Development Zone Dunhua Jilin 133700 China http://boroncarbide.cn rula@boroncarbide.cn Manufacturer of boron carbide since 1987. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. Major products: boron carbide powder, boron carbide sand nozzle, boron carbide plate, boron carbide neutron-absorbing material. DYNACUT INC 3425 Funk Mill Rd Springtown PA 18081 http://dynacut.com rplatt@dynacut.com 610-346-7386 Fax: 610-346-6770 Established 1965. Manufactures precision cutoff machines for glass, ceramics, metallurgical, composite, and geological applications. Designs and manufactures custom production cutting and grinding machinery. Orton EDWARD ORTON JR CERAMIC FOUNDATION 6991 Old 3C Hwy Westerville OH 43082 http://ortonceramic.com info@ortonceramic.com 614-895-2663 Fax: 614-895-5610 The Edward Orton Jr Ceramic Foundation manufactures and markets pyrometric cones, TempCHEks, TempTab\'s, electronic temperature controllers, thermoanalytical instruments, and provides materials testing services. EIRICH MACHINES, INC 4033 Ryan Rd Gurnee IL 60031 http://www.eirichusa.com eirich@eirichusa.com 847-336-2444 Fax: 847-336-0914 EIRICH offers innovative technologies for the preparation of raw materials and bodies in the ceramic industry. EIRICH develops and manufactures equipment (stand-alone machines and complete systems) for material processing, including grinding, mixing, granulating, kneading, and suspending. The equipment is used for preparing refractory mixes for shaped and unshaped products, tap hole clay, silicate ceramics slurries for table and sanitary ware, technical ceramics for dental and ballistic protection application, proppants, and much more. The unique design of the EIRICH Mixer allows for mixing, granulating, kneading, and dispersing in one single machine, which saves on costs, energy, time, and space. The tool speed can easily be adjusted and guarantees short batch times and homogenization. The mixer sizes for ceramics applications range from 1 liter to 7,000 liters and can be combined with vacuum drying technology. EIRICH also offers mills for grinding and size reduction. ELAN TECHNOLOGY 169 Elan Ct Midway GA 31320 http://www.elantechnology.com/ info@elantechnology.com 912-880-3526 As one of the largest glass and ceramics manufacturers in the United States, Elan Technology produces glass preforms from hundreds of proprietary electronic glass compositions, commonly matched for glass-to-metal seals. Glass materials are also offered as milled or spray dried powders. Elan Technology also offers a variety of ceramic materials, such as alumina ceramic, steatite, zirconia, and cordierite. Ceramic materials are used for wear-resistant parts, insulators, and ceramic inserts for industrial applications. For more than 70 years, Elan Technology develops and manufactures advanced ceramics and glass materials. Its expert team of engineers can offer custom compositions to fit the most demanding applications. ELCAN INDUSTRIES INC 20 Marbledale Rd Tuckahoe NY 10707-3420 http://elcanindustries.com info@elcanindustries.com 800-283-5226 Elcan sells advanced screening equipment that is unmatched in quality and performance. The company owns a large toll manufacturing facility in New York, where it sieves powders for companies and also does extensive testing for companies from all around the world. 120 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Ferro Ceramic Grinding Inc ELcon PRECISION LLC ELCON PRECISION LLC 1009 Timothy Drive San Jose CA 95133 https://www.elconprecision.com/ sales@elconprecision.com 408-292-7800 With more than 50 years of experience, Elcon Precision is a trusted provider of photochemically machined parts, metallized sapphires & ceramics, and vacuum & atmosphere brazed assemblies. ELECTRO ABRASIVES CORP 701 Willet Rd Buffalo NY 14218 http://electroabrasives.com info@electroabrasives.com 800-284-4748 Fax: 716-822-2858 Manufacture black SiC, green SiC, and boron carbide. Also makes SiC grains and water-classified fine powders to ANSI and FEPA F sizes, submicron, as well as refractory and custom splits. Applications include ceramics, abrasives, refractories. ELECTROSCIENCES LTD Farnham Surrey UK https://www.electrosciences.co.uk markys.cain@electrosciences.co.uk Electrosciences Limited provides specialized scientific and technical consultancy to industry and academia in the technical discipline of multifunctional materials research and development. The company\'s technical director is professor Markys G Cain, who has over 30 years of experience in applied R&D in both academic and industrial environments. Our business is modeled on the supply of scientific consultancy services. Expertise ranges from scientific strategy development for small business to bespoke scientific measurement solutions to your scientific and technical problems. Experience of over 30 years in the field of materials science and physics of the solid state lends itself to delivery of competent solutions to your scientific needs. Our specialist capabilities in the measurement of the properties of ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and multifunctional materials, films, crystals, and devices is offered with unique access to in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies of these materials. ELKEM METALS INC Airport Office Park Bldg 2 304-552-9266 Fax: 412-299-7238 400 Rouser Rd Moon Township PA 15108 http://www.silicon.elkem.com siliconinfo@elkem.com Elkem products that may be of interest in the advanced ceramics field are the Silgrain line of silicon powders. Silicon powder is often used as a raw material for manufacturing silicon nitride and silicon carbide ceramics. EMPOWER MATERIALS INC 91 Lukens Drive New Castle DE 19720 http://www.empowermaterials.com customerservice@empowermaterials.com 302-225-0100 Fax: 302-225-0101 Manufactures and sells QPAC polyalkylene carbonate binders worldwide. QPAC features excellent green strength and processability, and extremely clean burnout in a variety of atmospheres. Available in solids, solutions, and water-based emulsions. ENDICOTT CLAY PRODUCTS COMPANY 57120 707th Rd Endicott NE 68350 http://www.endicott.com endicott@endicott.com 402-729-3315 Fax: 402-729-5804 Endicott Clay Products Company, celebrating our 100th anniversary in 2020 is a leading family owned manufacturer of face brick, pavers, and thin brick. Producing over 100 millions bricks a year from our four Kiln process our 300 employees are proud of our quality and customer service. Endicott continues to grown in numbers, robotics and automation by striving to be the very best. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 ENGIS CORP 105 W Hintz Rd Wheeling IL 60090 http://www.engis.com kwerner@engis.com 847-808-9400 Fax: 847-808-9430 Manufactures a wide range of superabrasive tools, supplies, and equipment for grinding, lapping, polishing, and honing of difficult-to-machine materials to close tolerances. Process development services are offered. ENRG INC 155 Chandler St Ste 5 Buffalo NY 14207-2132 http://www.enrg-inc.com kolenick@enrg-inc.com 716-873-2939 Fax: 716-873-3196 Manufacturer of ultrathin, durable, flexible, and high temperature tolerant ceramic foils. Substrate applications include solid state devices, portable electronics, lightweight solar PV, durable labels, displays, sensors, protective cladding, and bio-compatible devices. ER ADVANCED CERAMICS INC 600 E Clark St East Palestine OH 44413 http://www.usrefractories.com info@usrefractories.com 330-426-4500 Fax: 330-426-1859 Comprised of US Stoneware, US Refractories, and US Pumps. US Stoneware is a designer and manufacturer of process equipment for milling, grinding, and blending. ESL ELECTROSCIENCE 416 E Church Rd King Of Prussia PA 19406 http://www.electroscience.com sales@electroscience.com 610-272-8000 Fax: 610-272-6759 ESL ElectroScience specializes in providing solutions to enable customers to take technologies from concept through high volume production. A global supplier of customized thick film pastes and ceramic tapes. ETHER NDE Endeavour House 3 Roundwood Lane +44 1582 767912 Fax: +44 1582 767912 Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 3BW UK http://ethernde.com sales@ethernde.com Manufacturer of eddy current instruments, probes, and accessories. Vantage handheld dual frequency inspection instrument; SigmaCheck eddy current electrical conductivity meter; Veritor USB-attached battery-operated eddy current instrument; and more. EURO SUPPORT ADVANCED MATERIALS +31 413 283 911 Liessentstraat 9f Fax: 31 413 283 369 Uden 5405 AH The Netherlands http://www.eurosupport.nl eurosupport@eurosupport.nl Euro Support Advanced Materials is an inorganic specialty materials producer, a.o. catalysts, dielectrics, and customized materials; including toll manufacturing. Over 20 years experience producing high purity barium titanate for the electronics industry. EVANS ANALYTICAL GROUP LLC 810 Kifer Rd Sunnyvale CA 94086 http://www.eaglabs.com info@eaglabs.com 408-530-3500 408-530-3501 Evans Analytical Group is the global leader in materials characterization for ceramics and other advanced materials. We specialize in materials analysis using analytical techniques such as GDMS, ICPMS, TEM, and XRD. EXOTHERMICS INC 14 Columbia Dr Amherst NH 03031 http://www.exothermicsinc.com exo.info@exothermicsinc.com 603-821-5660 Advanced materials company that specializes in the development of ultrahigh temperature refractory compounds and ceramics for demanding aerospace, defense, and other niche applications. www.ceramicsource.org EZG Manufacturing Refractory & Precnet Mixere EZG MANUFACTURING INC 1833 North Riverview Road Malta OH 43758 800-417-9272 https://ezgmfg.com/refractoryprecast-equipment sales@ezgmfg.com The quality of EZG\'s precast and refractory equipment is what sets the company apart from competing manufacturers. We work closely with our customers and listen to their needs before streamlining our equipment to better serve you. This is why after nearly two decades of making model improvements our mixers are second to none. Our team is committed to pairing our customers with the equipment that suits their needs best. EZG\'s Hog line is renowned for its longevity, customizable options and dedicated customer service team. FCT INGENIEURKERAMIK GMBH Gewerbepark 11 Frankenblick Thuringia D-96528 Germany http://fcti.de k.berroth@fct-keramik.de +49 36766 86868 Fax: +49 36766 8680 Produces customized components made of silicon nitridebased ceramics, sintered silicon carbide, C/C-SiC composites, and zirconia. Major applications are in light-metal casting, wear protection, chemical and mechanical process engineering, electronics, precision optics, testing equipment, metal forming, and brake pads. FCT SYSTEME GMBH +49 36766 8240 Gewerbepark 16 Frankenblick Fax: +49 36766 824150 Thuringia D-96528 Germany http://www.fct-systeme.de info@fct-systeme.de Develop and manufacture sintering systems, such as hot presses and systems for spark plasma sintering, gaspressure sintering, and vacuum sintering up to ultrahigh temperatures for engineering ceramics, powder metallurgy, photovoltaics, and more. FEDERAL-MOGUL 27300 West 11 Mile Rd Southfield MI 48034 http://federal-mogul.com CPTinfo@federalmogul.com 734-254-8313 Fax: 734-254-8905 Global automotive supplier. Champion spark plugs, glow plugs, igniters, and spark ignition devices. Four ceramic manufacturing plants in North America and Europe. Ceramic development in Plymouth, Michigan. Produces high-volume alumina ceramic components. FELDCO INTL 12402 Circula Panorama Santa Ana CA 92705 http://feldcointernational.com feldcointernational@gmail.com 714-602-2415 Fax: 714-602-2417 Technical ceramic materials supplier, including boron carbide, boron carbide powder and sputtering targets, ceramics, metal, alloys, and others. FERRO CERAMIC GRINDING INC 5 Cornell Pl Wilmington MA 01887 http://ferroceramic.com sales@ferroceramic.com 781-245-1833 Fax: 781-246-1429 Established 1966. Advance ceramic component supplier and manufacturer specializing in precision machining. Materials include BN, Macor, alumina, SiC, sapphire, zirconia, quartz, ferrites, and related materials. Also provide CAD/CAM CNC machining. 121 Ferrotec Ceramic Products Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member FERROTEC CERAMIC PRODUCTS +86 571 8514 7487 2590 Nanhuan Rd Binjiang District Hangzhou Zhejiang China 053600 http://ceramics.ferrotec.com/ceramics-home lutt@ferrotec.com.cn We are a Japanese company with manufacturing location in China. Our ceramics and quartz division is the largest manufacturer of semiconductor components in China since 2007. FINEWAY CERAMICS 367 Askin Ave Windsor ON N9B 2X1 Canada http://www.finewayceramics.com info@finewayinc.com 226-526-9785 Since 2008, Fineway Ceramics has been supplying advanced technical ceramics in North American markets. Fineway offers a range of industrial and advanced ceramics, including alumina, zirconia, silicon carbide, and silicon nitride. In addition, Fineway also provides ceramic raw materials, including silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and alumina powder. FIREBIRD THERMAL PRODUCTS CO +86 371 6580 1713 Rm 4-39 Hongzhuan Rd No 111 Zhengzhou Henan 450002 China http://firebirdindustry.en.ec21.com firebirdcorp@yahoo.cn Firebird Thermal Products Co is founded on the principle of quality, value, and service. We apply ourselves to meet our customer\'s various demands on high-temperature materials, including refractories, ceramics, and industry raw materials. FIVES NORTH AMERICAN COMBUSTION INC 4455 E 71st St Cleveland OH 44105 https://combustion.fivesgroup.com fna.sales@fivesgroup.com 216-271-6000 Fax: 216-641-7852 Supplier of combustion systems, products, and controls. FLUID ENERGY PROCESSING & EQUIPMENT CO 4300 Bethlehem Pike Telford PA 18969 http://fluidenergype.com websales@fluidenergype.com 215-721-8990 Fax: 215-721-2355 Established 1955. Designs and manufactures ultrafine grinding and flash-drying systems as well as contract toll grinding, crushing, coating, screening, blending, and micronizing of chemicals and refractory products. FOSBEL INC 20600 Sheldon Rd Brook Park OH 44142 http://www.fosbel.com fosbel.inc@fosbel.com 216-362-3900 Fax: 216-362-3901 Provides a range of furnace maintenance services, including ceramic-welding technology to repair all types of damaged refractories without furnace shutdown, rebricking services, checker cleaning and other hot repairs, inspections, and consulting. FOUNDATION FLOORS 4100 N Powerline Rd Ste B-3 Pompano Beach FL 33073 http://www.foundationfloors.com matt@foundationfloors.com 954-256-1447 Fax: 954-357-2151 Foundation Floors offers flooring materials from brands you know at the best prices. We carry bamboo, engineered, laminate, carpet, tile, vinyl, stone, and solid hardwood flooring. Visit FoundationFloors.com to learn more about our products. FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS IKTS +49 351 25537512 Winterbergstrasse 28 Dresden Fax: +49 351 2554300 Saxony 1277 Germany http://www.ikts.fraunhofer.de/en.html alexander.michaelis@ikts.fraunhofer.de Covers advanced ceramics including the development and application of modern ceramic materials, production technologies, and components up to intelligent system solutions in many industry sectors for both structural and functional ceramics. 122 +49 6784 700 Fax: +49 6784 7011 FRITSCH GMBH - MILLING AND SIZING Industriestrasse 8 Idar Oberstein Rhineland-Palatinate D-55743 Germany http://www.fritsch.de info@fritsch.de Internationally respected manufacturer of applicationoriented laboratory instruments used in sample preparation and particle size analysis for industrial applications in process control, quality assurance, and high-precision research. FRITSCH MILLING & SIZING INC 57 Grant Dr Ste G Pittsboro NC 27312 http://www.fritsch-us.com info@fritsch-us.com 919-229-0599 FRITSCH―an internationally respected German manufacturer of lab mills and particle size/shape instruments. Capabilities into the nano range. For size reduction, homogenization, mechanical alloying, mechano-chemistry, chemical activation, and more. FURNACE PRODUCTS & SERVICES INC 610 East Butler Rd Butler PA 16002 http://fpands.com sales@fpands.com 724-285-3774 Fax: 724-431-0944 Independent representative organization providing insulating firebrick, machining services, furnace rebuilds, combustion systems, forehearths, and more. FUSE TECH/HOT TECH GROUP 3400 Silica Rd Sylvania OH 43560 http://www.fusetech.com sales@FuseTech.com 419-841-9323 Fax: 419-842-0693 Performs ceramic welding and refractory services, including hot and cold repairs. The ceramic welding process was developed and originally designed for the in-situ repair of glass furnaces. FUSION CERAMICS INC 160 Scio Rd SE PO Box 127 Carrollton OH 44615 http://www.fusionceramics.com info@fusionceramics.com 330-627-2191 Fax: 330-627-2082 Manufactures glass and ceramic frits for whiteware, pottery, tile, vitrified abrasives, refractories and metallurgical applications, decorating enamels for glasses and ceramics, and specialty pigments and specks. Prepares custom, dryblended glazes, engobes (including Brikote), bodies, and bonds. Sells Reimbold & Strick stains, BMQ precious metals, ICA organic coatings, and raw materials. GAMRY INSTRUMENTS 734 Louis Dr Warminster PA 18974 http://www.gamry.com jketter@gamry.com 215-682-9330 For more than 20 years, Gamry Instruments provides high performance electrochemical instruments (potentiostat/ galvanostat/ZRA). A wide variety of experimental techniques are available for electrochemical testing. GARG PROCESS GLASS INDIA PVT LTD +91 22 2883 0309 2/222 New Sonal Link Ind Est Fax: +91 22 2888 3300 Link Rd Malad West Mumbai Maharashtra 400064 India http://gargglassindia.com garg@gargglassindia.com Manufacturer and exporter of scientific lab glassware and scientific equipment such as distillation unit and reaction unit. GASBARRE POWDER COMPACTION SOLUTIONS GASBARRE PRODUCTS (PTX PENTRONIX) 590 Division St DuBois PA 15801 http://www.gasbarre.com inquiries@gasbarre.com 814-371-3015 Gasbarre Products Inc is an international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of capital equipment and related services. We focus on primary process equipment for powder metallurgy, particulate materials, and thermal