Engineered Ceramics is working to become a full-service refractory supplier.

When Acme Brick’s new grinding plant is in operation, a network of equipment sits around collecting dust—exactly the way it was intended.

Most potters have studied the art of glaze making and are familiar with raw materials and formulations. They have gone through the process of pottery manufacturing to the final thrill of opening the fired kiln and seeing their beautiful finished pieces. However, there is more to the pottery making process than talent and creative artwork. If the glaze application is not understood and carefully controlled, all of this effort can easily be wasted.

Applying microcontroller technology to classical, general-purpose temperature controllers has made the controllers less expensive, more accurate and more versatile. But more importantly, technological advances have made it practical to design special purpose controllers with features that make them especially suited to the small ceramic studio.

Our purpose is to provide the finest quality hand made floor and wall tile possible.” This statement stands as the credo of Epro, Inc., the largest manufacturer of handmade tile in the U.S.

The need to meet customer requirements and exceed their expectations compels the development of new products and the improvement of existing ones.

One tool that a manufacturer can use to differentiate its products in this challenging and competitive marketplace is decoration. Glazes, pigments, underglazes, overglazes, decals and “ceramic ice” can all contribute to a product’s uniqueness, and combinations of these products allow decorators to further expand their palette.

With the theme “Higher Ground,” the 34th annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) will be held at the Adam’s Mark Hotel in Denver, Colo., March 22-25.

Ever increasing complexity in ceramic parts for semiconductor processing equipment presented Applied Ceramics with production problems in machining green ceramic molded forms. To solve these problems, the company turned to diamond tools.

Enter the grounds of the MacKenzie-Childs studio in Aurora, N.Y., and you’ll suddenly feel as if you’ve been transported to another century. You have entered a world of the bizarre and the beautiful, and everything you see from this point forward lends itself to the grand design of two amazing artists-turned-potters: Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs.

For the past 53 years, Winburn Tile has built and preserved the dies and produced the colors necessary to match original ceramic tile installations dating back to the early 1900s. The company traces its history to the Niloak Pottery of Benton, Ark., which manufactured unglazed, porcelain colored body houseware pottery from the Civil War era through the 1940s.