Top Ten Companies in Advanced and Technical Ceramics

September 24, 2012

Wellesley, Mass.– In a recently published market research report, TOP TEN COMPANIES IN ADVANCED AND TECHNICAL CERAMICS (AVM084A), BCC Research identifies leading players in the advanced and technical ceramics market, a market where high-performance ceramics materials including ceramic powders, ceramic additives, structural ceramics and functional ceramics have increasingly replaced plastics and metals as key engineering materials.

The global ceramics market comprises products and components based on inorganic, nonmetallic, microcrystalline materials that are manufactured at high temperatures. The global ceramics market can be divided into traditional ceramics, such as bricks, tiles and white ware, and high-performance ceramics, which are ceramic materials and products optimized for special purposes.  High-performance, advanced structural or technical ceramics have superior physical, electrical, chemical, or biological properties as compared to traditional ceramics and competing materials, like metals or plastics.

In this report, BCC Research identifies the top 10 companies participating in this complex market, as well as several other companies also deserving attention in the coming months and years.

Looking at a matrix of diversity in the products, use of advanced powders, processing and design innovations, and distribution systems, BCC Research uses these criteria to identify the Top Ten companies participating in this market. At some level, it may be identified as the entire company or a subsidiary that plays the key role in being included in the following list:

• Ceradyne
• Stryker
• CeramTec
• CoorsTek
• Corning
• Kyocera
• General Electric
• NTK Technologies
• Asahi Glass

Also included in this report are many up-and-coming companies to watch for in the future. In a broader scope, BCC has been covering the advanced materials market for more than 10 years. Continuing through 2012 and beyond, BCC will publish “top 10” reports covering prominent players in other fast-growing technology markets, such as our most recently published report, TOP TEN SUPPLIERS OF FRICTION PRODUCTS AND MATERIALS (AVM086A), which was released in September 2012.

Top Ten Companies in Technical and Advanced Structural Ceramics( AVM084A )
Publish Date: Sep 2012    

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