processing industries worldwide. No matter what your challenging opportunity may be, we can supply the best technically engineered solution for your specific needs! GASBARRE PRODUCTS INC 590 Division St PO Box 1022 DuBois PA 15801 http://gasbarre.com press-sales@gasbarre.com 814-371-3015 Fax: 814-371-6387 Manufactures mechanical and hydraulic powder compaction presses for dry pressing of ceramic powders. Compaction presses incorporate the floating die table concept as well as a removable die set series, a lab series, and a standard series. GE GLOBAL RESEARCH One Research Cir MB 159A Niskayuna NY 12309 http://www.geglobalresearch.com 518-387-6975 Making aircraft engines more efficient. Powering the world with flexible gas turbines. Crunching big data. Pioneering the Industrial Internet. Creating greener ground transportation. Refining medical imaging for the future. For more than a century, GE Global Research serves as the cornerstone of GE innovation. Currently, more than 3,000 of the world\'s brightest scientists, engineers, and researchers are working together to deliver technical breakthroughs for GE customers. GELLER MICROANALYTICAL LABORATORY INC 426 E Boston St Rt 1 Topsfield MA 01983 http://www.gellermicro.com sales@gellermicro.com 978-887-7000 Fax: 978-887-6671 Specializes in quantitative analysis of boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, etc., in micrometer-size areas. Elemental mapping, diffusion studies, failure analysis, reverse engineering, and phase are determinations. GENERAL GLASS EQUIPMENT CO General Glass Bldg 900 W Leeds Ave Pleasantville NJ 08232 http://generalglassequipment.com genglass@generalglassequipment.com 609-345-7500 Fax: 609-652-5700 Offers complete glass plants, engineering services, batch wetting systems, oscillating and standard nonoscillating batch chargers and controls, luminous furnaces, continuous glassmelting furnaces, automatic reversal systems, block cooling systems, and more. GENERAL MATERIAL INDUSTRIAL CO +86 757 8270 1478 Rm 2303 Tower 1 Junning Bldg No 213 Funing Rd Foshan Guangdong 528000 China http://www.amic.biz info@gmico.net GMIC mullite insulating brick are made of calcined mullite and imported calcined alumina. Various types of GMIC insulating brick can meet the requirements of heat-process and chemicalphysical applications, and are used in industrial furnaces. GENERAL SPRAY DRYING SERVICE INC 1001 Newark Ave Elizabeth NJ 07208 http://gsds@optonline.net waltreed@generalspraydrying.com 908-353-2477 Fax: 908-353-0060 Custom spray drying of glass, ceramics, metals, and chemicals. Moisture and particle-size control. Dry blending, powder cooling, and wet milling available. Test runs to full production. www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 HarbisonWalker Intl GERLING APPLIED ENGINEERING INC PO Box 580816 Modesto CA 95358-0015 http://www.2450mhz.com sales@2450mhz.com 209-527-8960 Fax: 209-527-5385 GORKA CEMENT 312-772-0251 58 Lipcowa St Trzebinia 32-540 Poland Engineers, designs, and manufactures industrial microwaveheating equipment. Standard and custom products include generators, waveguide components, applicators, and complete systems operating at 2.45 GHz. GFS CHEMICALS INC 851 McKinley Ave Columbus OH 43222 http://www.gfschemicals.com service@gfschemicals.com 800-858-9682 Fax: 740-881-5989 GFS Chemicals is a specialty chemicals manufacturer of bulk inorganics, organic intermediates, and analytical reagents including perchlorates, chlorates, nitrates, iodates, periodates, oxides, lithium salts, heavy metal, and precious metal compounds. GLASS MFG INDUSTRY COUNCIL 600 N Cleveland Ave Ste 210 Westerville OH 43082 http://gmic.org boblipetz@gmic.org 614-818-9423 Fax: 614-818-9485 A nonprofit trade association, the first organization to represent all sectors of the glass industry (container, flat, specialty and fiberglass). Dedicated to promoting the interests and economic growth, and sustainability of the glass industry. Glen Mills INC. GLEN MILLS INC 220 Delawanna Ave Clifton NJ 07014 http://www.glenmills.com staff@glenmills.com 973-777-0777 Fax: 973-777-0070 Markets sample preparation equipment, including milling (wet and dry milling for size reduction), powder blending, sample dividing, and sample extraction. NEW: Kakuhunter centrifugal planetary mixer for mixing viscous liquids and pastes; degassing. Offers ceramic, glass, and steel beads and balls. Pilot-plantsized equipment available. Laboratory tests and contract work. GMA INDUSTRIES INC 38127 Ecorse Rd Romulus MI 48174 http://www.gmaind.com sales@gmaind.com 734-595-7300 Fax: 734-595-1310 GMA Industries is a leading supplier of recycled abrasive media and virgin abrasive media for blasting operations and finishing applications. Specializing in aluminum oxide, steel shot, steel grit, and nu-soft. GOCERAM AB Svealiden 8 Vastra Gotaland County Molndal S-431 39 Sweden http://goceram.com info@goceram.com +46 31 18 11 03 Develops, manufactures, and markets medium-pressure injection-molding systems, including low-cost mixers, injection-molding machines, and rate-controlled debinding furnaces as well as supercritical carbon dioxide binder extractors. GOODFELLOW CORP 125 Hookstown Grade Rd Coraopolis PA 15108-9302 http://www.goodfellowusa.com info@goodfellowusa.com 724-695-7060 Fax: 724-695-7063 Supplies ceramics and custom ceramic components as well as metals, polymers, and other materials to meet the R&D and specialist production requirements of science and industry worldwide. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 http://www.gorka.us R.HUNTER@GORKA.US For more than 100 years, Gorka Cement has been manufacturing calcium aluminate and high alumina cements from our headquarters in Trzebinia, Poland. Our technical knowledge, experience and longevity in manufacturing help make the GORKAL brand of cements an excellent choice for all applications. We pride ourselves on the quality, consistency and purity of our products. Since 2000, we have been part of the Mapei group. This affiliation has assisted us in expanding our customer base to new markets and applications in over 60 countries throughout the world. GRAINBOUND LLC 301 Broadway Ste M100G Bethlehem PA 18015 http://www.grainbound.com info@grainbound.com 855-472-4623 GrainBound, LLC diagnoses and solves industrial processing and performance issues pertaining to ceramic parts and powders by examining grain boundaries. Our team calls upon decades of interface design experience, utilizes state-of-theart experimental techniques, and big data analytics to optimize your process to create reliable, high-quality products. GRAND POWER SYSTEMS FORMALLY WARNER POWER LLC 1500 Marion 844-383-8644 Grand Haven MI 49417 https://grandpowersystems.com/ support@grandpowersystems.com Warner Power provides highly engineered power conversion products and services that improve process reliability and efficiency for a broad range of industries worldwide. GREENLEE DIAMOND TOOL CO 2375 Touhy Ave Elk Grove Village IL 60007-5330 http://www.greenleediamond.com vpecis@greenleediamond.com 866-451-3316 Fax: 847-593-3165 Full line of diamond and CBN products including resin, polyimide, metal, hybrid, vitrified, and electroplated. Diamond band saw blades for cutting a variety of materials, including silicon, quartz, sapphire, ceramics, graphite, glass, and carbides. GWENT ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LTD Mamhilad Park Monmouth House Pontypool Gwent NP4 NP4 OHZ UK http://g-e-m.com les@gwent.org +44 1495 7505 Fax: +44 1495 752121 Manufactures pastes and inks for electronics, automotive, decorative and passive components industries, including conductive and insulating, particulate- and organometallicbased products. Provides full range of materials. H&M ANALYTICAL SERVICES INC 35 Hutchinson Rd Allentown NJ 08501 http://h-and-m-analytical.com mail@h-and-m-analytical.com 609-758-5700 Fax: 609-758-5708 Analytical testing lab providing X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, particle size distribution, and SEM/ EDS services. Provides litigation support, such as patent infringement and expert witness testimony. H.C. STARCK GMBH +49 9287 8070 Lorenz-Hutschenreuther-Str 81 Fax: +49 9287 807477 Selb Bavaria 95100 Germany http://www.hcstarck.com info@hcstarck.com With almost 100 years of experience, H.C. Starck is a leading premium supplier of the technology metals tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, and rhenium; highperformance ceramics; and thermal spray powders. With innovativeness, a clear commitment to quality, and extensive technological expertise, H.C. Starck works side-by-side with their customers along the entire value-creation chain, supporting them as an expert partner in development and solution creation. www.ceramicsource.org H.C. STARCK NORTH AMERICAN TRADING LLC 45 Industrial PI Newton MA 02461-1951 http://www.hcstarck.com info@hcstarck.com 617-630-5800 Fax: 617-630-5919 The H.C. Starck Group is a leading global supplier with 14 production sites in Europe, America, and Asia. It produces advanced ceramic and technology metal powders and processes these materials into mill products and fabricated parts. H.C. STARCK SURFACE TECHNOLOGY AND CERAMIC POWDERS GMBH Im Schleeke 78-91 Goslar Lower Saxony D-38642 Germany +49 5321 7510 Fax: +49 5321 7516191 https://www.hcstarck.com/en/hc_starck_group/about_hc_ starck/divisions/surface_technology_ceramic_powders.html info@hcstarck.com The H.C. Starck Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders GmbH offers a wide variety of thermal spray powders and complementary coating technology materials, as well as the most extensive nonoxide ceramic powder portfolio for advanced ceramics and high-end applications and also atomized metal powders for a broad scope of innovative technologies, for example, additive manufacturing, hot isostatic pressing, metal injection molding, laser cladding, and plasma spraying. HAIKU TECH EUROPE BV Spoorweglaan 16 Maastricht 6221 BS The Netherlands http://www.haikutech.com sales@haikutech.com +31 43 457 8080 Fax: +31 43 457 8053 Customized technical and equipment solutions for the manufacture of ceramic multilayer products. Portfolio includes: dielectric powders, binders, tape casters, sheet blankers, mechanical punches, screen printers, stackers, isostatic laminators, green chip (hot knife) dicers, termination equipment, furnaces, optical dilatometers, belt furnaces, and visual inspection equipment. We also offer ceramic tape development and manufacturing consulting services. Represent Keko Equipment, LONG Automatic Machinery, HengLi Eletek, and Polymer Innovations. HAIKU TECH INC 11025 NW 29th St Doral FL 33172 http://www.haikutech.com sales@haikutech.com 305-463-9304 Fax: 305-463-8751 Customized technical and equipment solutions for the manufacture of ceramic multilayer products. Portfolio includes: dielectric powders, binders, tape casters, sheet blankers, mechanical punches, screen printers, stackers, isostatic laminators, green chip (hot knife) dicers, termination equipment, furnaces, optical dilatometers, and visual inspection equipment. We also offer ceramic tape development and manufacturing consulting services. Represent Keko Equipment, LONG Automatic Machinery, Expert Systems Solutions, and Polymer Innovations. HALDOR TOPSOE A/S Haldor Tops??es All?© 1 Lyngby DK-2800 Kgs Denmark http://topsoe.com +45 45 27 20 00 Fax: +45 45 27 29 99 Our scope is broad: from nanotechnology research and development of catalysts and catalytic processes to aftersales service of our customers\' plants. HARBISONWALKER INTL 1305 Cherrington Pkwy Ste 100 Moon Township PA 15108 http://thinkhwi.com customer-service@thinkhwi.com 412-375-6600 With more than 150 years of industry leadership, HarbisonWalker International (HWI) is the largest supplier of refractory products and services in the United States. HWI serves virtually every major industry that requires refractory solutions to enhance production and protect assets. 123 Harper International Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member KHarper HARPER INTERNATIONAL 4455 Genesee St Ste 123 Buffalo NY 14225 http://www.harperintl.com info@harperintl.com International 716-276-9900 Fax: 716-810-9460 Harper is the world leader in complete thermal processing solutions and technical services for the production of advanced ceramic materials, including custom designed rotary, pusher, and belt conveyor furnaces. Harper\'s experience spans a range of engineering ceramics, with extensive experience in designing for the production of silicon nitride, tungsten carbide, boron nitride, and aluminas. Additionally, Harper kilns are widely used to calcine powders and sinter components such as thermistors, varistors, and monolithic and multilayer capacitors. HARROP Fice our imagination HARROP INDUSTRIES INC 3470 E 5th Ave Columbus OH 43219-3816 http://harropusa.com sales@harropusa.com 614-231-3621 Fax: 614-235-3699 Established 1919. Engineers and constructs kilns, dryers, and ceramic process plants. Comprehensive expertise with field-built and prefabricated designs. Serves all segments of the ceramic industry with belt furnaces, forced-air bakeout ovens, and more. HEARTLAND WOOD FLOORING 4100 North Powerline Rd Ste B-3 Pompano Beach FL 33073 http://www.heartlandwood flooring.com admin@heartlandwoodflooring.com 754-600-9990 Fax: 754-300-1488 Heartland Wood Flooring supplies laminate, marble, tile, carpet, vinyl, solid and engineered wood, and cork flooring. HED INTL INC PO Box 246 Ringoes NJ 08551 http://hed.com info@hed.com 609-466-1900 Fax: 609-466-3608 Manufactures and sells unique/pereny kilns and furnaces. Manufactures and supplies Isomax blue-flame burner systems. Specializes in tape-casting machines, custom-built equipment, and computer-controlled system integration. Import and export capabilities. HERAEUS QUARTZ UK LTD Neptune Rd +44 191 262 5311 Fax: +44 191 263 8040 Wallsend Tyne & Wear NE28 6DD UK http://www.heraeus-quarzglas.com quarzglas@heraeus.com Manufacture fused quartz and fused silica materials and products for semiconductor, optical, fiber-optics, and more. Products include fused quartz and synthetic fused silica ingots, optical components, tubes, and rods. Worldwide exporter. Manufacturing. HEXION INC 180 East Broad Street Columbus OH 43215 http://www.hexion.com service@hexion.com 614-986-2497 Fax: 877-443-9466 Based in Columbus, Ohio, Hexion Inc is a global producer of epoxy specialty resins, modifiers, and curing agents thermoset resins. Thermoset resins now encompass global operations that produce high performance phenolic, epoxy, and unsaturated polyester resin technologies. HIGH TEMPERATURE MATERIALS LAB Building 4515 865-574-5123 865-574-4913 PO Box 2008 Oak Ridge TN 37831-6062 http://www.html.ornl.gov laracurzioe@ornl.gov HTML is a DOE User Facility dedicated to solving materials problems that limit the efficiency and reliability of systems for power generation and energy conversion, distribution and use. Includes six user centers. HINDALCO INDUSTRIES LIMITED Post Bag 1 Belagavi Karnataka 590 010 India http://www.hindalco.com hindalco@adityabirla.com +91 831 247 2739 +91 831 247 2738 Established 1938 as part of Alcan Group Co. Manufactures metallurgical, ceramic, and special grades of alumina and hydrates, carbon/graphite shapes, and semifabricated aluminum products. Acquired by Aditya Birla Group in 2000. HITACHI Inspire the Next 800-253-3053 Fax: 301-990-0472 HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES AMERICA, INC 22610 Gateway Center Dr Ste 100 Clarksburg MD US 20871-2007 https://www.hitachi-hightech.com/us/ hta-microscopy@hitachi-hightech.com Hitachi provides technologically advanced imaging solutions to the materials science, biological and academic research, and industrial manufacturing sectors. Our innovative and reliable instrumentation includes SEM, TEM, dedicated STEM, FIB, Ion Milling instrumentation, tabletop microscopes, and sample prep systems. Hitachi\'s new portfolio of SPM products offer extraordinary levels of performance and ease-of-use, including revolutionary environmental controls that support a variety of in-situ observations. HITECH MATERIALS PTY LTD 60-62 Murray Park Rd Figtree New South Wales 2525 Australia http://www.hitechmaterials.com.au Info@hitechmaterials.com.au +61 419 991 930 We investigate refractory and ceramic failures, offer testing and analysis services to any standard or nonstandard method, prepare expert witness reports, independently compare materials from different supplier, and validate material properties. HOCKMEYER EQUIPMENT CORP 6 Kitty Hawk Ln Elizabeth City NC 27909 https://hockmeyer.com sales@hockmeyer.com 252-338-4705 Fax: 252-338-6540 Hockmeyer Equipment is a leader in the wet grinding and dispersion industry and offers custom designed process equipment for mixing, blending, dispersing, and particle size reduction as fine as 25 nanometers. HORIBA INSTRUMENTS INC 9755 Research Dr Irvine CA 92618 http://www.horiba.com labinfo@horiba.com HUNTER CHEMICAL LLC 220 Commerce Dr Ste 405 Fort Washington PA 19034 http://www.hunterchem.com greg@hunterchem.com 215-461-1900 Fax: 215-461-1919 Hunter Chemical is an ISO9001:2015 certified supplier of nickel, cobalt, and chrome-based raw materials, including oxides and carbonates used in ceramic, refractory, and related applications. Materials are stocked at multiple locations across the U.S. for prompt delivery. HUNTERLAB 11491 Sunset Hills Rd Reston VA 20190 http://hunterlab.com sales@hunterlab.com 703-471-6870 Fax: 703-471-4237 Manufactures systems that measure reflected and transmitted color, and quantify how color appears to the human eye. Measures incoming material as well as in-process and final product inspection. Systems measure color, achromaticity, whiteness, and more. HYSITRON INC 9625 W 76th St Minneapolis MN 55344 https://www.hysitron.com info@hysitronindia.com 952-835-6366 Fax: 952-835-6166 Hysitron is the world leader in developing nanomechanical test instruments and designs cutting edge technology for the scientific community since 1992. As the pioneers of in situ imaging with nanomechanical property measurement capabilities, Hysitron grew with the nanotechnology market for over two decades. IIVI II-VI AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 36570 Briggs Road Murrieta CA 92563 http://iiviad.com sales@iiviad.com AEROSPACE & DEFENSE 951-926-2994 II-VI Aerospace & Defense (II-VI A&D) brings together several leading optical brands under II-VI Inc. Our expanding and extensive capabilities cover a wide range of products and applications making us the most advantageous supplier of optical and laser components and subassemblies, engineered materials, and specialty solutions. As an integrated provider, II-VI A&D is uniquely positioned to offer critical and complex design, engineering, and production requirements of customers in the aerospace and defense industries. From concept design development through production, we collaborate with our customers to integrate the design and manufacture of systems that consistently exceed expectations. We are transforming our ideas into cutting edge solutions for a safer tomorrow. 