Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials – Retained Capabilities

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials – Retained Capabilities

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials recently completed the sale of certain business units in its Advanced Ceramics business to CoorsTek of Boulder, Colorado.

The sale reflects Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials’ strategy to focus on activities with high technological content, and a global leadership position in terms of innovation and product development.

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials operates 22 sites dedicated to the manufacture of specialty high performance products around the world and benefits from two state-of-the-art primary Research & Development facilities located in the United States and France.   High Performance Refractories (HPR) is a division of Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials.

Within HPR, major product categories retained by Saint-Gobain include:

• Advanced SiC products: Recrystallized Silicon Carbide, Silicon infiltrated reaction bonded SiC, Advanced Silicon Nitride bonded SiC, pressureless sintered SiC
• Bonded Refractories: Silicon Nitride  and Sialon bonded materials, Silicate bonded SiC, as well as Mullite, High Alumina, Alumina-Chrome, Chromium oxide, Tin oxide, Zirconia, Zirconium silicate, Cordierite  and Spinel materials
• Pre-Formed Castable blocks  based on low and Ultra-low cement castables
• Resin bonded Alumina-Carbon bricks
• High purity Insulating Fire Bricks
• Fused cast Refractories : AZS, High Alumina, High Zirconia and Magnesia-Chrome
• Monolithics: Regular and low cement castables, Dry Vibratable Cements, Blast furnace tap hole mixes, Gunning, Ramming and Trowelling mixes

Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials’ continues to provide the following portfolio:

• Hexoloy® silicon carbide:
  • Armor, chemical processing, high-temperature, alternative energy applications.  Hexoloy silicon carbide powder capabilities and assets remain fully under Saint-Gobain control and ownership.  This assures the same 100% vertical integration to develop engineered solutions for our customers.
• Ceramic Systems:
  • LO-MASS® SiC kiln furniture for various industries including abrasives, ceramic substrates/diesel particulate filters, dinnerware, refractories and sanitaryware.
  • Bonded alumina, zirconia and other specialty products (saggers, setters, batts, brick) for customized solutions in high temperature, atmosphere kiln/furnace applications.
• Energy Systems:
  • Nitride bonded silicon carbide and silicon carbide cements for the Waste to Energy market
  • Very high alumina bonded shapes and cements for the Oil Gasification market
  • Chromia-alumina bricks and cements for the Coal Gasification market
• Wear Resistant Technologies:
  • Low temperature wear and abrasion resistant systems

For further information please contact your local Saint-Gobain representative or refer to our PR Announcement.