History

The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials history spans over 160 years. Morgan Technical Ceramics has grown through a process of strategic acquisitions and consolidations, combining the resources and technical expertise to offer a product range and engineering capability that is difficult to equal.

Catering to diverse industries with engineered solutions that drive progress and efficiency. We continue to be at the forefront of materials science committed to solving engineering challenges of the future, with dedicated research centres and manufacturing sites across the globe. 

Morgan Technical Ceramics: A Legacy of Innovation in Advanced Materials

1856 - The Morgan brothers founded the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company, making crucibles in a small factory in Battersea, London
1865 - W Haldenwanger Technische Keramik GmbH Co. KG founded
1881 - Patent Plumbago Crucible Company changed its name to The Morgan Crucible Company
1890 - Shares were floated and Morgan became a public limited company
1903 - Lodge Bros founded (later know as Lodge Ceramics)
1927 - Western Gold and Platinum (Wesgo Inc.) founded (Hayward Ceramics, USA)
1929 - Steatite & Porcelain Products Limited started
1932 - V.G Manufacturing founded (later known as Royal Park Porcelain Co. Ltd) 
1946 - The Morgan Crucible Company listed on the London Stock Exchange
1947 - Anderman & Co formed (UK)
1950 – Duramic Products, Inc formed
1961 - Alberox Inc founded (New Bedford, USA)
1962 - R&W Products founded (Auburn, USA)
1964 - Acquisition of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd (Stourport, UK) from ICI
1970 – Certech Inc established in New Jersey, USA
1972 - Wesgo Ceramics (Erlangen, Germany) site opened
1972 - Acquisition of Park Royal Porcelain in Sandy, UK (Relocated to Stourport, UK in 1998)
1982 - Acquisition of Anderman & Co Ltd, Molesey, UK (Relocated to Rugby, UK in 1994)
1983 - Certech opens a site in Corby, UK
1984 - Acquisition of Advanced Materials Engineering Ltd, subsequently branded to MTC Stourport
1984 - Launch of Morgan Matroc Ltd and Morgan Matroc Inc.
1985 - Acquisition of Duramic Products, later combined with WESGO and now known as WESGO-Duramic Products, Fairfield, USA
1989 - Acquisition of Alberox Inc, New Bedford, USA
1989 - Certech opens new facility in Pennsylvania, USA
1991 - CVD Products, Inc formed (later known as Performance Materials, Inc)
1991 - Acquisition of WESGO Inc Belmont, CA and Fairfield, USA, plus WESGO GmbH, Erlangen, Germany. Acquisition included the Ceramics and Precious Metal activities of WESGO Inc.
1992 - Acquisition of Lodge Ceramics, Rugby, UK from Smith's Industries
1994 - Certech becomes part of the Carpenter Technology Corporation
1997 - Acquisition of W.Haldenwanger GmbH, Waldkraiburg and Berlin, Germany, together with JV operation in Yixing, China and Bolt Technical Ceramics, a distributor in Conroe Texas, USA - Bolt subsequently relocated to Fairfield, USA in 2005
1999 - Launch of Morgan Advanced Ceramics
2001 - Acquisition of Performance Materials Inc, Hudson, USA
2003 - Merger of Morgan Advanced Ceramics and Morgan Electro Ceramics to form Morgan Technical Ceramics
2008 - Acquisition of Certech, R&W Products (Auburn, USA), and Carpenter Advanced Ceramics (Melbourne, Australia)
2010 - Technical Ceramics and Thermal Ceramics merge to become Morgan Ceramics
2013 - Company renamed Morgan Advanced Materials
2015 - The Material Centre of Excellence for Structural Ceramics is established in Stourport, UK
2016 - New R&D Centre of Excellence for Metals and Joining opens in Hayward, USA
2019 - Dedicated Chemical Vapour Deposition-Silicon Carbide manufacturing site opens in Daegu, South Korea
2019 - The Certech Mexico site (San Juan Del Rio) is expanded