High Tech Ceramics News articles from November 2000

High Tech Ceramics News archives from November 2000

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS: Nonlinear Optics Market to Explode.
November 1, 2000... Nonlinear optical (NLO) materials include several ceramic materials, the most important being lithium niobate. These materials utilize the nonlinear dependence of the refraction index on an applied electric field to produce other frequencies....

PROCESSING AND TECHNOLOGIES Body Armor from Morgan.
November 1, 2000... Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC), a world-leading supplier of innovative ceramic solutions for medical, telecommunications, semiconductor, and aerospace markets, offers alumina ceramics for body armor applications. These armors are ideal for...

Norton's New Grinding Wheels.
November 1, 2000... Norton Co. has developed Altos grinding wheels, porous wheels made of extruded ceramic Al2O3 grains that are more elongated than grains in traditional wheels. Norton says the elongation increases grain retention because the grain is held...

METROLOGY AND ANALYSIS: Malvern Introduces Particle-Size Analyzer.
November 1, 2000... Malvern Instruments, Ltd. has introduced its new Sysmex FPIA-2100, a fully automated particle size and shape analyzer. Until now, the absence of a universal shape analysis technique has reportedly created difficulties in associating the...

POWDERS AND NANO CERAMICS Applications for Structural Nanoceramics.
November 1, 2000... Nanocrystalline ceramics have properties which may be suitable for a number of applications, ranging from superplasticity for near- net shape formed parts, to diffusion bonding for hermetic ceramic- ceramic seals, to low sintering temperatures...

Bending Measured in Carbon Nanotubes.
November 1, 2000... Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have used a technique based on mechanical resonance induced by an oscillating electrical voltage to measure the comparative bending strength of tiny carbon nanotubes produced by two competing...

Pred Supplies Nanoceramic Powders.
November 1, 2000... Pred Materials, a supplier of ceramic and refractory raw materials, has become the exclusive agent of Neomat Co., a manufacturer of nano-size ceramic powders. Neomat is now seeking commercial industrial applications for its powders, which...

COATINGS: Sol-Gel Technology for Nanostructured Coatings.
November 1, 2000... Thin film, or coating deposition, represents the oldest commercial application of sol-gel technology. Sol-gel thin-film coatings are now being extensively studied for such diverse applications as protective and optical coatings, passivation and...

FIBERS AND COMPOSITES Zircar Introduces Composite Cylinders.
November 1, 2000... Zircar Refractory Composites, Inc. has introduced its Type RS-202 refractory sheet cylinders. According to the company, this product was developed as a cost-effective replacement for dense mullite tubing in an induction-annealing machine....

Rath Acquires Magindag Isotech.
November 1, 2000... Rath Performance Fibers, Inc. has acquired Magindag Isotech GmbH (Gennewitz, Germany). The acquisition expands Rath's line of high- temperature refractory materials and high-quality ceramic fibers to include a wide range of insulating fire...

Morgan's Defense Arm in Buy-Out.
November 1, 2000... Morgan Crucible, which makes ceramic and carbon-based industrial components, is spinning off its defense businesses through a management buy-out. A new company, Emblem Group, has been formed to own the businesses, MBM Technology in the U.K. and...

DIAMOND-LIKE PRODUCTS Silicon Added to Diamond Films.
November 1, 2000... Clarson Unviversity researchers Illa Moskowitz and S. V. Babu have been studying amorphous, hydrogenated, silicon-carbon films (a- Si:C:H) primarily as optical and electrical materials. Earlier researchers have shown that optical bandgaps of...

ADVANCED GLASSES: Tosoh Realigns Quartz Operations.
November 1, 2000... Tosoh Corp. has announced that the sales function of silica glass materials has been transferred over to its Quartz Division from Tosoh's wholly owned subsidiary, Nippon Silica Glass Co., Ltd. (NSG), as of October 1, 2000. With the aim of...

Glass Industry Gets DOE Awards.
November 1, 2000... U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson has announced a $11.8 million government-industry partnership to reduce energy use and environmental impacts in the U.S. glass industry. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four firms to...

ELECTRONIC CERAMICS: Woodside Invests in Ceramic Fuel Cells, Ltd.
November 1, 2000... Australian Woodside Petroleum recently boosted its investment in Ceramic Fuel Cells, Ltd. (CFCL) by US$15 million, building on its initial investment of US$5 million made last June. According to Woodside's Managing Director John Akehurst, this...

IBM to Build New Chip Plant.
November 1, 2000... IBM has announced the largest capital investment in its history, including plans to build the world's most technologically advanced chip-making facility in East Fishkill, New York. The new facility will, for the first time anywhere, combine IBM...

SEMX Expands Packaging Operation.
November 1, 2000... The Materials Group at SEMX Corp. has completed an expansion of its ceramic packaging operation, which was acquired in April 2000 by Polese Corp. (San Diego, CA). Polese, which has focused primarily on thermal management materials, has...

Remtec Doubles Production Capacity.
November 1, 2000... Remtec, a leading producer of plated copper on thick film (PCTF) metalized ceramic substrates, chip carriers, and packages, has acquired Tecmark Plating Services, and equipped the 13,000-ft.2 facility with state-of-the-art electrolytic and...

Walsin Technology Sets Up BME.
November 1, 2000... Walsin Technology Corp., a leading Taiwanese manufacturer of multilayer ceramic chip capacitors, is expected to be the first local company to make products using the base metal electrode (BME) manufacturing process in November. They are only...

SUPERCONDUCTORS: Illinois Superconductor Acquires Lockheed Unit.
November 1, 2000... Illinois Superconductor Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ISCO), a leading supplier of superconducting radio-frequency (RF) products for the wireless industry, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Lockheed Martin Canada's...

AMSC Introduces Power Converter.
November 1, 2000... American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:AMSC) has announced that its integrated electronics division released its first commercial power converter product, which uses state-of-the-art power electronics to control and condition electric power. The...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Armor Contract Awarded to Simula.
November 1, 2000... The U.S. Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center has awarded Simula, Inc. a $20.4 million contract for the development of small-arms protective inserts for use by the Army and Marine Corps. The contracted development work will take place over the...

Firms Report Sales and Earnings.
November 1, 2000... Corning Inc. has announced that its third-quarter profits more than doubled amid surging demand for optical fiber and components used in communications networks, and that it expects earnings to grow about 25% next year. Corning's third-quarter...

Ceramic Correspondence Institute Expands.
November 1, 2000... The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has established a joint venture between Ceramic Correspondence Institute (CCI) and World Cyber University (Reno, NV) to expand and update CCI correspondence courses, to add new courses, and to bring them all...

CALENDAR.
November 1, 2000... January 21-26, 2001, The 25th Annual International Conference on Advanced Ceramics & Composites, Doubletree/Hilton Hotels, Cocoa Beach, FL. Contact: American Ceramic Society, P.O. Box 6136, Westerville, OH 43086-6136; Tel: 614/890-4700, Fax:...