Edited By Peter Wray • July 27, 2012 (No Comments) Many of the same materials used in semiconductor processing are being applied to textile materials. Credit: Jur, NCSU. The notion of ceramics going together with fabrics is a little counter…

• Ardagh Group is to buy (from Wayzata Investment Partners) US-based Anchor Glass Container Corp. for $880 million. The deal is expected to close at the end of August 2012. Anchor, the third largest glass container manufacturer in the US, produces 5.…

Ceramics Make Electronic Devices Possible The nearly $2-trillion global electronics industry would not exist without ceramics. Ceramics’ wide range of electrical properties including insulating, semi-conducting, superconducting, piezoelectric …

COSTA MESA, CA--(Marketwire - June 01, 2012) - Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRDN) announced that its German-based subsidiary, ESK Ceramics, GmbH & Co., has acquired a minority interest in Chemtrix, based in the Netherlands, for an undisclosed amount. …

Second-order nonlinear optical properties are fundamental for applications such as frequency conversions. Glass ceramics are of great interest for the development of optical elements with meter-scale dimensions for high power laser facilities. …