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With the advent of ceramic colors, more platinum was needed for production processes, and Heraeus started supplying products to the electrochemical and plastics industries. As the company continued to expand, it needed new premises – so in 1896, the W.C. Heraeus Platinum Smelting Factory was established just outside Hanau, employing 40 people ...
The company was founded by İbrahim Bodur (1928–2016) in 1956 to produce ceramics. [1] In later years, the company entered in metal tools industry in 1969, [2] chemical products industry in 1975, [3] equipment trading in 1978, [4] hardware, machinery and power tools trading, [5] and defense industry. [6]
Coors Porcelain was renamed Coors Ceramics Company in 1986, shortly after Joseph Coors Jr. (1942–2016), [38], [39] succeeded R. Derald Whiting (1923–1995) as president. [40] At the time, porcelain was a small part of the 12-plant, 2200-employee company's output. High-alumina ceramics were and remain the company's primary products.
In October 2010 Johnson Matthey acquired InterCAT, a supplier of fluid catalytic cracking additives for the petroleum refining industry, for $56.2 million. [15] Also in 2010 Johnson Matthey opened a new £34 million European emission control catalyst plant in Skopje, (North Macedonia), which produced catalysts for both light- and heavy-duty ...
Ceradyne was founded in 1967 [3] and in late 2004, the company added new product lines by acquiring ESK Ceramics of Kempten, Germany. [4]In addition to producing ceramic components for industrial processes such as silicon foundries and ceramic fuel pellets for nuclear reactors, Ceradyne researched and produced varieties of ballistic armour for both personnel and vehicles. [5]
The mixture was applied to the glazed ware and fired in an enameling kiln, depositing a thin film of platinum or gold. [43] Platinum produced the appearance of solid silver, and was employed for the middle class in shapes identical to those uses for silver tea services, ca. 1810–1840. Depending on the concentration of gold in the lustring ...
By 1948, "the peak year for the industry, over eight hundred ceramic concerns were in operation throughout California." [ 4 ] With sunlight year round, an abundance of raw materials, and relatively inexpensive natural gas, California became competitive with centers of ceramic production such as the "Pottery Capital of the World" East Liverpool ...
The First World War was a difficult time for all ceramic companies, and Forsyth, who had left to fight, only returned briefly after the war. Increasingly, the tile side of production dominated. "Lapis Ware", with special underglaze colours, was introduced in 1928. But production of pottery (as opposed to tiles) ceased in 1938. [2]