716-542-5511 949-250-4811 Fax: 949-468-1790 I SQUARED R ELEMENT CO 12600 Clarence Center Rd Akron NY 14001 Fax: 716-542-2100 Offering a wide range of analytical instruments, including particle-size and shape analysis, particle composition, surface area, water quality, ICP, Raman, X-ray microscopy, process gas analysis, and gloss metering. HOTEK ALLIANCE LTD Century Rd +86 533 381 1405 Fax: +86 533 381 1827 Zhangdia Zibo Shandong 255000 China http://www.hotekalliance.com hoteksales@163169.net Established in 1988, Hotek Alliance Limited is a leading manufacturer of heating elements in China. 90% of its products are sold internationally to Europe (U.K., Poland, Germany, France), U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Japan. http://www.isquaredrelement.com sales@isquaredrelement.com Established 1964. Manufacturer of Starbar SPC and Moly-D MoSi, heating elements for use in a wide range of atmospheres up to 1,800°C element temperature. Offers free furnace design consultation. IFB INSULATING FIREBRICK INC 899 Bedford St Claysburg PA 16625 http://insulatingfirebrick.com sales@insulatingfirebrick.com 724-282-1012 Fax: 724-431-0944 Offers a complete line of high-temperature insulating firebrick and in-house capabilities to provide arches, keys, wedes, and skews. Most grades and straights are stocked. 124 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 J Rettenmaier USA IMERYS 100 Mansell Court East Ste 300 Roswell GA 30076 http://imerys.com karla.smith@imerys.com 770-645-3705 Fax: 770-645-3460 Imerys Ceramics, a business unit of Imerys, produces and supplies performance minerals for the ceramics and glass industries. A premier worldwide supplier of kaolin and ball clays, feldspar, ceramic bodies, glazes, mica, and silica sands. IMERYS FUSED MINERALS MURG GMBH +49 7763 933500 Ferroweg 1 Fax: +49 7763 933989 Laufenburg D79725 Germany http://www.imerys-fusedminerals.com ifm-mu@imerys.com Manufacturer of zirconia and other oxide powders and grains for refractories, engineering ceramics, and coatings IMERYS REFRACTORY MINERALS PO Box 37 Andersonville GA 31711 http://imerys-refractoryminerals.com irmusa_inquire@imerys.com 229-924-4461 Fax: 229-924-4461 Imerys Refractory Minerals is the world leader in minerals for refractory, investment casting, and other industrial applications. Products include calcined aluminosilicates, chamottes, andalusites, fused silicas, refractory clays, and fused minerals. INDIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic +91 33 2413 88 Fax: +91 33 2413 8878 Research Institute 196 Raja S.C Mullick Rd Jadavpur PO Opposite of Jadavpur Police Station Kolkata West Bengal 700 032 India http://incers.org info@incers.org Established 1928. Promotes the advancement of technical and scientific information, education, and research in ceramics in India. Membership confined to individuals who are scientists, technologists, partners, or proprietors of a firm. INDO US MIM TEC +91 80 2204 8800 No 45 P KIADB Industrial Area Fax: +91 80 2797 1624 Hoskote Bangalore Karnataka 562 114 India http://indo-mim.com/home.html infohq@indo-mim.com Indo-Mim is a leading global supplier of metal injection molded products and is a fully integrated MIM parts producer with capabilities and proficiency in design, tooling, and materials, and a full range of finishing and assembly operations. INDUCERAMIC 285 Erb St W Unit 106 Waterloo ON N2L 1W5 Canada http://www.induceramic.com info@induceramic.com 226-476-1298 Fax: 226-666-7122 Induceramic, founded in Canada in 2006, specializes in industrial ceramic products and equipment. Induceramic focuses on applications and uses its broad experience to ensure excellent production capabilities for industrial ceramic products. INDUSTRIAL CERAMIC PRODUCTS INC 14401 Suntra Way Marysville OH 43040 http://industrialceramic.com sales@industrialceramic.com 800-427-2278 Fax: 937-644-2646 Established 1936. Manufactures refractory specialties for ceramics, heat-treating, foundry and investment-casting industries. Diverse product line includes pottery pins, gating components, pouring cups, and filters for molten metals. INDUSTRIAL HARD CARBON LLC 771 Crosspoint Dr Denver NC 28037 http://industrialhardcarbon.com gbarr@industrialhardcarbon.com Hard carbon deposition services. 800-752-7629 Fax: 704-489-2177 INGREDIENT MASTERS INC. INGREDIENT MASTERS INC 377 East Main Street Batavia OH 45103 http://www.ingredientmasters.com im@ingredientmasters.com 513-231-7432 Fax: 513-457-5708 Precision Batching Systems for major, minor and micro ingredients. If you use dry powder, flake or granular materials in paper bags, drums, or even 4,000 lb. bulk sacks and you want to shorten process cycles, improve consistency, reduce fuel costs, or eliminate product waste, call us today. Our custom dry bulk batching solutions and expert controls capability have increased capacity, reduced labor costs, and improved bottom line results for customers worldwide. Custom turnkey systems are engineered to meet the requirements of processors of all types, from small, manual systems to very large, automated systems. INNOVNANO-ADVANCED MATERIALS SA iParque Lote 13 Apartado 7030 Antanhol 3040-570 Portugal http://www.innovnano-materials.com info@innovnano-materials.com +351 239 002 850 Fax: +351 239 002 869 Innovnano is a specialist manufacturer of high quality nanostructured zirconia-based powders and alumina zinc oxide (AZO) sputtering targets. Using a unique synthesis technology-emulsion detonation synthesis (EDS)— Innovnano guarantees small grain sizes and excellent chemical homogeneity for high performance powders that support high-tech industries. INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED MATERIALS-CERAMICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING +49 721 60844246 Haid-und-Neu-Str 7 Karlsruhe Fax: +49 721 60848891 Baden-Wurttemberg D-76131 Germany http://www.iam.kit.edu/km/286.php kontakt@ikm.uni-karlsruhe.de Scientists in the Institute of Ceramics in Mechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering deal with the development of engineering ceramics for various high-tech applications. INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIFFRACTION DATA 12 Campus Blvd Newtown Square PA 19073 http://www.icdd.com marketing@icdd.com 610-325-9814 Fax: 610-325-9823 The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) and Materials Data (MDI) focus on the needs of the materials characterization scientific community by providing the Powder Diffraction File (PDF) and JADE analysis software. PDF Release 2020 contains over 1,000,000 entries for phase identification and JADE Pro software provides the best in X-ray powder diffraction data analysis. These material identification databases are interfaced with diffractometers and data analysis systems of the world\'s leading software developers and manufacturers of X-ray equipment. INTERNATIONAL CERAMIC ENGINEERING 235 Brooks St Worcester MA 01606 http://www.intlceramics.com 508-853-4700 International Ceramic Engineering specializes in the design and manufacture of unique components. Our primary objective is to provide these components and associated services in a manner that ensures consistent and reliable performance. Quality is our commitment to our customers. The quality process is monitored from design to completion to guarantee an integrated and controlled process. This process yields components of the highest precision, accuracy, repeat-ability and quality. ICE offers a broad range of advanced ceramic and performance plastic materials. Our materials experts are available to help determine the most cost-effective geometry for your advanced material requirements. IPS CERAMICS LTD Unit 6 High Carr Business Park Decade Close +44 1782 711511 Fax: +44 1782 717078 Newcastle under Lyme ST5 7UH UK http://www.ipsceramics.com enq@ipsceramics.com IPS Ceramics is a manufacturer of specialist hightemperature ceramics. Its products are largely based on cordierite-mullite systems that result in aluminosilicate refractory products that are strong and stable at high temperatures. IPSEN CERAMICS 325 John St PO Box 420 Pecatonica IL 61063 http://ipsenceramics.com Ceramics@lpsenUSA.com 815-239-2385 Fax: 815-239-2387 Produces a wide variety of standard and custom refractory shapes, and toll firing services. Typical ceramic shapes include plates, saggers, crucibles, and kiln furniture. Formulas include high-percentage alumina and fused silica. Also, toll firing services. ISOFORM LTD Maer Lane Ind Est Market Drayton Shropshire TF9 1QS UK http://www.isoform.co.uk info@isoform.co.uk +44 1630 652772 Fax: +44 1630 652518 Designs and manufactures high-performance dry-bag isostatic presses (CIP), associated tooling, polyurethane molds, powder-filling devices, and unloading systems. A wide range of product shapes can be produced from most freeflowing powdered materials. ISRAEL CERAMIC & SILICATE INST Technion City Haifa 32000 Israel http://isracer.org isracer@actcom.co.il +972 4-822-2107 Fax: +972 4-832-5339 Performs contract and technological research in the field of ceramics and glass. Objective is the development of new products or fabrication technologies. Focus is on solid-state lasers, piezoceramics, ceramic armor, transparent ceramics, and glass. ivoclar Vivadent: passion vision innovation IVOCLAR VIVADENT, INC. Bendererstrasse 2 9494 Schaan Principality of Liechtensteinen www.ivoclarvivadent.com John.Isherwood@ivoclarvivadent.com +423 235 35 35 Ivoclar Vivadent is a global leader in innovative materials and processes for quality, esthetic dentistry. The company employs over 3200 people and operates in over 120 countries throughout the world. Ivoclar Vivadent is headquartered in Schaan, Liechtenstein. J RETTENMAIER USA 16369 US Highway 131 S Schoolcraft MI 49087-9150 http://www.jrs.eu/jrs_en tradeshows@jrsusa.com 269-679-2340 The J Rettenmaier & Söhne Group (JRS) dedicates itself to research, development, and processing of high quality organic fibers derived from vegetable raw materials. JRS makes many features of these valuable natural substances available for industrial purposes, including products made of cellulose, cereal, and fruit fibers or woodfibers, processed into microfibers, compacts, granules, mixtures, or special dosage forms as needed. The basis of these concepts is an innovative enhanced process technology (EPT) with JRS\'s unique, innovative process engineering modular system. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramicsource.org 125 James Instruments Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member JAMES INSTRUMENTS 3727 N Kedzie Ave Chicago IL 60618 http://www.ndtjames.com info@ndtjames.com 773-463-6565 Fax: 773-463-0009 Manufactures nondestructive test equipment for concrete and other coarse-grained materials. Supplies ceramic materials testing instruments that measure and analyze strength, structure, corrosion, and moisture in concrete, and more. JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER 2-4-1 Mutsuno Atsuta-ku Nagoya Aichi 456-8587 Japan http://www.jfcc.or.jp +81 52-871-3500 Fax: +81 52-871-3599 Established 1985. R&D-based organization for standardization, quality improvement, and expansion of uses and applications of advanced ceramics, engineering ceramics, and electronic ceramics. Offers contract-basis tests and research. JENIKE & JOHANSON 400 Business Park Dr Tyngsboro MA 01879 https://jenike.com/ info@jenike.com 978-649-3300 Jenike & Johanson specializes in solids handling with expertise in storage, feeding, conveying, and processing. Our skilled, highly technical team of experts and industry-leading innovations has successfully delivered engineering solutions for 50 years. We are the world\'s leading technology company in this field. Our solutions achieve reliable solids flow with minimized variations based on proven theories and extensive project experience. Typical project focuses include raw material storage and metering, mixed batch handling and process/furnace feeding, root cause investigation of mixed batch variations due to segregation, as well as finished powder storage and packing. Understanding material flow properties is at the core of all our work, including the effects of temperature, storage times, humidity/moisture migration and other process conditions. JEOL USA INC 11 Dearborn Rd Peabody MA 01960-3823 http://www.jeolusa.com salesinfo@jeol.com 978-535-5900 Fax: 978-536-2205 Since 1949, the JEOL legacy is one of outstanding innovation in developing instruments used to advance scientific research and technology. JEOL has 60 years of expertise in the field of electron microscopy, more than 50 years in mass spectrometry and NMR spectrometry, and more than 40 years of e-beam lithography leadership. JET EDGE WATERJET SYSTEMS 12070 43rd St NE St Michael MN 55376 http://jetedge.com sales@jetedge.com 763-497-8700 Jet Edge manufactures precision waterjet cutting machines, water jet intensifier pumps, and waterjet parts. Jet Edge also makes mobile waterjet cutting systems and ultrahigh pressure water blasting systems for cleaning and surface preparation applications. JIFFY MIXER CO INC 951-272-0838 1691 California Ave Fax: 951-279-7651 Corona CA 92881-3375 http://jiffymixer.com sales@jiffymixer.com Produces a portable, nonelectrical, all-purpose mixer hand tool. JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Blounts Court Rd Sonning Common Reading RC4 9NH UK http://www.matthey.com group.info@matthey.com +44 118 924 2000 Fax: +44 118 924 2254 Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysis, precious metals, fine chemicals, and process technology. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 550 Polaris Pkwy Ste 510 Westerville Ohio 43082 http://ceramics.org customerservice@ceramics.org 866-721-3322 Fax: 614-794-5892 This publication is one of the top sources for ceramic and glass science research, providing scientists, engineers, and students with critically assessed, original research for over 100 years. JTF MICROSCOPY SERVICES, LLC 9064 Wixson Rd Hammondsport NY 14840-9334 http://www.jtfmicroscopy.com terry@jtfmicroscopy.com 607-292-6808 JTF Microscopy Services LLC is an independent company that provides microscopic defect analysis and glass technology services to glass manufacturers around the world and related industries such as raw materials, refractory, furnace repair and cullet/recycling, as well as pharmaceutical & automotive components. JYOTI CERAMIC INDUSTRIES PVT LTD +91 253 235 0120 C-21 N.I.C.E Fax: +91 253 235 0023 Satpur Nashik Maharashtra 422007 India https://www.jyoticeramic.com info@jyoticeramic.com Manufactures standard and custom-made industrial ceramics in a variety of ceramic compositions such as aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, zirconia-toughened alumina, mullite, cordierite, steatite, and forsterite. Exports worldwide KEITH CO 8323 Loch Lomond Dr Pico Rivera CA 90660-2507 http://www.keithcompany.com info@keithcompany.com 800-545-4567 Fax: 562-949-3696 Provides furnace systems for processing electronics and advanced materials, as well as specialty metals from 5001,800°C. Fifty-four years of experience providing furnaces for high temperature, precise temperature, and atmosphere control. KERNEOS INC 1316 Priority Ln Chesapeake VA 23324 http://kerneosinc.com kus.info@kerneos.com 877-527-6367 Fax: 757-284-3333 Manufactures six refractory cements with alumina content (purity level) ranging from 40-80%. +82 10-7633-0902 Fax: +82 32-850-0230 KOREA INST OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY 7-47 Songdo-dong Yeonsu-gu Incheon Sudogwon Korea http://www.kitech.re.kr master@kitech.re.kr A government research institute to help develop technologies for the domestic industry, with focus on export competitiveness and SMEs. Receives government and private funding; distributes its research grants to private companies. KOYO BEARINGS NORTH AMERICA 7 Research Dr Greenville SC 29607 http://www.jtekt-na.com Sales.Inquiries@jtekt.com 864-770-2100 Manufactures and supplies ball and roller bearings, including bearings for extreme special environments. KYANITE MINING CORP 30 Willis Mountain Plant Ln Dillwyn VA 23936 http://kyanite.com hankjamerson@kyanite.com 434-983-2085 Fax: 434-983-3579 Mines and markets raw and calcined kyanite (mullite), domestically and internationally. Available in grain sizes of 35, 48, 100, 200, and 325 mesh. Six plants in Virginia. Provides alumina silicate mineral. KYOCERA INTERNATIONAL INC 8611 Balboa Ave San Diego CA 92123-1580 http://global.kyocera.com fcsales@kyocera.com 619-576-2600 Established in 1959, Kyocera\'s track record in Fine Ceramics is unmatched. Expanding its reach into everyday products and fostering discoveries into uncharted territories, we utilize our extensive resources in research, development and production to select the optimal raw materials and manufacturing methods for each application. Breakthroughs and improvements in a wide range of industries are facilitated by the unique qualities of Kyocera\'s Fine Ceramics. L&L KILN MFG INC 505 Sharptown Rd Swedesboro NJ 08085 http://hotkilns.com sales@hotkilns.com 856-294-0077 Fax: 856-294-0070 Manufactures ceramic electric kilns for more than 70 years. Services the industrial, professional, institutional, and hobby ceramics markets with top-loading, bell-lift, car bottom, and front-loading kilns that use ceramic Dyna-Glow element holders. Temperatures up to 2,350°F. L&L Special FURNACE CO.INC L&L SPECIAL FURNACE CO INC 610-459-9216 Fax: 610-459-3689 20 Kent Rd PO Box 2129 Aston PA 19014 https://llfurnace.com sales@llfurnace.com Manufactures industrial electric and gas-fired furnaces and kilns up to 1,700°C maximum temperature. Features include car bottom, bottom loader, box furnace, controlled atmosphere (including hydrogen), pusher, and continuous types. LAEIS GMBH Am Scheerleck 7 Wecker L-6868 Luxembourg http://laeis.eu+352 27 61 20 +352 27 61 21 09 info@laeis.eu Produces high-performance hydraulic presses, dryers, and kilns, mainly for refractories, advanced and technical ceramics, fine ceramics, building material, and other applications. LAGUNA CLAY CO 14400 Lomitas Ave City Of Industry CA 91746 http://lagunaclay.com info@lagunaclay.com 626-330-0631 Fax: 626-333-7694 Manufactures dry, pugged, and slip clay (custom and stock), powder and liquid glazes (custom and stock), Pacifica potter\'s wheels, Laguna kickwheels, gas kilns, banding wheels, and ware racks. Supplies raw materials, hydraulic presses, jiggers, and mixers. LANCASTER PRODUCTS 920 Mechanic St LebanonPA 17046 https://www.lancasterproducts.com info@lancasterproducts.com 717-273-2111 Produces mixers (rotating pan, countercurrent, highintensity, and muller mixer as well as pug mills), KT pneumatic conveyors with bulk-bag unloader, double-roll crushers, table feeders, AutoBrik molded brickmaking machines, and custom machines. 