Ceratizit

CERATIZIT S.A.
corporation
Founded 2002
Headquarters Mamer, Luxembourg
Key people
 Jacques Lanners (MD)
Products Powder-metallurgical, sintered hard metal products
Website www.ceratizit.com

The CERATIZIT Group is a manufacturer of hard material products for wear protection and cutting tools and is present in more than 50 countries. These products are sold to customers from the automotive industry, mechanical engineering, the oil industry, medical systems, electronics and tools and mould construction.[1] The company is the world's fourth largest producer of hard metals. CERATIZIT S.A. is 50%-owned by Plansee Holding AG, with the remaining shares being held by private owners.

History

CERATIZIT S.A. was created in 2002 as the result of a merger between the companies CERAMETAL (founded in 1931) and Plansee Tizit (founded in 1985).[2] CERAMETAL was founded in Walferdange, Luxembourg, by Nicolas Lanners. In 1948, the cooperation started between CERAMETAL and the company then known as Plansee GmbH. In 1979, CERAMETAL launched production operations in the USA and the first ceramic parts were manufactured in 1988. In 1996, Instrument AG in Bulgaria was incorporated in Plansee Tizit while, at the same time, collaboration got underway with Siel to form Siel Tizit Ltd. in the Indian city of Kolkata. Following the start-up of CERATIZIT S.A in 2002, the company opened sales offices in Brazil, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. In 2007, new administrative premises were unveiled in Mamer and Reutte, while sales and marketing offices were opened in China, Mexico and Spain. In 2007, CERATIZIT acquired Newcomer Products, Inc., a private company based in Latrobe/Pennsylvania.[3] In 2010, CERATIZIT and CB Carbide combined their Asian activities within the joint venture company CB-CERATIZIT in which both CERATIZIT and the members of CB Carbide possess a 50% holding.[4] In 2011, Ceratizit moved its USA corporate headquarters from Latrobe, PA to Warren, Michigan.

Sites

CERATIZIT S.A. has its headquarters office in Mamer, Luxembourg With a workforce of 5,500 employees (2010), CERATIZIT S.A. operates 19 production sites in Europe, North America and Asia and has sales offices in 42 countries. The company possesses more than 400 patents worldwide and manufactured more than 10 billion sintered parts in 2010. Every year, the company invests approximately 15 percent of its turnover in the development of new products and technologies.

Products

CERATIZIT develops, produces and markets solutions for cutting and wear applications in selected industry sectors from powder to (semi-)finished products and coated components based on hard metals, cermets or technical ceramics.

Products and tools for cutting applications

CERATIZIT's cutting solutions are used for the machining of wheel sets, bearings, turbines and rollers. Important sectors for the company include the automotive and aerospace industries, toolmakers and the petrochemicals industry. In this last sector, CERATIZIT's hard metal parts are used during the machining of couplings and pipes for the transportation of oil and natural gas.

Hard metal rods

Products for wear resistance

The company's wear products are used in metal forming applications where they are employed for cold heading tools, drawing dies and mandrels, cold forming tools as well as tools used for the manufacture of nails, rivets and screws. Products for wood machining and rock stone working

References

  1. ↑ CERATIZIT on LinkedIn
  2. ↑ CERATIZIT - the history
  3. ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt, 11.07.2007
  4. ↑ Wirtschaftsblatt, 02.11.2010

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