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Provide alumina, zirconia and quartz products for high-temperature and wear-resistant applications, including crucibles, tubes, plates and custom components.

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.

Mine, process and market Acti-Gel 208, a high-purity, self-dispersing magnesium aluminosilicate that is used as a thixotrope and suspending agent for glazes and unshaped refractories as well as an extrusion aid and binder for catalyst supports and ceramic parts.

Produce custom co-fire HTCC, AIN and LTCC microelectronic packaging, ceramic injection molded products and etched metal products for medical, military and high rel industrial applications. Microware modeling and custom design center. U.S.-based company is ISO 9001:2000 certified; DFARS 252-225-7014 Alt compliant; RoHS Directive compliant.

Manufacture dilatometers for thermal expansion (CTE) and sintering studies, thermal conductivity meters, thermal diffusivity systems (laser flash) and specific heat capacity measuring instruments (-180 to 2800C range) to test solids, powders and liquids. Testing services. ISO 9001:2000 certified.

Provide precision ceramic grinding and machining service as well as component design and ceramic material selection technical assistance. Manufacture Accuflect light-reflecting ceramic; machinable boron nitride ceramic. Supply standard rods and tubes in alumina, mullite and fused silica. Authorized distributor of Macor machinable glass-ceramic by Corning Inc.

Design, manufacture, sell, install and service hot and cold isostatic presses. Retrofits for control systems and other auxiliary items. Manufacture high-temperature thermocouples.

Established 1972. Manufacture 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 and film capacitors. New devices include actuators, integrated passive components, multilayer varistors, SMD fuses and high-frequency inductors.

Design and manufacture piezoelectric ceramic powders, custom components and devices of soft- and hard-body lead zirconate titanate compositions, matched ceramic in pairs or groups, patterned electrodes, optional-soldered leads and R&D programs to meet customer requirements. d33 testers available for material QCl and production line testing. Manufacture high-purity alumina technical ceramics and single crystals of PMN-PT, lithium niobate and other materials.

Manufacture advanced ceramic components and devices from titania, alumina, zirconia and insulating and conductive ceramics. Produce custom-chemistry ceramic fibers, including PZT, SiC, hydroxyapatite, silica, titania and PSZ. Produce active fiber composites, transducers and actuators. One-fifth of business is R&D.