126 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Matmatch LASERAGE TECHNOLOGY CORP 3021 N Delany Rd Waukegan IL 60087 http://laserage.com sales@laserage.com 847-249-5900 Fax: 847-336-1103 Laserage offers fast, flexible, and cost effective laser cutting, drilling, machining, and scribing for custom ceramics applications with guaranteed plug free substrates. Laser processing services for most metals, plastics, and composites are also available. LECO CORPORATION 3000 Lakeview Ave St Joseph MI 49085 http://www.leco.com info@leco.com 800-292-6141 Fax: 269-982-8977 Manufactures and sells lab instruments for the analysis of ceramic and refractory material, sample preparation equipment, microscopes, hardness testers, and image analysis equipment. LEICO INDUSTRIES INC 107 Stuyvesant Ave Flr 2 Lyndhurst NJ 07071 http://www.leicoind.com/index.html leico@leicoind.com 212-765-5290 Fax: 212-582-5085 Established 1966. Supplies alumina solid rod, tubing, and double- and four-bore insulators; calcia-stabilized, yttriastabilized, and magnesia-stabilized zirconia; beryllium and thorium oxides in various forms; and clear fused quartz tubing. LIBERTY MACHINERY CO 111 Schelter Rd Lincolnshire IL 60069 http://www.libertymachinery.com sales@libertymachinery.com 847-276-2761 Fax: 847-276-2762 Liberty is a stocking dealer of used metalworking and fabricating equipment catering to the needs of the ceramics industry. Let us help you fulfill your machinery needs and turn your surplus equipment into liquid capital. LIGNOTECH USA 100 Grand Ave Rothschild WI 54474-1198 http://www.lignotech.com lignotech@borregaard.com 715-359-6544 Fax: 715-355-3674 Produces lignosulfonate-derived organic binders, densifiers, and dispersants for use in manufacturing refractories, structural clay products, whitewares, technical, and other ceramics. Worldwide manufacturing, sales, and technical support. LINSEIS INC 109 North Gold Dr Robbinsville NJ 08691 http://www.linseis.com info@linseis.com 609-223-2070 Fax: 609-223-2074 Manufactures thermal analysis instruments (DSC, TMA, DTA, TG, STA), dilatometers, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity systems. LITHOZ GMBH 165 Jordan Road Troy NY 12180 http://www.lithoz.com/en sallan@lithoz-america.com 518-224-3490 Lithoz is the system provider for additive manufacturing (3D-printing) of ceramics. As a technology provider, Lithoz covers the whole process chain, from the development of the machine and the material up to the application. Lithoz, based in Vienna, Austria, developed the LCM-technology, which is a slurry-based additive manufacturing-technology based on photopolymerisation with a very high resolution and very good reproducibility. It allows the production of very delicate structures and fine details directly from the CAD-data. Most sinterable powders can be processed by the LCM-technology. Additive manufacturing provides a new design freedom and allows geometries with nearly no limit. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 LIXIL CORPORATION 3-77 Minatocyo Tokoname Aichi 479-8588 Japan http://global.lixil.co.jp global-site@lixil.co.jp Established in 1924. Manufactures all types of tile, bathroom fittings and fixtures, sanitaryware, plastic bathtubs, prefabricated bathrooms, and vanity cabinets. LUCIDEON +44 1782 764428 Fax: +44 1782 412331 Queens Road Penkhull Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST4 7LQ UK http://www.lucideon.com enquiries@lucideon.com Lucideon, formerly Ceram, is a leading international provider of materials development, testing, and assurance. LUCIFER FURNACES INC 2048 Bunnell Rd Warrington PA 18976 http://www.luciferfurnaces.com info@luciferfurnaces.com 215-343-0411 Manufacturer of industrial heat-processing furnaces, ovens, and kilns available in batch or continuous models with operation up to 1,700°C. Economical, energy-efficient models with protective atmospheres available. LUXFER MEL TECHNOLOGIES 500 Barbertown Pt Breeze Rd Flemington NJ 08822 http://www.luxfermeltechnologies.com Pat.jones@luxfer.com 908-782-1669 Luxfer MEL Technologies is a leading developer and producer of highly engineered zirconium materials, including monoclinic and stabilized zirconias for technical ceramics, electronic ceramics, wear parts, fuel cells, and sensors. Manufactured in U.K. M&M CLAYS INC 159 Railroad St PO Box 119 McIntyre GA 31054 mmclays@alltell.net 478-946-5533 Fax: 478-946-3528 Mine and process coarse- and medium-particle-sized airfloat and slurry kaolin clay used in ceramics, rubber, adhesives, and chemicals. Mine and plant in McIntyre, Georgia. MACHINED CERAMICS INC 629 N Graham St Bowling Green KY 42101 http://machinedceramics.com sales@machinedceramics.com 270-781-0512 Fax: 270-781-9361 Custom precision machining and prototype and production runs. Developmental engineering services available. MAGNECO METREL INC 223 W Interstate Road Addison IL 60101 http://www.magneco-metrel.com marketing@magneco-metrel.com 800-323-2511 Fax: 630-543-1479 A specialty refractory manufacturer supplying products and services for the smallest ceramic shapes to linings for the world\'s largest blast furnace. Product lines include colloidal silica sol-gel-bonded castables, pumpables, and shotcretes. MARYLAND CERAMIC & STEATITE CO INC PO Box 527 Bel Air MD 21014 http://marylandceramic.com madlava@erols.com 410-838-4114 Fax: 410-457-4333 Etablished 1926. Produces industrial and technical ceramics. A large extrusion and dry-pretty business. Product line includes steatite, cordierite, lava, plastics, and tape casting. MARYLAND REFRACTORIES CO Salisbury Rd Irondale OH 43932 http://mrcgrog.com ccarlson@mrcgrog.com 800-228-4672 Fax: 330-532-3224 Established 1926. Produces industrial and technical ceramics. A large extrusion and dry-pretty business. Product line includes steatite, cordierite, lava, plastics, and tape casting. www.ceramicsource.org MASON COLOR WORKS INC 250 E 2nd St Pox Box 76 East Liverpool OH 43920-5076 http://masoncolor.com 330-385-4400 Fax: 330-385-4488 Established 1942. Manufactures high-quality ceramic colors. Services dinnerware, tile, sanitaryware, and artware industries with colorants for body, glaze, underglaze, engobe, and overglaze uses. Full lab services, including free plantexperienced technicians. MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY 77 Massachusetts Ave Rm 13-4037 Cambridge MA 02139-4307 http://www.mit.edu admissions@mit.edu 617-253-6889 Fax: 617-258-6275 Offers undergraduate curriculum in materials science and engineering that covers ceramics, metals, electronic materials, biomaterials engineering, materials science, archaeological materials, and polymers. MASTER BOND INC 154 Hobart St Hackensack NJ 07601 http://masterbond.com mail@masterbond.com 201-343-8983 Fax: 201-343-2132 Manufactures adhesives, sealants, epoxies, and conductive coatings. MATERIALS RESEARCH FURNACES INC 65 Pinewood Rd Allenstown NH 03275-2300 http://www.mrf-furnaces.com mrf@interserv.com 603-485-2394 Fax: 603-485-2395 Manufactures high-temperature, vacuum, and controlledatmosphere furnaces. Specializes in custom-designed furnaces for the R&D community. Expertise includes lab and batch furnaces, hot presses, physical testing, and sintering furnaces. MATERION ADVANCED MATERIALS 2978 Main St Buffalo NY 14214 http://www.materion.com/advancedmaterials advanced materials@materion.com 800-327-1355 Materion Advanced Materials Group is a global supplier of over 2,000+ inorganic chemicals manufactured to meet exact specifications. Among the company\'s offerings are: borides, carbides, fluorides, hydrides, nitrides, oxides, phosphides, selenides, silicides, sulfides, tellurides, plus customized compounds. Inorganic chemicals are available in a range of forms, from granules to pellets to powders, and can be produced in small R&D quantities to full production lots. MATERION CERAMICS 6100 S Tucson Blvd Tucson AZ 85706 http://materion.com/ceramics ceramics@materion.com 520-741-3410 Leading supplier of beryllium oxide, a high thermal conductivity ceramic that offers heat dissipation. BeO ceramics are a critical component in automotive electronics. MATMATCH Leopoldstr 250A Munich 80807 Germany https://matmatch.com info@matmatch.com +49 89 262075200 Matmatch is an online platform that helps engineers and product developers find, evaluate and source materials. With a free of charge database of thousands of materials, an intuitive search tool, and supplier listings, it changes the way product teams find materials for their projects. For material suppliers, we offer a new way to reach customers online. As a go-to source of information for engineers, Matmatch is the perfect platform for suppliers to raise awareness of their products and brand. We offer insights, analytics and opportunities for material suppliers to promote their expertise. 127 McDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies LLC Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member MDanel Advanced Ceramic Technologies MCDANEL ADVANCED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC 510 Ninth Ave Beaver Falls PA 15010-4700 http://mcdanelceramics.com sales@mcdanelceramics.com 724-843-8300 Fax: 724-843-5644 Manufactures industrial and technical ceramics from alumina, mullite, zirconia, fused silica, and SIAION. Specializes in developing custom prototypes to full-scale production of ceramic components. MEMPRO MATERIALS CORP http://mempro.com sales@mempro.com 888-868-9222 MemPro manufactures ceramic nanofibers, polymeric nanofibers, and catalyst products. It continually works with customers to develop and supply new materials for innovative technologies. MemPro produces the highest quality materials backed by unrivaled knowhow. MERKLE INTERNATIONAL INC 9567 US Rte 20 W PO Box 312 Galena IL 61036 http://merkleintl.com sales@merkleintl.com 815-777-2100 Fax: 815-777-2106 Designs and supplies custom suspended refractory systems for glass melting, copper, aluminum, steel pelletizing, and reheat furnaces and incinerators. Manufactures blanket batch charger for glass-melting furnaces. METTLER-TOLEDO INC 1900 Polaris Pkwy Columbus OH 43240 http://www.mt.com labinsidesales@mt.com 800-638-8537 Fax: 614-438-4900 Offers a complete range of products to complement laboratory needs. Laboratory products include balances, titrators, pH meters, density meters, refractometers, moisture analyzers, and thermal analysis equipment. MICROMERITICS INSTRUMENT CORP 4356 Communications Dr Norcross GA 30093 http://www.micromeritics.com ussales@micromeritics.com 770-662-3636 Fax: 770-662-3696 Micromeritics materials characterization analytical instruments and contract services determine surface area, porosity, particle size, particle shape, zeta potential, material density, catalytic activity, vapor sorption, powder strength, and more. MICRON INC 3815 Lancaster Pike Wilmington DE 19805 http://micronanalytical.com micronanalytical@compuserve.com 302-998-1184 Fax: 302-998-1836 For over 50 years, Micron specializes in fourier transform infared testing (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), optical microscopy, electron spectroscopy chemical analysis (ESCA), auger electron microscopy (AES), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DSC,TGA), and metallography. MICROTRAC INC 215 Keystone Dr Montgomeryville PA 18936 http://microtrac.com jay_s@microtrac.com 727-507-9770 MIDWESTERN INDUSTRIES INC 915 Oberlin Rd SW PO Box 810 Massillon OH 44648 http://midwesternind.com info@midwesternind.com 330-837-4203 Fax: 330-837-4210 Manufactures a complete line of durable screening products, including round and rectangular screening equipment, custom wire cloth, screens and panels, as well as replacement parts and motors. Offers free full-scale test facility. MILESTONE DECAL ART LLC 1872 Pleasantville Rd Ste No 113 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 http://www.milestonedecalart.com info@MilestoneDecalArt.com 914-908-2733 Fax: 914-908-2734 We are committed to providing the highest quality glass fusing and ceramic decals available. We provide silkscreen waterslide decals as well as digital decals. Our custom decal printing service provides all available decal options on the market. +33 6 82 99 29 72 Fax: +33 4 78 31 11 78 MINERAL RESEARCH PROCESSING 7 Rue Francis Garnier Meyzieu Rhone-Alpes 69330 France http://www.mineralresearchprocessing.com francoissorrentino@sfr.fr Research and development of synthetic minerals with controlled chemistry and mineralogy in the field of silicates, aluminates, phosphates, titanates. Synthetic minerals are devoted to labs in ceramic research. MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1400 N Bishop 573-341-4711 Fax: 573-341-6934 223 McNutt Hall Rolla MO 65409-0340 http://mse.mst.edu matlsci@mst.edu Offers BS, MS, and PhD in ceramic engineering as well as MS and PhD in materials engineering. Undergraduate curriculum emphasizes application of scientific principles to solve engineering problems and includes extensive hands-on experience. MIXER SYSTEMS INC 190 Simmons Ave PO Box 10 Pewaukee WI 53072 http://www.mixersytems.com daveb@mixersystems.com 262-691-3100 Fax: 262-691-3184 Mixer Systems designs and manufactures four different high & low shear mechanical batch mixers for the ceramic and glass industry. Turbin, planetary, twin shaft, and single shaft mixers give quick, homogeneous blending for wet or dry mixing. MODERN TIMES LEGAL 1 Broadway 14th Flr Cambridge MA 02142 http://mxlegal.com contact@mxlegal.com 617-401-2460 Fax: 617-401-3687 Law firm specializing in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications, particularly relating to ceramics, in the United States and internationally. Patent attorney Bob Sayre is a member-at-large of the New England Section of ACerS. Fax: 727-507-9774 MOHR CORP Supplies advanced laser-based particle-size systems. Measuring particle size from 0.0008 nanometers to 3,000 microns. 128 Mehr CORPORATION 7996 W Grand River Ave Brighton MI 48114 http://www.mohrcorp.com service@mohrcorp.com 810-225-9494 Fax: 810-225-4634 Machinery resellers, from one machine to entire factories, manufacturing advanced hi-tech products, including whitewares and abrasives. Mohr sales are global, with 50+ years experience helping buyers and sellers enhance their ceramic manufacturing operations. Call Mohr today. MOISTTECH CORP 6408 Parkland Dr Ste No 104 Sarasota FL 34243 http://www.moisttech.com info@moisttech.com 941-229-8096 Fax: 941-727-1810 MoistTech is a world leader in NIR moisture measurement technology for instant on-line, off-line, and laboratory moisture instrumentation. MoistTech near infrared (NIR) gauges and sensors provide the most accurate and repeatable measurements for manufacturing and quality control processes. Insensitive to material variations, such as particle size, material height, and color, MoistTech moisture sensors provide continuous, reliable readings. Sensors are one-time calibration, maintenance free, and have a nondrift optical design, allowing operating personnel to confidently make immediate process adjustments based on real-time measurements. MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC 260 Hudson River Rd Waterford NY 12188 https://www.momentive.com commercial.services@momentive.com 800-295-2392 Fax: 614-986-2496 Provide high-purity quartz and advanced ceramic materials for the semiconductor, telecommunications, lighting, electronics, personal care, water purification, and other industries. Ceramic products include boron nitride powder coatings/sprays and hot-pressed BN. MONOFRAX LLC 1870 New York Ave Falconer NY 14733-1740 http://monofrax.com info@monofrax.com 716-483-7200 Fax: 716-665-2478 For more than 70 years, Monofrax manufactured fused cast refractories for use in the glass, light metal, steel and chemical industries. Our recently expanded product line includes 12 fused cast refractory compositions, five fused grain compositions, and a new refractory machining service. MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIALS 2425 Whipple Road Hayward CA 94544 http://morgantechnicalceramics.com 510-491-1100 Fax: 510-491-1287 Design and manufacture products for demanding applications in a variety of markets using a comprehensive range of advanced ceramic, glass, precious metal, piezoelectric, and dielectric materials. MORGAN TECHNICAL CERAMICS AUBURN 13079 Earhart Ave Auburn CA 95602 530-823-3401 Fax: 530-823-3410 https://www.morgantechnicalceramics.com Morgan Technical Ceramics Auburn is a world leader in highpurity alumina and custom-made, high-precision ceramic components for a variety of applications and industries, such as medical, analytical, power generation, and aerospace. MORGAN THERMAL CERAMICS 2102 Old Savannah Rd Augusta GA 30906 http://morganthermalceramics.com wendy.evans@thermalceramics.com 706-896-4200 Morgan Thermal Ceramics designs, manufactures, and