Controlling furnace emissions with low-density ceramic filters is a crucial part of glass manufacturing. 

In the last 50 years, materials science itself has undergone a revolution that is making technological development both more rapid and more exciting in fields ranging from metals and glassy metals to ceramics, crystals and polymers. 

Researchers have developed a “soft template infiltration” technique for fabricating free-standing piezoelectrically active ferroelectric nanotubes and other nanostructures from PZT.

Although more than 500 suppliers of cutting tools, parts and supplies exist worldwide, the competitive field for ceramic tools is much narrower, and only a handful of companies control the large majority of the market.

Morgan Technical Ceramics (MTC) recently announced the 50th anniversary of its Auburn, Calif. site.