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SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS
Material Solutions That Make a Difference
• Extend your equipment lifetime
• Boost your product performance
• Increase your process efficiency

Saint-Gobain Ceramics regroups Saint-Gobain’s businesses specialized in ceramic-based solutions for industrial clients.  Our product range spans from advanced ceramic grains and powders, to specialty refractories and ceramic systems.  We offer “Material Solutions That Make a Difference”, in the sense that our ceramic products and services are mission-critical to our customers’ own applications.  At the heart of industry, we pride ourselves in serving segment-leading customers across the world, through long-term, trust-based relationships. 

 

Saint-Gobain Ceramics : it’s a matter of Trust

 

Our ceramic experience is derived from a centuries-old industrial tradition inherited from Saint-Gobain and from acquired entities such as Norton, Carbordundum, SEPR, Bicron, Harshaw, Desmarquest, Corhart, Stettner.  

Learn more about our historic roots.

 

  

OUR HISTORY

Our customers typically value our support over time through the experience our committed professionals strive to offer.

  • Reliability of Supply

  • Consistency of Quality

  • Innovation in conjunction with our customers (Co-Development)

  • Respect of Confidentiality for each customer

  • Local presence combined with global excellence standards

  

 

Ceramics main product families

One of our characteristics is to be vertically integrated from grains and powders synthesis to ceramic shaping and finishing, which allows us to develop from end-to-end our unique solutions customized to satisfy our customers’ most stringent requirements.  Browse below for more information.

Ceramic media and powders

Zirconias

Thermal Spray powders

Boron Nitride powders

Catalytic carriers and process ceramics

 

Crystals

Scintillating crystals and sensors for radiation detection

Photonics crystals and substrates

Lumilog GaN substrates

 

Ceramic components and systems

Structural ceramics

Boron nitride components

Kiln furniture

Wear resistance tiles

Ceramic armor plates

Sapphire components and transparent armor

Solid oxide fuel cells

Quartz components, fibers and textile solutions

Specialty Refractories

Refractory solutions for the glass-making industry

Refractories for metallurgy

Refractories for energy and other applications

Recycling solutions

Abrasive grains and grinding media

Specialty abrasive grits

Grinding media (beads)

Ceramic blasting media

Slurries and coolants

Engineered particles

 

Ceramic coating solutions

Thermal spray powders

Flame and plasma spray equipment

Sputtering targets 

 

Ceramics Departments

In addition to our product families above, view the six related departments which make up Saint-Gobain Ceramics.  Click below to visit our departments and websites.

Quartz

Quartz

Saint-Gobain Quartz has nearly 100 years of experience, manufacturing and supplying a wide range of Fused Quartz Products to a diverse set of industries ranging from Aerospace/Military, Industrial heating systems to Solar Cell manufacturing. Non-quartz products are also available such as Micaver® Insulators.


> www.quartz.saint-gobain.com

Specialty Grains and Powders

Specialty Grains and Powders

Materials and solutions in the form of ceramic beads, coatings, grains and powders  (non-SiC), slurries and chemicals


> www.abrasivematerials.saint-gobain.com
> www.bn.saint-gobain.com
> www.coatingsolutions.saint-gobain.com
> www.surfaceconditioning.saint-gobain.com

NorPro

NorPro

Saint-Gobain NorPro offers ceramic catalytic carriers and catalyst bed support media -- tailored solutions for Oil and Gas and Petrochemical applications.


> www.norpro.saint-gobain.com

SefPro

SefPro

Sefpro is a trusted refractory solutions provider for the glass-making industry and with the Valoref business and commitment to the EHS and sustainability delivers a refractory waste management system valued by many glass industry.  


> www.sefpro.com
> www.valoref.com
> www.zirpro.com
> www.repairservices.sefpro.com

Performance Ceramics & Refractories

Performance Ceramics & Refractories

Performance Ceramics & Refractories deliver refractory solutions for metallurgy and other non-glass applications, and structural ceramic systems for various industrial applications.


> www.ceramicsrefractories.saint-gobain.com

Crystals

Crystals

Crystals focus on radiation detection, x-ray monochromators,  garnet substraits and synthetic sapphire optimize the unique properties of materials — purity, optical, thermal, scintillation, crystallographic — through advanced industrial processing.


> www.crystals.saint-gobain.com
  • Sales and Marketing

    Our 700 marketing, sales and supply chain professionals travel the world to understand your needs, propose the right solution and serve as an interface with the rest of our organization, with the goal to provide you the best possible experience.

  • Production workforce

    Our 4000 production people in our 63 manufacturing sites are taking care of all aspects of manufacturing, including safety & environment, on-time delivery, cost and quality, in a customer-centric mindset. Global excellence standards are deployed across all sites so that every customer in the world gets the best of what we can offer globally.

     

  • Scientists

    Our scientists and R&D technicians are experts in ceramic engineering, leveraging our material platforms and core technologies to develop innovative solutions addressing the clients evolving needs.

     

  • Administration

    Our global administrative staff ensure that stakeholders, including customers, employees, shareholders, and local communities are properly served. From financial controlling to human resources, and from communications to general management, our administrators build something larger than just a collection of plants.

     

Sales and Marketing

Marketing & Sales Director
Diane, Marketing and Sales Director

    “My commitment is to ensure that customer needs are understood and their expectations met. I passionately serve as an Ambassador, bringing the best solutions of Saint-Gobain to my global clients.”

Production workforce

Production supervisor
Ken, Production Supervisor

    “Global competition has forced us to continuously improve and adapt. We have to stay on the top. I’m proud to be in a world-class manufacturing network.”

Scientists

Scientist
Jennifer, R&D engineer

    “Developing new ceramic materials is an exciting challenge, as we need to understand the complexities of how they are made and used. A key part of our R&D work is to meet with customers to better understand their needs, which then allows us to quickly develop products that deliver better performance. I’m proud to say what I work on helps our customers to do their jobs better and more easily.”

Administration

administrative worker
Suresh, Financial Controller

    “Our operations are growing rapidly in India. I have to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks and that our local entity becomes a world-class export base with nothing to envy from more mature sites in Europe.”

 

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About Saint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions which are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. They can be found everywhere in our living places and our daily life: in buildings, transportation, infrastructure and in so many industrial applications.

 

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  • 63 manufacturing locations in 15 countries
  • Over 1200 m€ in sales
  • Over 7000 employees globally

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