installs a broad range of thermal insulation products that significantly reduce energy consumption and emissions in a variety of high temperature processing applications. MO-SCI CORP 4040 Hypoint Blvd Rolla MO 65401-8277 http://mo-sci.com kgrayson@mo-sci.com mo.sci CORPORATION 314-364-2338 Fax: 573-364-9589 Manufactures microspheres ranging from submicrometer to larger than 150 micrometer in diameter in bioactive and custom glass compositions. Medical-grade glass production. R&D services include development of new glass compositions. www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Norcross Viscosity Controls MSE SUPPLIES LLC 4400 E Broadway Blvd Ste 600 Tucson AZ 85711 http://www.msesupplies.com info@msesupplies.com 520-789-6673 NANOFILM MSE Supplies (msesupplies.com) is a US-based leading supplier of high quality materials and equipment for advanced materials research and production. We provide both standard and custom-made products to meet the specific requirements from our customers. With a global customer base of research universities, national labs, as well as Fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups, we support scientists and engineers to accelerate their innovations in materials research. MULTI LAB Unit 1 Westway Industrial Park Throckley UK https://www.multi-lab.co.uk multilab45@gmail.com +44 191 264 6801 Multi lab is a globally renowned, trusted supplier and fabricator of quartz glass and high purity technical ceramics at competitive prices and with a level of customer service. Contact us for more information about our services. MURATA MANUFACTURING CO LTD Materials & Technology Center 2288 Oshinohara Yasu-shi Shiga520-2393 Japan https://www.murata.com yuriko.tobita@murata.com +81 77-586-8191 Established 1944. Manufactures integrated electronic components. Main products include MLCC, piezoelectric components, microwave devices, and module products. Conducts R&D in a broad spectrum of functional ceramics and their potential applications. NABALTEC AG Alustrasse 50-52 Schwandorf 92421 Germany http://nabaltec.de info@nabaltec.de +49 9431 530 Fax: +49 9431 61557 Produces a wide range of calcined aluminas modified for special applications in the ceramics and refractory industries. Also produces sintered mullite, a synthetic raw material with thermal shock-resistance. NABERTHERM INC 54 Reads Way New Castle DE 19720Fax: http://nabertherm.com contact@nabertherm-usa.com 10111 Sweet Valley Dr Valley View OH 44125-4249 http://www.nanofilmtechnology.com info@nanofilmtechnology.com 216-447-1199 Fax: 216-447-1137 Nanofilm UltraSEAL coatings for glass and ceramic provide a water- and grease-repellent surface with higher abrasion resistance than untreated surfaces. Treated surface is easier to clean. They are easy to apply and cure quickly at room temperature. NANOSCIENCE INSTRUMENTS 10008 S 51st St Ste 110 Phoenix AZ 85044 http://www.nanoscience.com info@nanoscience.com NEVZ-CERAMICS, CLOSE JSC 220 Krasny Prospect Novosibirsk 630049 Russia http://www.nevz.ru international@nevz.ru +7 383 225-82-75 Fax: +7 383 225-82-75 NEVZ-Ceramics is one of the leading manufacturers of technical advanced ceramics in Russia. The product range includes armor ceramics, ceramic substrates, bioceramics from alumina, steatite, forsteririte, and nitride ceramics. NEW TECH CERAMICS INC 1923 Industrial Park Rd 480-758-5400 Fax: 480-758-5401 PO Box 387 Nanoscience Instruments sells and supports laboratory instrumentation for microscopy and surface science applications. Its team of scientists and engineers have backgrounds in chemistry, biochemistry, material science, physics, and engineering. Its portfolio includes desktop electron microscopes, atomic force microscopes, optical profilers, michromechanical testing systems, nanoindenters, and correlative microscopy systems. Есть NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES Boone IA 50036 http://www.newtechceramics.com sales@newtechceramics.com 515-868-0055 Fax: 515-864-0034 Supplier of AlMgB +. Processing service for powders, thin films, thick films, and sintered solids. All materials have extreme high hardness and low coefficient of friction that are thermally insulating and electrically conductive. NEXCERIS LLC 404 Enterprise Dr Lewis Center OH 43035 http://nexceris.com info@nexceris.com 614-842-6606 Nexceris LLC provides product and process solutions to the energy and environmental markets, including materials, catalysts, sensors, and solid oxide fuel cells. 800-222-6267 NGIMAT LLC NATIONAL CENTER FOR MANUFACTURING SCIENCES 3025 Boardwalk Ann Arbor MI 48108 https://www.ncms.org contact@ncms.org The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) is the nation\'s largest cross-industry technology development organization, dedicated to improving the competitiveness and strength of the U.S. industrial base. As a member-based consortium, NCMS leverages its network of members and partners to research, develop, demonstrate and transition innovative technologies more efficiently, with less risk, and at a lower cost than going it alone. NCMS connects industry, government, and education to work together on technology development and engage in unique growth opportunities for their businesses NEOPTIX 302-322-3665 302-322-3215 1415 Boul Charest Ouest Ste 220 Quebec QC G1N 4N7 Canada 418-687-2500 Fax: 418-687-2524 http://neoptix.com info@neoptix.com Offers a broad range of industrial kilns and furnaces for ceramics, glass, and metals up to 4,500°F (2,500°C), ranging from oxidation atmosphere to high-vacuum or protectivegas atmospheres. Catalytic exhaust systems to meet EPA requirements available. NANOCEROX 712 State Circle Ann Arbor UT 48108 http://nanocerox.com info@nanocerox.com 734-741-9522 Fax: 734-741-9533 Leading nanotechnology company producing nanopowders and optical ceramics for a wide variety of markets. NANOE Designs and manufactures fiber-optic temperature sensors for temperature monitoring under microwaves and rf. Made of dielectric materials, these temperature sensors are immune to radiation and other interferences. NETZSCH INSTRUMENTS NA LLC 129 Middlesex Turnpike Burlington MA 01803 http://www.netzsch-thermal-analysis.com NIB_sales@netzsch.com 781-272-5353 Fax: 781-272-5225 Thermal analysis and thermal properties measurement instruments, plus contract testing services; DSC; DTA; DSCTGA; DTA-TGA; coupling for FTIR and MS dilatometers; laser flash thermal diffusiving, thermal conductivity, and more. 6 rue des Frênes Ballainvilliers 91160 France +33 9 81 98 33 64 Fax: +33 9 81 70 75 52 NETZSCH PREMIER TECHNOLOGIES LLC 125 Pickering Way Exton PA 19341 800-676-6455 Fax: 610-280-1299 http://www.nanoe.fr g.decalan@nanoe.com Nanoe\'s mission is to bring the full potential of nanotechnlogy to advanced ceramics manufacturers. That is why it works hard to offer ready-to-sinter nanopowders on an industrial scale at competitive prices. http://www.netzsch-grinding.com info.npt@netzsch.com Provides proven nanotechnology solutions for a broad range of industries. Manufactures grinding and dispersing machinery for media milling, powder processing, dispersing, de-aerating, and filling. Comprehensive global resources in engineering and R&D. 2436 Over Drive Ste B Lexington KY 40511 http://www.ngimatllc.com gvenugopal@ngimat.com 859-259-3637 Fax: 855-705-7295 nGimat brings together innovative materials science, talented and motivated employees, and strategic collaborators and customers to develop cost-effective and profitable nanopowder and thin-film materials to address critical problems faced by the world. NGK SPARK PLUG CO LTD 2808 Iwasaki Komaki Aichi 485-8510 Japan https://www.ngkntk.co.jp info@mg.ngkntk.co.jp +81 568-76-5953 Fax: +81 568-76-1295 Manufactures and sells spark plugs and related products for internal-combustion engines. Also manufactures advanced ceramics and applicable products. NIOKEM INC 237 Handsome Dr Waynesville NC 28785 http://www.niokem.com/ stephen.cox@niokem.com 828-926-0199 Niokem is a chemical and mineral distribution company located in western North Carolina. Established in 2011, its range of products and services are expanding to meet customer needs. NOL-TEC SYSTEMS INC 425 Apollo Dr Lino Lakes MN 55014 http://nol-tec.com sales@nol-tec.com 651-780-8600 Worldwide single-source supplier of high-quality, customengineered pneumatic conveying, bulk material handling, and integrated process control systems. Expertise includes dense- and dilute-phase (pressure or vacuum) pneumatic conveying and weighing. NORCROSS VISCOSITY CONTROLS 12427 31 Mile Rd Washington MI 48095 http://viscosity.com sales@viscosity.com 586-336-0700 Manufactures process viscosity control equipment and viscosity monitors for use on ceramic slurries and other suspensions. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramicsource.org 129 NorECs AS Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member NORECS AS Oslo Science Park Gaustadalleen 21 Oslo 349 Norway http://norecs.com post@norecs.com Manufactures high-temperature sample holder system for electrical and other characterization at high temperatures used in SOFC research and testing of ceramic membranes. NORTH STAR EQUIPMENT INC 1341 W First St Cheney WA 99004 http://www.northstarequipment.com info@northstarequipment.com 800-231-7896 509-235-9203 American manufacturer of slab rollers, extruders, ware trucks, drying/damp cabinets, studio work tables, and throwing bats. North Star makes custom dies for any brand extruder or pugmill, any die material, and any shape or size. Custom dies are inexpensive and generally ship in 7-10 days. NOVABONE PRODUCTS LLC 1551 Atlantic Blvd Ste 105 Jacksonville FL 32207 http://www.novabone.com information@novabone.com 904-807-0140 Fax: 904-807-0141 Focused on developing bone grafting materials based on advancements in biomedical engineering to meet surgeons\' needs; products are used in over a million patients with success demonstrating the safety and efficiency of our patented technology. NOVOMER INC One Bowdoin Square Ste 300 Boston MA 02114 http://novomer.com info@novomer.com 781-672-2525 Novomer is a materials company pioneering a family of competitively priced high-performance green plastics, polymers, and other chemicals. V.INSL O ANALYTICAL NSL ANALYTICAL SERVICES INC 4450 Cranwood Pkwy Cleveland OH 44128 http://www.nslanalytical.com nsl@nslanalytical.com CELEBRATING 75 YEARS 216-438-5200 Fax: 216-438-5050 Commercial testing lab specializing in elemental chemistry, metallurgy, and polymer analysis. Certifications include ISO/ IEC 17025 and NADCAP. Techniques include trace elemental analysis using ICP/MS and dc arc, classical wet chemistry, and ICP-OES. NUTEC BICKLEY Carr Saltillo-Monterrey Km 62.5 No 100 66359 Ciudad Santa Catarina NL Mexico http://www.nutecbickley.com sales@nutec.com NYACOL NANO TECHNOLOGIES INC 211 Megunko Rd PO Box 349 Ashland MA 01721 http://www.nyacol.com info@nyacol.com 800-468-7657 Fax: 508-881-1855 Nyacol produces a wide variety of inorganic fine particles specializing in sub-200 nm metal oxides, including silica, alumina, antimony pentoxide, tin oxide, antimony tin oxide, ceria, titania, yttria, zirconia, zinc oxide, and barium titanate for use in structural, refractory, and electrical ceramics. ORSH OBJECT RESEARCH SYSTEMS, INC 760 rue St-Paul West Suite 101 Montreal Quebec Canada H3C 1M4 http://www.theobjects.com info@theobjects.com UFJECT RESEARCH SYSTEMS 514-843-3861 Fax: 514-543-5475 Designed for researchers and engineers in the fields of material and life sciences, geology, nanotechnology, and the environment, Dragonfly provides qualitative and quantitative data for material characterization, surface analysis, process evaluation, quality control testing, or any analysis function that requires a high-degree of accuracy. Already distributed with the high-end imaging products of renowned manufacturers such as Carl Zeiss Microscopy and TESCAN, Dragonfly\'s software architecture allows for extensible workflows and sophisticated 3D visualizations and robust analyses. OCEAN OPTICS INC 8060 Bryan Dairy Rd Largo FL 33777 http://oceanoptics.com info@oceanoptics.com 727-733-2447 Fax: 727-733-3962 Manufactures spectral instrumentation, precision optics, and optical components for online and lab UV-VIS-NIR applications. Optical-sensing systems also can be configured for testing a variety of ceramic materials, components, and coatings. O\'KEEFE CERAMICS INC 845 Research Drive Woodland Park CO 80863 http://www.okeefeceramics.com info@okeefeceramics.com 719-687-0888 Fax: 719-687-0889 Precision Ceramic Machining since 1984. For over 30 years, O\'Keefe Ceramics has served the aerospace, medical, energy, and semiconductor industries with high quality precision ceramic components. At O\'Keefe Ceramics our mission is to continue to provide industries with a premier world class supplier of Precision Ceramic parts, with uncompromised quality, service, and value. 855-299-9566 OLD HICKORY CLAY CO 962 State Route 1241 Hickory KY 42051 Nutec Bickley designs and manufactures kilns to fire ceramics attending the following industries: sanitaryware, technical ceramics, electroporcelain insulators, refractories, heavy clay, and special applications. The company\'s kilns are designed in temperature ranges of 90-1,760°C (1953,200°F). Our highly-qualified engineers serve clients through the design, building and installation of combustion systems, thermal insulation and complete industrial furnaces and kilns. Industrial kilns and furnaces with the best performance for firing refractories, technical ceramics, sanitaryware, electrical insulators, clay pipe and abrasives. Industrial Furnaces with the best technology in insulation systems, combustion equipment, instrumentation & controls, and heat recovery systems. http://oldhickoryclay.com info@oldhickoryclay.com 270-247-3042 Fax: 270-247-1842 Established 1918. Specializes in ball clays for dinnerware, refractories, sanitaryware, tile, porcelain, glazes, and other ceramics manufacturing. Clay products available in airfloated, shredded, mechanically dried, and slurry forms. OPF ENTERPRISES 5750 N Sam Houston Pkwy E Ste 109 Houston TX 77032 http://www.ontheplantfloor.com info@ontheplantfloor.com 406-493-1102 Worldwide consulting and management services specializing in ceramic raw materials, processing, and plant design. Physical and analytical testing of materials in our Houston laboratories. OPF stands for \"On the Plant Floor\" for our experience and approach to problem solving. Current clients range from individual start-ups to multinational corporations. Also provide custom marketing solutions and investigations for multiple markets. OPF also represents Eirich Machines in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. OPTIPRO SYSTEMS LLC 6368 Dean Pkwy Ontario NY 14519 https://www.optipro.com sales@optipro.com 585-265-0160 Fax: 585-265-9416 OptiPro Systems is a world leader in designing and manufacturing advanced equipment for ceramics machining and optical fabrication. OptiPro is dedicated to helping customers prosper through innovative manufacturing solutions, including CNC ultrasonic machining centers as well as CNC optical grinding and polishing machines. In addition, it provides state-of-the art contact and noncontact metrology systems. OPTOCON AG Washingtonstrasse 16/16a Dresden Saxony D-01139 Germany http://www.optocon.de/en/company info@optocon.de +49 351 8435990 Fax: +49 351 8435991 We are the specialist for your fiber optic temperature measurement needs, including fiber optic thermometers and fiber optic temperature sensors. ORTECH INC 6720 Folsom Blvd Ste 100 Sacramento CA 95819 http://www.ortechceramics.com info@ortechceramics.com 916-549-9696 Fax: 916-404-7788 Ortech Inc is a worldwide leader in the development and production of advanced technical ceramics. The company provides a wide selection of technical and advanced ceramics, including alumina oxide, zirconia oxide, silicon carbide, and silicon nitride, which improves and extends the performance of products, processes, or systems. Whether customers need high-temperature stability, hard and wear-resistant surfaces, improved stiffness to weight radiations, anticorrosive barriers, or low thermal expansion rates, Ortech can deliver. The company offers significant performance and cost advantages to meet customer needs. Search Ortech\'s selection of technical ceramics, including its technical ceramics materials and advanced ceramics standard products. OSRAM SYLVANIA INC 200 Ballardvale St Wilmington MA 01887 https://www.osram.us/cb john.kelso@sylvania.com 978-570-3000 Fax: 978-750-2152 Research, development, and manufacturing of advanced ceramics for lighting applications. OUTOTEC RESEARCH OY Kuparitie 10 PO Box 69 Pori Satakunta Finland http://outotec.com/hsc hsc@outotec.com +358 20 529211 Fax: +358 20 5293203 Provides plants, equipment, and services based mainly on its proprietary technologies. In-house-developed HSC chemistry software simulates chemical reactions and processes on a thermochemical basis. OWENS-ILLINOIS INC 1 Michael Owens Way Perrysburg OH 43551-2999 http://www.o-i.com 567-336-5000 Produces glass and plastic packaging systems for the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries for commercial and retail use. Consulting/purchasing agreements available for technical assistance to noncompetitive glass producers and users. 130 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Precision Ceramics USA OXY-GON INDUSTRIES, INC. OXY-GON INDUSTRIES INC 42 Old Rte 28 PO Box 40 Epsom NH 03234-0040 http://oxy-gon.com Sales@oxy-gon.com 603-736-8422 Fax: 603-736-8734 Manufacturer of high-temperature vacuum/controlledatmosphere furnaces for laboratory and production applications as well as nitrogen and inert-gas gettering/ purifying furnaces, hot presses, mechanical testing furnaces, and fiber-draw furnaces. PACIFIC CERAMICS INC 824 San Aleso Ave Sunnyvale CA 94085-1411 http://pceramics.com info@pceramics.com 408-747-4600 Fax: 408-745-6162 Manufacturer of advanced microwave ceramic materials. Our products include rare-earth iron garnets, calcium vanadium garnets, lithium and magnesium ferrites, and titanate dielectrics. PACIFIC REFRACTORIES LTD +91 22 2761 2056 Door No C 16-3 Thane Belapur Rd Pawana Villege T.T.C.M.I.D.C. Industrial Area Vashi Navi Mumbai 400705 India http://www.pacificrefractories.com Pacific Refractories Ltd is an ISO 9001 QMS company and a leading manufacturer of quality refractories to BIS/ASTM standards. The company caters to a wide range of industries, including steel, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals, fertilizers, zinc, copper, alumina, power projects and glass, and other critical applications against stringent specifications. PARAGON INDUSTRIES LP 2011 S Town East Blvd Mesquite TX 75149-1122 http://www.paragonweb.com info@paragonweb.com 800-876-4328 Fax: 972-222-0646 Paragon manufactures electric glass and ceramic hobby and studio kilns, lab furnaces, dental furnaces, and asphalttesting furnaces. Digital and manual kilns, customized and standard. Exports worldwide. Paragon kilns and furnaces are made in the U.S. PTL Particle Technology Labs PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY LABS 555 Rogers St Downers Grove IL 60515 http://www.particletechlabs.com sales@particletechlabs.com 630-403-0127 Premier service laboratory, dedicated to particle size and characterization. Using over 20 different technologies, PTL holds significant capacity to measure particle size, concentration, and shape, as well as surface area, porosity, zeta potential, and more. PENN TOOL CO 1776 Springfield Avenue Maplewood NJ 07040 http://www.penntoolco.com info@penntoolco.com 800-526-4956 Fax: 973-761-1494 Penn Tool Co specializes in providing top quality industrial machine tools and accessories for sale. Choose from a wide selection of products from our online catalog, today! Shop our extensive selection to find products that suit your needs at the best prices! Get what you need faster with our easy-touse, one-step checkout process. Fast shipping, guaranteed best price, huge online selection. GSA contract holder. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | PETER PUGGER MFG INC 707-463-1333 Fax: 707-462-5578 3661 Christy Ln Ukiah CA 95482 http://peterpugger.com info@peterpugger.com Manufactures clay-processing and tile-cutting/forming equipment. Machines batch mix with pugmill output. Mix, recycle, de-air and pug in a single machine with variable speed. For studios, product development, lab, and test applications. PETRO MOLD COMPANY 12775 Donation Rd Waterford PA 16441 https://www.petromolds.com petro@velocity.net 814-796-6635 Fax: 814-796-6635 We offer custom mold-making and mold production services to all facets of the ceramics industry. Services include original sculpting, master mold design, and production mold manufacturing. We now offer architectural detail molds and ceramic bisque runs from molds we design for you. PICOPARTS LTD PO Box 419 Gesher Haziv 22815 Israel http://www.picoparts.com sales@picoparts.com +972 4-995-8638 Fax: +972 4-995-8637 Manufacturer of small precision products from ceramics (alumina/zirconia) and tungsten carbide. Custom made to client design/requirements. Over 25 years experience with materials technologies and innovative thinking of our staff, which allows us to meet even the most intricate, elusive technical challenges. PIDC pide 4788 Runway Blvd Ann Arbor MI 48108 http://pidc.com jgeyman@pidc.com 800-382-3845 Established in 1992 as a trading company, PIDC is focused on finding better, safer, and more cost-effective ways to manufacture specialty chemicals. It has since transformed into a global manufacturer of world-class materials with manufacturing sites in the U.S. and China, as well as offices throughout the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia. PIDC\'s aluminas, rare earth materials, zeolites, and other customized proprietary formulated powders are used in various industries, including automotive, oil & gas, electronics, alternative energy, construction, chemical, pharmaceutical & medical, and security & authentication. PIEZO TECHNOLOGIES 8431 Georgetown Rd Ste 300 Indianapolis IN 46268 http://www.piezotechnologies.com jane.haynie@meggitt.com 317-876-4670 Fax: 317-876-4681 Piezo Technologies, a Meggitt PLC group, specializes in manufacturing specialized piezoceramic formulations and integrated ultrasonic systems, enabling hundreds of products requiring precision measurements and acoustic events. P-KER ENGINEERING 1880 Waterport Rd PO Box 26 Waterport NY 14571 http://pkerengineering.com info@pkerengineering.com Manufacture and metallize technical ceramics: alumina, beryllia, cordierite, forsterite, steatite, and zirconia. Metallize silicon nitride, SiC, and zirconia with refractory metals. Metalceramic joining and assemblies. PLANSEE SE 115 Constitution Blvd Franklin MA 02038 http://plansee.com usa@plansee.com 508-553-3800 Fax: 508-553-3823 Manufactures heating elements of molybdenum, tungsten, and tantalum for use in vacuum and protective atmosphere www.ceramicsource.org furnaces up to 4,350°F (2,400°C). Local production and sales in Asia, Europe, and U.S. Advanced material qualities available (ML, TZM, WVM). P Plibrico PLIBRICO COMPANY 1935 Techny Rd Unit 16 Northbrook IL 60062 http://www.plibrico.com contact@plibrico.com 312-337-9000 Fax: 312-337-9003 Plibrico Company - Refractories, Engineering, Construction a leading supplier of monolithic refractories used in the processing of aluminum, steel, cement, waste, power generation, and other demanding thermal environments. For over a century, organizations have trusted us to provide reliable refractory solutions that consistently increase efficiency, improve production uptime, and safely boost performance of thermal processing equipment. PLIBRICO JAPAN CO LTD +81 3-3455-1359 6F Mita-NN Bldg 1-23 Shiba 4-chome Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0014 Japan Fax: +81 3-3455-1362 http://plibrico.co.jp k-hirasawa@plibrico.co.jp Established in 1954 under technology transfer from Plibrico USA. Manufactures monolithic refractories in factory located in Yokohama, Japan. A wholly owned subsidiary in China produces the same range of products. POLYMER INNOVATIONS INC 2426 Cades Way Vista CA 92081 http://www.polymerinnovations.com info@polymerinnovations.com 760-598-0500 Fax: 760-727-3127 Polymer Innovations Inc is a consulting and manufacturing company focused on water-based tape casting technology and polymer solutions for the electronics and energy fields. We are a leading expert in tape casting, formulation of green tapes, and inks. PPT Pow Process&T, LLC POWDER PROCESSING & TECHNOLOGY LLC 5103 Evans Ave Valparaiso IN 46383 http://www.pptechnology.com sales@pptechnology.com 219-462-4141 Fax: 219-462-0367 Developer and custom processer of inorganic chemical and ceramic powders. Production and pilot processing capability includes calcining, milling, spray drying, and sintering. Partnered with industry in electronics and advanced ceramics. PRAXAIR SPECIALTY CERAMICS 16130 Woodinville-Redmond Rd Ste 7 Woodinville WA 98071 425-487-1769 Fax: 425-487-1859 http://www.praxairsurfacetechnologies.com psti-info@praxair.com Praxair Specialty Ceramics offers a range of specialty ceramics for diverse applications, markets, and industries. The company manufactures electronic-grade ceramic oxide powders and shapes with an advanced combustion spray pyrolysis process to overcome many of the drawbacks of traditional powder processing. PRECISION CERAMICS USA 711 South Howard Ave Ste 200 Tampa FL 33606 http://www.precision-ceramics.com info@pcusinc.com 727-388-5060 Precision Ceramics is a specialist in designing, manufacturing, and machining custom advanced technical ceramic parts. Since 1992, Precision Ceramics is dedicated to developing the world\'s best and most advanced ceramic solutions. 131 Precision Ferrites and Ceramics Inc Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member PRECISION FERRITES AND CERAMICS INC 5432 Production Dr Huntington Beach CA 92649 http://www.semiceramic.com sales@semiceramic.com 714-901-7622 Fax: 714-901-2008 QUANTACHROME INSTRUMENTS 1900 Corporate Dr 561-731-4999 Fax: 561-732-9888 Precision Ferrites and Ceramics (PFC) specializes in custom advanced ceramic products and services, machining the simplest to the most intricate of items, achieving smaller features and tighter tolerances than any competitors. PRED MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL INC 60 E 42nd St Ste 4000 New York NY 10165 http://www.predmaterials.com steve@predmaterials.com 212-286-0068 Fax: 212-286-0072 Supplier of top quality ceramic raw materials, including 99.99% Al2O3 for making transparent ceramics and aluminum nitride powders for flexible circuits and other applications. PremaTech ADVANCED CERAMICS. PREMATECH ADVANCED CERAMICS 160 Goddard Memorial Dr Worcester MA 01603-1260 http://www.prematechac.com info@prematechac.com 508-791-9549 508-793-9814 PremaTech offers machining of technical ceramics and other ultrahard materials for many applications in the semiconductor, aerospace, life science, and industrial markets. We also perform in-house polishing. ISO certified and 40 years experience. PRINCE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 15311 Vantage Pkwy West Ste 350 Houston TX 77032 https://www.princecorp.com info@princecorp.com 646-747-4200 Fax: 217-228-0466 Produces and markets specialty mineral products with a focus on naturally occurring minerals and pigment applications. Products are used in brick, refractories, glass, ceramics, foundries, cement, steel, and numerous other industrial and agricultural applications. PROGRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY INC 4130 Citrus Ave Unit 17 Rocklin CA 95677 http://prgtech.com sales@prgtech.com 916-632-6715 Fax: 916-632-9348 Using the latest in CNC technology and with a combined experience of 150+ years in ceramic machining, we developed many ways to produce complex shapes and at high volume. PSH KILNS & FURNACES 1120 Speers Rd Oakville ON L6L 2X4 Canada http://psh.ca mail@psh.ca 905-849-5540 Fax: 905-849-0001 Designs, builds, and services electrically heated, airatmosphere furnaces for production and R&D applications in the ceramics, automotive, aerospace, pulp and paper, fuel cell, electrical, and chemical industries. QUALITY THERMISTOR INC 2108 Century Way Boise ID 83709 http://thermistor.com qtisales@thermistor.com 800-554-4784 Fax: 208-376-4754 Our ISO:09001:2000 and AS9100 certified manufacturing and testing facilities in Idaho enhances our ability to meet the needs of today\'s challenging temperature measurement and control applications. Boynton Beach FL 33426 https://www.anton-paar.com/corp-en/quantachrome qc.sales@quantachrome.com World leader in design and manufacture of laboratory instruments for characterizing properties of porous materials and powders. Specialize in instruments for the determination of surface area, pore size, pore volume, and density. QUANTACHROME UK-ANTON PAAR 10215 Timber Ridge Dr Ashland VA 23005-8135 http://www.quantachrome.co.uk info.us@anton-paar.com 804-550-1051 From particle creation to particle characterization, Quantachrome UK offers the most advanced technological solutions to the particle technology community. QUINTUS TECHNOLOGIES LLC 8270 Green Meadows Dr N Lewis Center OH 43035 http://quintustechnologies.com support@quintusteam.com 614-891-2732 Fax: 614-891-4568 Quintus Technologies offers high-pressure sheet metal forming presses plus hot and cold isostatic presses for densification of advanced materials. Its systems are backed by an extensive service and support program. RAM PRODUCTS INC 1091 Stimmel Rd Columbus OH 43223 http://ramprocess.com info@ramprocess.com 614-443-4634 Fax: 614-443-4813 Manufacture Ram press, Ram process, power units, hydraulic presses, presses, ceramic dies, porous resign dies, models, and special tooling. Worldwide distribution. Sell replacement press parts and Ram process die-making supplies. RATH INC 501 Silverside Rd Ste 131 Wilmington DE 19809-1377 http://www.rath-usa.com rathinfo@rath-usa.com 302-793-0283 Fax: 302-793-0289 Manufactures and supplies high-temperature custom insulating materials and refractories, including ceramic-fiber insulation, coatings, adhesives, rigidizer and mastics for use up to 1,800°C as well as specialty dense and high-alumina refractories. Rauschert RAUSCHERT INDUSTRIES INC 1170 Howell Mill Road Suite 300 Atlanta GA 30318 http://www.rauschert.com c.brayman@rauschert.com 949-421-9804 Manufacturer of custom advanced ceramic components, offering an extensive product range of ceramic materials used in applications requiring high corrosion, erosion and wear resistance, high-temperature capability, and low electrical conductivity. RAYMOND BARTLETT SNOW SCHNECK PROCESSING http://www.schenckprocess.com/rbs 630-836-7460 The Raymond Bartlett Snow Division is a leader in the design, manufacture, and construction of size reduction, classification, and thermal processing equipment for over 130 years. The company works with customers from initial concept and development of equipment and systems, through pilot plant testing, equipment manufacturing, and commissioning, followed by the full capability to provide OEM replacement parts and technical services. RD WEBB COMPANY INC 6 Huron Dr Natick MA 01760 http://www.rdwebb.com RDWEBB@ALUM.MIT.EDU 508-650-0110 Fax: 508-650-0555 Manufactures air-cooled laboratory and small-production vacuum furnaces for use up to 2,200°C under vacuum or inert gas. Furnaces need no cooling water and consume 2kW of power. Furnace application include active metal brazing, sintering, and annealing. RE CARROLL INC 201 Acorn Dr Yardley PA 19067 http://recarroll.com info@recarroll.com 609-695-6211 Fax: 609-695-0102 Incorporated 1925. Distributes domestic china clays, ZnO, magnesium carbonate, soda ash, lubricants, alumina trihydrate, and limestone. Warehouses at Trenton, NJ; Akron, OH; Dalton, GA; and Dallas, TX. READE ADVANCED MATERIALS 850 Waterman Ave Providence RI 02914 http://www.reade.com info@reade.com 401-433-7000 Fax: 401-433-7001 A global distributor and value add toll chemical processor/ packager of specialty chemical particle solids (metal, mineral, ceramic, composite) with four customer-care facilities in the Americas. Visit our 4,500 page website. RECCO FURNACES 8323 Loch Lomond Dr Pico Rivera CA 90660-2507 http://www.reccofurnaces.com info@reccofurnaces.com 800-545-4567 Fax: 562-949-3696 Provides furnace systems for processing electronics and advanced materials, as well as specialty metals from 500-1,800°C. Fifty-four years of providing furnaces for high temperature, precise temperature, and atmosphere control that may include automation. REED GUNITE & SHOTCRETE EQUIPMENT 13822 Oaks Ave Chino CA 91710-7008 http://reedpumps.com mike.newcomb@reedmfg.com 888-779-7333 Fax: 909-287-2140 Produces double-piston shotcrete pumps and feed-bowltype gunite machines for a variety of applications, including refractory installation. REFRAC SYSTEMS 7201 W Oakland St Chandler AZ 85226-2434 http://refrac.com service@refrac.com 480-940-0068 Fax: 480-940-9366 Provides production vacuum hot-pressing up to 3,800°C; vacuum brazing for nickel, cobalt alloys, reactive, refractory, and noble metals and ceramics. Specializes in performing planar high-volume diffusion bonding tollway services. REFRACTORY CONSULTING SERVICES 121 Olde Farm Road Oxford OH 45056 http://refractoryexpert.com ruthengel@refractoryexpert.com 513-378-0190 Fax: 513-523-1384 Refractory consultant with more than 35 years experience specializing in comprehensive approach for improved refractory life, refractory failure analysis, expert witness, expert for insurance analysis, training, and more. Extensive experience with many different industries such as iron, steel, aluminum, copper, silicon, power, and others. 132 www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Saint-Gobain Recherche REFRACTORY MACHINING SERVICES 610 E Butler Rd Butler PA 16002 http://refrmachscrv.com refmachserv@refrmachscrv.com 724-285-7674 Fax: 724-285-7673 Produces CVI-based ceramic composites and CVD coatings of ceramics as well as precious and refractory metals. Component design, development, and manufacturing capability. Products for aerospace and energy conversion industries. REFRACTORY MINERALS CO INC 150 Jennersville Rd West Grove PA 19390 http://phosphatebonds.com info@phosphatebonds.com 610-869-3031 Fax: 610-869-9805 Manufactures and sell phosphate-based refractory binders and calcined alumina -325 mesh. Provides toll services, blending, fine grinding, calcining, and packaging. REFRACTRON TECHNOLOGIES CORP 5750 Stuart Ave Newark NY 14513 http://refractron.com info@refractron.com 315-331-6222 Fax: 315-331-7254 Refractron manufactures durable structural and porous ceramics for tough industrial applications. These ceramics are used in equipment that aerates wastewater, draws wire, filters minerals, and pumps oil. REFRATECHNIK CERAMICS GMBH Barkhausener Str 55 49328 Melle Germany http://www.refra.com ceramics@refra.com +49 5427 810 Fax: +49 5427 81102 Refratechnik Ceramics in Melle/Germany offers innovative refractory systems for industrial kilns in the heavy clay industry and for other industrial applications in the cement, aluminium and waste incineration industries. Our product portfolio for the ceramics industry includes wall, ceiling and kiln car systems with all necessary kiln furniture. All products are precisely matched to the technical and economic requirements of the customers. RENO REFRACTORIES INC PO Box 201 Morris AL 35116 http://renorefractories.com Garyh@r-ref.com RHI US LTD 513-753-1254 ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC Fax: 513-753-0984 1201 S Second St Falconer NY 14733-1740 1870 New York Ave http://rhi-ag.com fal_rhimonofrax@rhi-ag.com Member of the RHI Group, manufactures bonded- and fusedcast refractories for supply to the glass industry. RIO TINTO ENERGY AND MINERALS Level 7 360 Collins S Melbourne 3000 Australia Milwaukee WI 53204-2496 http://www.rockwellautomation.com webmaster@rockwellautomation.com 414-382-2000 Fax: 414-382-4444 Rockwell Automation, the world\'s largest company dedicated to industrial automation, makes its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. +61 3 9283 3333 Fax: +61 3 9283 3707 ROMAN MANUFACTURING http://www.riotinto.com/energy-and-minerals-162.aspx minerals.communications@riotinto.com Mines, manufactures, and refines borax, boric acid, anhydrous borax, boric oxide, talc, and chlorite for the glass and ceramics industries. RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN Lindholmspiren 7 A Box 857 +46 10 516 50 00 417 56 Goteborg Boras SE-501 15 Sweden https://www.ri.se/en/what-we-do/our-areas/glass info@ri.se RISE Glass (former Glafo), within the polytechnical institute RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, provides industrial contract research, education, technical support, testing, property measurements, chemical analysis, consultancy, and innovative technical solutions to the global glass market, including glass manufacturers, glass processors, and users of glass. The expertise of RISE Glass covers the whole range from raw materials to glass melting, the finished product, recycling, and alternative applications for glass. ROBOCASTING ENTERPRISES LLC 5660 Pino Ave NE Albuquerque NM 87109 http://www.robocasting.com robocasting@robocasting.net 505-883-0555 Robocasting specializes in 3D printing ceramics and composites, especially for production of lattice structures as alternatives to reticulated foams for filtration, catalysis, and mixing; custom labware and consumables for DSC/TGA thermal analysis. 800-741-7366 ROBOVENT Reno Refractories Inc is recognized as a leader in the iron foundry industry. With the ability to monitor and satisfy growing demands placed on refractory products needed by today,Äôs manufacturers, the company offers a full line of quality refractory products and custom designed precast shapes that are sold and distributed worldwide, including hull forms and propulsors; structures and materials; signatures, silencing systems, and susceptibility; machinery systems; and vulnerability and survivability systems. RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST 110 Eighth St Troy NY 12180 https://www.rpi.edu doremr@rpi.edu 518-276-6000 Fax: 518-276-8554 Offers an undergraduate major in materials engineering, with the possibility of emphasizing ceramics in elective courses. Offers MS and PhD in materials engineering with specialization in ceramics. RESODYN ACOUSTIC MIXERS INC 130 N Main St Ste 630 Butte MT 59701 http://resodynmixers.com info@resodynmixers.com 37900 Mound Rd Sterling Heights MI 48310 http://www.robovent.com 877-959-7639 Fax: 586-698-1801 At RoboVent, clean air is more than a business—it is a passion. The company is driven by the knowledge that the work it does directly impacts the health, safety, and quality of life for thousands of manufacturing workers in the U.S. and around the globe. RoboVent already helped improve the lives of 110,000+ people with its clean air remedies, and this year it hopes to help 10,000 more. ROCA SANITARIO SA Rambla Lluch Gava Barcelona 2 08250 Spain http://www.roca.com +34 936 38 16 00 Roca is a worldwide reference in developing bathroom spaces. With almost a hundred years of experience as a company, Roca began producing vitreous china bathroom appliances in 1936. Today, Roca\'s commercial network spreads over 135 countries supplied by its 76 production plants and more than 20,000 employees worldwide. ROCCERA LLC 406-497-5333 Fax: 406-497-5206 Rochester Technology Park 771 Elmgrove Rd Rochester NY 14624 585-426-0887 Fax: 585-426-0884 Provides advanced solutions for a broad range of industrial mixing problems. Service and equipment solutions are based on the company\'s proprietary technology, ResonantAcoustic Mixing. http://roccera.com info@roccera.com Manufacturer and fabricator of advanced ceramic, polyurethane, and steel components. Designs, consults, manufactures, and markets customized advanced ceramic components for industrial, commercial, and domestic applications. 861 47th St SW Grand Rapids MI 49509-5103 https://www.romanmfg.com 616-530-8641 Fax: 616-530-8953 As a manufacturer of high-current, low-voltage power sources, RoMan uses the finest materials available to offer thousands of design and customized options built to the highest quality standards and to specific industry and application requirements. RoMan also provides value-added, application-centric technical support and industry specific application engineering services. SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES 1 New Bond St PO Box 15008 Worcester MA 01615-0008 http://sgabrasives.com ian.r.manter@saint-gobain.com 508-795-5000 Fax: 888-284-9170 Manufactures and markets coated-abrasive, bondedabrasive, superabrasive, and nonwoven-abrasive products. Sells products under the Norton Abrasives, Winter Abrasives, and Amplex Abrasives brands. SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS 9 Goddard Rd Northboro MA 01532 https://www.saint-gobain.com/en 508-351-7100 Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building and high-performance materials, providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency, and environmental protection. SAINT-GOBAIN HIGH PERFORMANCE CERAMICS, REFRACTORIES & HEXOLOY¬Æ SIC MATERIALS 1 New Bond St Worcester MA 01606 508-795-5577 Fax: 508-795-2051 https://www.ceramicsrefractories.saint-gobain.com ceramicsrefractories@saint-gobain.com Saint-Gobain High Performance Ceramics and Refractories partners with customers to develop innovative solutions with leading technology brands such as Hexoloy, N-Durance, Durafrax, Crystar, Silit, and Zirchrom. Our materials include alumina, silicon carbide, boron carbide, silicon nitride, zirconia, and chromium for applications involving high temperature, corrosion, abrasion, wear, or impact resistance. SAINT-GOBAIN NORPRO 3840 Fishcreek Rd Stow OH 44224-4306 https://www.norpro.saint-gobain.com norpro.ceramicsales@saint-gobain.com 330-673-5860 Saint-Gobain NorPro\'s advanced ceramic technologies for fixed bed reactor processing and heat & mass transfer applications include custom catalyst carriers, bed topping and support media, mass transfer media and support assemblies, and regenerative thermal oxidation packings. SAINT-GOBAIN RECHERCHE +33 1 48 39 58 00 Les Miroirs 18 avenue d\'Alsace Fax: +33 1 48 34 74 16 Courbevoie 92400 France http://saint-gobain-recherche.com patrick.garnier@saint-gobain.com Research on glass: flat glass, bottle glass, insulation glass fibers, and reinforcement glass fibers. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramicsource.org 133 SAMPE Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member SAMPE 21680 Gateway Center Dr Ste 300 Diamond Bar CA 91765-2454 http://www.sampe.org sampeibo@sampe.org 626-331-0616 Fax: 626-332-8929 Founded 1944. International educational and scientific membership association dedicated to the exchange of data on new materials and processes. Provides a unique and valuable forum. Sponsors technical conferences and exhibitions, and publishes proceedings. SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES 1515 Eubank SE PO Box 5800 Albuquerque NM 87185 http://sandia.gov astapia@sandia.gov 505-844-8066 Research, development, and application of glass and ceramics, includes developing glasses, glass-ceramics for hermetic seals, studying electro-optic effects, improving processes for making ferroelectric ceramics, and studying fracture of ceramics. SAUEREISEN INC 160 Gamma Dr Pittsburgh PA 15238 http://www.sauereisen.com info@sauereisen.com 412-963-0303 Fax: 412-963-7620 Sauereisen manufactures a diverse line of electrically insulating inorganic cements. Choose from over 20 different air-setting, hydraulic-setting, and chemical-setting products offering continuous high-temperature service up to 3,000°F. SAXON GLASS TECHNOLOGIES INC 200 N Main St PO Box 575 Alfred NY 14802 http://saxonglass.com info@saxonglass.com 607-587-9630 Fax: 201-855-0643 Saxon Glass Technologies Inc started in 1996 when a large glassmaker came to the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in search of a solution to their glass strength problems. After the successful demonstration of trial runs, a shop was set up at the Ceramic Corridor Innovation Center to meet the new challenge from the New York State legislature to help with the economic growth of the region. SCG CHEMICALS CO LTD 1 Siam Cement Rd Bang Su Bangkok 10800 Thailand https://www.scgchemicals.com/en/index +66 2 586 1111 Fax: +66 2 586 5561 As one of SCG\'s three core businesses, SCG Chemicals manufactures and offers a full range of petrochemical products, ranging from upstream production of olefins and intermediate production of styrene monomers, purified terephthalic acid, and methyl methacrylate; to downstream production of four main plastic resins (polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrene), including fabricated products such as film, pipe and fittings, and acrylic sheet. To better serve customer requirements, SCG Chemicals assigns prime importance to the development of new technology and innovation for the creation of high valueadded products and services. SCHOTT glass made of ideas SCHOTT NORTH AMERICA INC 555 Taxter Rd Elmsford NY 10523 http://www.us.schott.com/ rina.dellavecchia@us.schott.com 914-831-2200 Fax: 914-831-2201 SCHOTT is a leading international technology group in the areas of specialty glass and glass-ceramics. With more than 130 years of outstanding development, materials, and technology expertise, the company offers a broad portfolio of high-quality products and intelligent solutions. SCHOTT is an innovative enabler for many industries, including the home appliance, pharma, electronics, optics, life sciences, automotive, and aviation industries. SCHOTT strives to play an important part in everyone\'s life and is committed to innovation and sustainable success. The group maintains a global presence with production sites and sales offices in 34 countries. 134 SECO/WARWICK CORP 814-332-8400 Fax: 814-724-1407 180 Mercer St PO Box 908 Meadville PA 16335 http://seco-warwick.com contact@secowarwick.com Custom-engineered vacuum furnaces for most processes, including hardening, tempering, annealing, solution heat treating, brazing, sintering, carburizing, carbon/carbon composition, CVD-graphitizing, high-pressure quenching, and degassing. SELEE CORP 700 Shepherd St Hendersonville NC 28792-6400 http://www.selee.com/ cservice@selee.com SHEFFIELD POTTERY US Rt 7 PO Box 399 Sheffield MA 1257 http://sheffield-pottery.com sales@sheffield-pottery.com 413-229-7700 Fax: 413-229-0200 Established 1946. Produces stock and custom moist-clay bodies. Huge selection of raw materials and chemicals. Distributes ceramics equipment, including kilns, wheels, slab rollers, and pugmills. Ceramics supply showroom open daily. 828-364-0100 Fax: 828-693-1833 SHOEI CHEMICAL INC Manufactures technical ceramics for gas and liquid filtration/ separation, heat and mass transfer, high-temperature mixing, catalysis, and metal filtration/treatment and transfer. SEMCO CARBON 3000 Leavitt Rd Lorain OH 44052 http://www.semcocarbon.com mvozar@semcocarbon.com 440-277-5860 Fax: 440-277-5859 Semco Carbon provides custom graphite machining services to produce components per customer specifications and drawings. We work with graphite and carbon composites exclusively and as a specialized graphite shop; large production quantities are not a requirement when placing an order. Semco Carbon handles small run jobs, such as prototype work or repair work, with no minimum order required and no minimum charge. SEL SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO, LTD 398 Hase Atsugi-shi Kanagawa 243-0036 Japan http://www.sel.co.jp/en/ info@sel.co.jp +81 46-248-1131 Fax: +81 46-270-7227 Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co, Ltd (SEL) finds research topics pertaining to forthcoming needs of society, finds new principles by thorough research and development, and invents technologies to solve problems. SEMTECH SOLUTIONS INC 6 Executive Park Dr Analytical Testing Laboratory Billerica MA 01862 http://www.atl.semtechsolutions.com labmanager@semtechsolutions.com 978-663-9822 Fax: 978-663-9823 SEMTech Solutions provides advanced analytical and R&D support to a wide array of customers. We use FE-SEMS, EDS, micro FTIR, and optical microscopy for materials testing and characterization. We have more than 25 years experience in this field. SETARAM INSTRUMENTATION 7 Rue de l\'Oratoire Caluire 69300 France http://www.setaram.com sales@setaram.com +33 4 72 10 25 25 Fax: +33 4 78 28 63 55 Setaram is a leading manufacturer and supplier of highperformance thermal analyzers, calorimeters, gas sorption, and high pressure mass spectroscopy instruments, and offers complete and dedicated solutions for your specific application. SHAMROCK TECHNOLOGIES INC Foot of Pacific St Newark NJ 07114 http://www.shamrocktechnologies.com marketing@shamrocktechnologies.com 973-242-2999 Fax: 973-242-8074 Manufactures a broad line of micronized powders, dispersions, emulsions, and compounds, including PTFE, polyethylene, polypropylene, fluoro polymers, custom wax alloys, natural waxes, and specialty additives for the ceramics industry. Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg 1-1 Nishi Shinjuku 2-chome +81 3-3344-6661 Fax: +81 3-3344-6658 Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-0443 Japan http://www.shoeichem.co.jp info@shoeichem.co.jp Established 1956. Manufactures conductive, resistive, and dielectric pastes and fine powders of metals and metal oxides for electronic application; precious metal/salt, precious-metal catalyst, and liquid precious metal for industrial applications. SIBELCO BENELUX De Zate 1 Dessel 2480 Belgium http://sibelco.be sales@sibelco.be +32 14 83 72 11 Fax: +32 14 83 72 32 Worldwide producer of various industrial ceramic minerals, including silica, cristobalite, clays, nepheline, and feldspar, both in sand and power form. Kindly consult with us on your specific requirements. SICCO ENGINEERING WORKS No 454 Sidco Industrial Estate Ambattur Chennai Tamil Nadu 600098 India http://www.siccoengineering.co.in kanmani@synchrony.co.in +91 44 2625 4792 Fax: +91 44 2625 0513 Sicco developed several equipments for unit handling systems like range of gravity rollers, silent running live roller conveyors of our innovative single-chain design, load adjustable accumulation conveyors, and compact inline lifting tables. SIEMENS PROCESS INDUSTRIES AND DRIVES 100 Technology Drive Alpharetta GA 30005-3900 http://www.usa.siemens.com/industry helpline.sii@siemens.com 770-740-3000 Fax: 678-297-8316 Siemens is a single source leader of automation technology products engineered and manufactured for all industrial sectors. SIGMA ADVANCED MATERIALS 2115 Old Union Rd Cheektowaga NY 14227 http://www.sigmaadvancedmaterials.com cpilon@sigmaadvanced.com 716-200-8618 Fax: 716-668-9800 Experience, dedication to excellence, and best-of-breed operational practices shape Sigma Advanced Materials. Sigma Advanced Materials offers custom-engineered solutions for each project it encounters. Clients enjoy personalized care and consultative assistance, resulting in the best possible deliverable for the best possible price. SIGMADIAMANT Polígono Industrial Supoi 8 Parcela M5 B1 Nave 17 +34 964 56 27 13 (CV-10 salida 12) Castellon 12550 Spain http://www.sigmadiamant.com info@sigmadiamant.com Diamond tools and abrasives for polishing, lapping, cutting, mitering, beveling, squaring, and shaping ceramic tile, porcelain tile, marble, granite, and any natural stone. Hi-tech range, adapted to the type of material, available for any brand of machinery. www.ceramicsource.org | American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 Takasago Industry Co Ltd SILICON CARBIDE PRODUCTS INC 361 Daniel Zenker Dr Horseheads NY 14845 http://scprobond.com scp@scprobond.com 607-562-8599 Fax: 607-562-7585 Manufacturer of custom silicon carbide specialty shapes for demanding industrial wear, corrosion, and high-temperature applications. SCP offers SCProbond \'N\' Reaction Bonded SiC. ISO 9001:2000 certified. SOMANY CERAMICS LTD Kassar Bahadurgarh Haryana 124507 India http://www.somanyceramics.com ggt@somanytiles.co.in 800-103-0004 Fax: +91 1276 241 006 $200 million company and leading tile manufacturer in India under renowned Somany brand. Company has certificate of registration under ISO 9001:2008; ISO 14001:2004; BS OHSAS 18001:2007; ISO 22000:2005; EN ISO 14411:2006; and IS 1515622:2006. SONYA CERAMICS (EXPORT DIVISION) +91 79 2220 2588 711 Near Anil Starch Mill Ahmedabad Gujarat 380025 India http://www.sonyaceramics.com info@sonyaceramics.com We specialize in manufacturing and exporting technical ceramics made of porcelain, steatite, cordierite porcelain, cordierite refractory, alumina refractory, and high alumina of different grades. SPARKLER CERAMICS PVT LTD J-508 MIDC Bhosari Pune Maharashtra 411026 India http://www.sparklerceramics.com piezo@sparklerceramics.com +91 20 3069 2878 Fax: +91 20 2713 0955 Manufactures lead zirconate titanate and lead-titanatebased piezoelectric elements for ultrasonic cleaners, welders, atomizers, and NDT probes; hydrophones, sonars, accelerometers, armament impact fusing, energy harvesting, and scores of other appliances. Specialty GLASS solving the science of glass™ since 1977 SPECIALTY GLASS INC 305 Marlborough St Oldsmar FL 34677 http://sgiglass.com 813-855-5779 Fax: 813-855-1584 Founded in 1977, Specialty Glass Inc (SGI) excels at utilizing innovative production techniques to become a leading manufacturer specializing in glass melting and processing for a wide array of industries within global markets. Examples include glass solutions for the following: abrasives, computer heads, vitrified-bonded grinding wheels, dental glass fillers, electronics, sealing, wood preservation, plus many other technical glass applications. SPECTROCHEMICAL Laboratories Material Evaluation SPECTROCHEMICAL LABORATORIES 155 Prominence Dr New Kensington PA 15068 http://www.spectrochemicalme.com 724-334-4140 Fax: 724-334-4143 Chemical testing services are used to evaluate glass, ceramics, raw materials, cements and concretes, slag, corrosion, refractory bricks and castings, anions, and aggregates. SPECTRONICS CORP 956 Brush Hollow Rd Westbury NY 11590 http://spectroline.com info@spectroline.com 800-274-8888 Fax: 516-491-6868 Manufactures UV lamps used to cure ceramics, adhesives, and coatings in applications ranging from windshield repair to spot curing on PC boards. Offer radiometers to check the intensity of UV lamps for curing. Lamps also custom-made for specific curing. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 SPONTANEOUS MATERIALS 303-955-8537 8505 E Temple Dr Unit 474 Denver CO 80237 http://spontaneousmaterials.com strout@ieee.org A consultancy specializing in the rare earths, magnetic materials, technical training, and technical writing. SPRAY DRYING SYSTEMS INC 5320 Enterprise St Ste J Eldersburg MD 21784 http://www.spraydrysys.com sales@spraydrysys.com 410-549-8090 Fax: 410-549-8091 Designs and sells spray dryers. SDS spray dryers produce free-flowing ceramic powders with a controlled particle size. High yields and quality products, at competitive pricing. SRI INTERNATIONAL 333 Ravenswood Ave Menlo Park CA 94025-3493 http://sri.com customer-service@sri.com 650-859-2000 An independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored R&D for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. STAHLI USA INC 200 Sheridan Springs Rd Lake Geneva WI 53147 http://stahliusa.com s.nelson@stahliusa.com 847-719-0360 Fax: 847-719-0361 Stahli is one of the leading companies worldwide in the manufacture of flat honing, lapping, and polishing machines. To our customers, we are known just as much by our standard products as by our custom-made and need-oriented special products. STARFIRE SYSTEMS INC 8 Sarnowski Dr Glenville NY 12302 http://starfiresystems.com info@starfiresystems.com 518-899-9336 Fax: 518-289-2261 Offers the solution for high-temperature materials creating high-performance products. Our chemistry enables control of molecular structures combining ceramic materials with other materials to produce composites, laminates, and coatings. STEDMAN MACHINE CO 129 Franklin St Aurora IN 47001 http://stedman-machine.com sales@stedman-machine.com 812-718-4471 Fax: 812-926-3482 Since 1834, Stedman provides customers with material size reduction solutions for crushing, pulverizing, fine grinding, blending, or lump breaking a broad range of materials for applications from +40 inches to 10 microns. STUDIOLX-HOME DECOR PO Box 563 Lincolnshire IL 60069 http://studiolx.com info@studiolx.com 888-423-5959 Traditional and contemporary ceramic vases, bowls, platters, and other decorative objects. Contemporary, decorative, and colored art glass vases, bowls, and platters. SUNROCK CER SUNROCK CERAMICS CO 2625 S 21st Ave Broadview IL 60155 http://www.sunrockceramics.com info@sunrockceramics.com 708-344-7600 Fax: 708-344-7636 U.S. manufacturer of high-alumina ceramics and specialty refractories, including kiln furniture for firing advanced ceramics. Many formulations available for demanding hightemperature applications with a wide assortment of pressed or cast shapes, plus flexibility to quickly and economically make new and custom shapes. www.ceramicsource.org SUNTECH ADVANCED CERAMICS (SHENZHEN) CO LTD 1F&2F Building B No 21 +86 755 2658 4521 Nanling Rd New2 Community Fax: +86 755 2600 9083 ShaJing StBaoAn District ShenZhen China http://www.suntechceramics.com info@esuntech.com Design, development, and manufacture of mechanical ceramic components, with batching, mixing, molding, sintering, and machining of ceramics fully in house. SUPERIOR GRAPHITE INNOVATING SINCE 1917 SUPERIOR GRAPHITE CO 10 S Riverside Plaza Ste 1470 Chicago IL 60606 800-325-0337 Fax: 312-559-9064 http://www.superiorgraphite.com CustomerServiceUSA@SuperiorGraphite.com Produces alpha- and beta-SiC powder for use in sintered wear parts, toners, MMCs, and abrasives. Produces PS SiC tile for armor. Produce advanced (graphite) materials for use in many industries. STI Superior Technical Ceramics Engineering. Partnership. Solutions SUPERIOR TECHNICAL CERAMICS CORP 600 Industrial Park Rd St Albans VT 05478 http://www.ceramics.net sales@ceramics.net 802-527-7726 Fax: 802-527-1181 Established 1898. Manufactures custom technical ceramics components using extruding, dry-pressure, isopressing, injection molding, green-forming, and diamond-machining techniques. Also manufactures prototype-through-production quantities on contract. SURMET CORP 31 B St Burlington MA 01803 http://www.surmet.com sales@surmet.com 781-272-3969 Fax: 781-272-9185 A specialty materials manufacturing company known for its leadership in ALON, the superior lightweight transparent armor. Surmet\'s transparent spinel is stronger and tougher. Surmet produces and supplies aluminum nitride powder/ products in tons. TA INSTRUMENTS 159 Lukens Dr New Castle DE 19720 http://thermophysical.tainstruments.com info@tainstruments.com 302-427-4000 Fax: 302-427-4001 TA Instruments, the world leader in thermal analysis, rheology, and calorimetry, provides innovative technology for advanced materials characterization by DSC/TGA, dilatometry, thermal conductivity and diffusivity, high temp viscometry, and more. TABER INDUSTRIES 455 Bryant St North Tonawanda NY 14120 http://www.taberindustries.com sales@taberindustries.com 716-694-4000 Fax: 716-694-1450 Manufacturer of test instruments that aid the understanding of material physical properties including abrasion and scratch resistance. Test results assist R&D, process control, and quality assurance for ceramics, coatings, and other materials. TAKASAGO INDUSTRY CO LTD 2321-2 Dachi-cho Gifu Toki-city 509-54 Japan http://www.takasago-inc.co.jp hitoshi_ando@takasago-inc.co.jp +81 572-59-8899 Fax: +81 572-59-3848 Designs and manufactures electric-heated and gas-fired industrial kilns. Specializes in roller hearth kilns, rotary kilns, tunnel kilns, periodic kilns including shuttle kilns, microwave kilns, microwave+electric or +gas hybrid kilns, various dryers, and more. 135 TAM Ceramics Boxed listings = ACerS Corporate member TAM CERAMICS 4511 Hyde Park Blvd Niagara Falls NY 14305 http://www.tamceramics.com customer.service@tamceramics.com 716-978-9403 Fax: 716-278-9571 Leading manufacturer of high purity engineered powders including zirconia, titanate, and zircon-based materials for a variety of industries and applications. Provides services such as custom toll processing and materials recycling. TECHNICAL PRODUCTS INC PO Box 189 Hubertus WI 53033 http://technicalproductsinc.com tpi@technicalproductsinc.com 800-869-2008 Fax: 262-335-3606 One of the largest Macor distributors in the world with expertise in machining, engineering, specifying, developing, and manufacturing simple or complex designs to precise tolerances in high-tech ceramics and plastics. TECHNISONIC RESEARCH INC 328 Commerce Dr Fairfield CT 06825 http://technisonicinc.com tonyr@technisonic.net 203-368-3600 Fax: 203-368-1922 Manufactures ultrasonic transducers for nondestructive testing applications, including flaw detection, thickness gauging, and weld inspection. Medical and industrial types are offered. TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT AND TRANSFER INC (TA&T) 133 Defense Hwy Ste 212 Annapolis MD 21401 http://techassess.com info@techassess.com 410-224-3710 Fax: 410-224-4678 Technology Assessment and Transfer Inc (TA&T) is a Small Business Administration certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) that specializes in high technology, developing, and commercializing advanced materials for defense, biomedical, and industrial applications. TA&T strives to commercialize its innovations through cooperative development programs with end users and technology licensing to interested third parties. TECHNOLOGY OF MATERIALS 4020 N Palm St Ste 202 Fullerton CA 92835 http://xraydiffrac.com sam@xraydiffrac.com 800-682-2922 Fax: 714-446-9229 Analytical lab specializing in analysis of materials using XRD (Rietveld quantification and size/strain), thermal analysis (DTA/TG), microscopy (SEM/EDS), and FTIR. Also specializes in clay and soil mineralogy. TEETER MARKETING SERVICES LLC 115 Sand Dollar Ln Sarasota FL 34242-1335 cereng19@aol.com 716-510-1408 Provides industrial market research, business planning, product development and introduction, marketing communications, and education and training services for companies in the high-performance materials field. Serves as managing director for SECA. TEMPO PLASTIC 1227 N Miller Park Ct Visalia CA 93291 http://tempogloss.com tempo@tempo-foam.com 559-651-7711 559-651-0123 Stock and custom protective packaging for wafers and substrates. Automated foam molding process. TETHON 3D 719 South 75th St Omaha NE 68114 http://www.tethon3d.com info@tethon3d.com TT TEVTECH MATERIALS PROCESSING SOLUTIONS THERMOCARBON INC 391 Melody Ln Casselberry FL 32707 http://www.dicing.com 407-834-7800 frankc@thermocarbon.com TEVTECH LLC 978-667-4557 100 Billerica Ave Fax: 978-667-4554 Manufactures diamond resin wheels. North Billerica MA 01862 888-785-0509 http://www.tevtechllc.com sales@tevtechllc.com TevTech delivers state-of-the-art materials processing hightemperature vacuum furnace systems and components that enable your company to maintain its competitive edge. TEXERS TECHNICAL CERAMICS INC 7171 Yonge St Thornhill ON Canada http://texers.com/index.html info@texers.com 647-866-1047 Fax: 855-383-5483 Texers Inc is a growing international technical ceramics company. It designs, produces, and supplies ceramic products and components engineered to customer needs. Texers supplies a wide spectrum of industries, including automotive and aerospace; medical and healthcare; oil, gas, and petrochemical; energy and environment; and food and agriculture. THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY 550 Polaris Pkwy Ste 510 Westerville OH 43082 http://ceramics.org customerservice@ceramics.org 866-721-3322 Fax: 240-396-5637 The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) is a nonprofit professional society for individuals involved in materials science and engineering. The Society\'s mission is to advance the study, understanding, and use of ceramics and related materials, for the benefit of our members and society. THE FURNACE SOURCE LLC 99 Agney Ave Terryville CT 06786 http://thefurnacesource.com info@thefurancesource.com 860-582-4201 Fax: 860-584-8854 The Furnace Source is a manufacturer and reseller of vacuum furnaces, sintering furnaces, vertical bell furnaces, and much more. THERMAL PRODUCTS CO INC 4520 S Berkeley Lake Rd Berkeley Lake GA 30071-1639 http://www.thermalproductsco.com info@thermalproductsco.com 770-662-0456 Fax: 770-242-6210 Fabricates and distributes ceramic fiber and biosoluble insulation, ceramic fiber modules, and SiC heating elements. 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Thermcraft 402-889-6191 THERMCRAFT INC 3950 Overdale Rd Tethon 3D is revolutionizing ceramic additive manufacturing with innovative materials and hardware. 136 Winston Salem NC 27107 http://www.thermcraftinc.com info@thermcraftinc.com incorporated 336-784-4800 336-784-0634 Provides furnaces for industrial, R&D, OEM, and end users for all industries. Manufactures lab- and industrial-heating elements, furnaces, and control systems. Systems are available for temperatures up to 1,700°C. THROUGHPUT BLUESTREAK 1805 Sunset View Dr Delafield WI 53018 http://www.go-bluestreak.com jeff.somenske@go-bluestreak.com Bluestreak Software is enterprise-level manufacturing software designed specifically for process-based manufacturers that work with ceramics powder/paint, metal finishing, heat treat, and more. Bluestreak manages real-time information across manufacturing departments. TOTO LTD Honson Kanagawa-Pref Chigasakai-City 253-8577 Japan http://www.toto.com +81 467-54-3310 New technology demands ceramic materials with higher performance and improved functions in terms of design, durability, thermal resistance, and electrical characteristics. Toto has a reputation for making quality ceramics for the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry. It is known for manufacturing high precision ceramic products, including air bearings, electrostatic chucks, and bonding capillaries. TOYAL AMERICA INC 1717 N Naper Blvd Naperville IL 60563 http://toyala.com nicolas.justeau@toyala.com 630-505-2170 Fax: 630-505-2176 Producer and distributor of various grades of aluminum nitride for sintering. Also produces silica coated aluminum nitride with excellent thermal conductivity properties. Atomized spherical and conventional aluminum powders are offered. TOYOTA CENTRAL R&D LABS INC 41-1 Yokomichi Nagakute Aichi 480-1192 Japan http://www.tytlabs.com +81 561-63-6569 Producer and distributor of various grades of aluminum nitride for sintering. Also produces silica coated aluminum nitride with excellent thermal conductivity properties. Atomized spherical and conventional aluminum powders are offered. TRANS-TECH INC 5520 Adamstown Rd Adamstown MD 21710 301-695-9400 http://www.skyworksinc.com/Products_TechnicalCeramics.aspx RFCeramics@skyworksinc.com Skyworks Solutions, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Trans-Tech, is an industry leader in technical ceramic materials. With over 60 years of experience, the company offers a complete line of high-quality, low-cost, ceramicbased materials for many RF and microwave markets, including wireless communications, infrastructure, military, cable television, and broadband access. 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TRINITY CERAMIC SUPPLY INC 9016 Diplomacy Row Dallas TX 75247 https://trinityceramic.com trinityceramic@sbcglobal.net 214-631-0540 Fax: 214-637-6463 Established 1950. Distributes raw materials and chemicals to the tile, sanitaryware, brick, porcelain enamel, artware, and hobby industries. Inventories include opacifiers, kaolins (foreign and domestic), feldspars, nepheline syenite, ball clays, and more. U.S. SILICA CO 8490 Progress Dr Ste 300 Frederick MD 21740 http://www.ussilica.com sales@ussilica.com 800-345-6170 Fax: 304-258-8295 Produces aplite, round angular and subangular whole-grain sand, ground silica, fine-ground silica, and assorted clay materials. Materials available in bulk and bagged quantities. 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VERITY TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS LLC 1266 Dobbins Dr New Albany OH 43054-9409 http://www.verityconsultants.com djeter@verityconsultants.com 614-440-1306 Verity provides manufacturing consulting, technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony for the resolution of litigation and claims involving failures of glass and ceramic materials, product liability, and industrial workplace accidents. VESUVIUS 753 Enterprise Rd Dillon SC 29536 http://www.vesuvius.com Marcus.Bancroft@vesuvius.com 843-774-6026 Fax: 843-774-3735 Vesuvius is a worldwide leader in advanced ceramics for the solar, glass-tempering, and glass-forming industry. American Ceramic Society Bulletin, Vol. 99, No. 9 | www.ceramicsource.org VIRIDIS3D LLC 92 Bolt St Lowell MA 01852 http://www.viridis3d.com sales@viridis3d.com 978-455-0131 Develops and commercializes materials for advanced applications in additive manufacturing, including technical and art ceramics and metal casting. 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WERNER G SMITH INC 1730 Train Ave Cleveland OH 44113-4201 http://wernergsmithinc.com 216-861-3676 Fax: 216-861-3680 Werner G Smith Inc produces biodegradable, biosustainable, and biorenewable additives most commonly used in machining and metal working, cleaners, personal care products, and coatings and paint. Ingredients are from earthfriendly sources and have been since 1950. WESBOND CORP 1135 E 7th St Wilmington DE 19801 http://wesbond.com sales@wesbond.com 302-655-7917 Fax: 302-656-7885 Established 1976. Develops and manufactures new binding and bonding systems for refractory-fiber shapes and ceramic composites as well as ceramic shell molds for investment castings. Products include colloidal alumina, and silica and mullite binders. WILLIAMS PATENT CRUSHER & PULVERIZER CO INC 2701 N Broadway St Louis MO 63102 http://williamscrusher.com info@williamscrusher.com 314-436-2639 Fax: 314-621-3348 Offers a complete line of processing equipment for the ceramics industry, including primary and secondary impact crushers, nonclog hammer mills, single- and double-roll crushers, impact dryer mills, roller mills, and direct-fired coal pulverizers. WINNER TECHNOLOGY 14-12 Geumgok 3-gil Anjung-eup Pyeongtaek-si Gyeonggi-do Korea http://www.winnertechnology.co.kr info@winnertechnology.co.kr +82 31-683-1867 Fax: +82 31-683-1870 Winner Technology specializes in research, development, and production of MoSi, heating elements for 1,700°C, 1,800°C, and 1,900°C. It exports more than 1,000 pieces worldwide. 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ZHENGZHOU MISSION CERAMIC PRODUCTS CO LTD No 11 Zhengshang Rd Zhengzhou Henan 450000 China http://www.mscera.com frank@mscera.com +86 371 5668 9683 Fax: +86 371 6710 3091 We are a professional manufacturer of high purity alumina (99.7%) and zirconia tubes, rods, plates, balls, crucibles, boats, nozzles, and other custom-made special parts. Large quantity in stock, with very competitive prices. ZIBO GUANGTONG CHEMICAL CO LTD +86 136 9765 7735 No 27 London Rd Fax: +86 532 8676 6180 Qingdao Free Trade Zone Shandong 266555 China http://www.gtchems.com sales@gtchems.com Zibo Guangtong Chemical is one of the leading manufacturers in China for diacids, diols, and zirconia products. Main products are zirconium compounds, including zirconium oxychloride (CAS No.: 7699-43-6), zirconium dioxide (CAS No.: 1314-23-4), and zirconium carbonate. ZILI USA LLC 149 Nichol Ave No 2 McKees Rocks PA 15136 http://www.zilialutech.com jsum@ziliref.com Zili USA is a subsidiary of Zhejiang Zili Alumina Materials Co Ltd, specializing in high-purity alumina materials development and manufacturing. Its products include tabular alumina, low sodium alumina, reactive alumina, and calcined alumina. With warehouses situated in the states, Zili has fully stocked inventories ready for shipment. Products are widely used in refractories, including sliding gate, purging plug brick, nozzles, well blocks, as well as kiln furniture, electronic industries, petrochemical industries, and ceramic industries. Zırcar ZIRCAR CERAMICS INC 100 N Main St PO Box 519 Florida NY 10921-0458 http://zircarceramics.com sales@zircarceramics.com CERAMICS 845-651-6600 Fax: 845-651-0441 ZIRCAR Ceramics Inc manufactures ceramic fiber based high temperature thermal and electrical insulation products for use at temperatures up to 1,825°C. 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