About Us  

Morgan Technical Ceramics was formed in 2003 when two former businesses units of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, Morgan Advanced Ceramics and Morgan Electro Ceramics, were combined.

The Technical Ceramics Division has grown through a process of strategic acquisition and consolidation. It combines the resources and expertise of its constituent companies to offer a product range and technical capability whose breadth and depth is difficult to equal. The origins of this specialist division date back to 1964 when Steatite & Porcelain Products Limited was acquired from ICI. This company was started in 1929 in the UK, but the investment by Morgan Crucible 35 years later marked the genesis of the modern-day Morgan Technical Ceramics business.

Three further acquisitions in the UK were followed by a major milestone in the early development of the division with the acquisition of Duramic Products in New Jersey in 1986. This heralded the start of the rapid expansion in Morgan's advanced ceramics operations in the USA.

Continued investment in the US and Europe together with new business ventures in the Far East, soon placed Morgan's technical ceramics capability at the forefront of the industry, in a truly global arena. The individual businesses have strong material and/or product Brands and these continue to exist within the group identity of Morgan Technical Ceramics.

Today, Morgan Technical Ceramics has manufacturing plants located throughout Europe, North America, South America, Australasia and Asia, each fully supported by a comprehensive customer service and technical support network. The company has the structure and the capability to work with global businesses at international and national level.

The history of the Morgan Technical Ceramics companies, in each continent it operates in, spans the development of technical ceramic materials from the early 1900's through to the highest purity high performance advanced ceramic materials of today.

No other company operating in the field of technical ceramics is better placed to deliver innovative solutions to meet the needs and the challenges faced by industry today and in the future.

The long-term relationships we build with our customers provide the foundation for our continued success. Our aim is to provide services and products that not only add value, but also make a real and measurable contribution to the success of our customers' businesses. This is why our commitment to customer service and technical support in the technical ceramics industry is without equal.

We work in partnership and in total confidence with manufacturers own design and R&D teams at local, national and international level on projects from concept and feasibility, through prototype and development, to full production.

The Morgan Technical Ceramics Journey

The Morgan Technical Ceramics Journey
1964 - Acquisition of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, UK, from ICI. Now known as Morgan Advanced Ceramics Ltd, Stourport
1972 - Acquisition of Park Royal Porcelain in Sandy, Bedfordshire, UK (Relocated to Stourport in 1998)
1982 - Acquisition of Anderman & Ryder Ltd, Molesey, Surrey, UK (Relocated to Rugby in 1994).
1984 - Acquisition of Advanced Materials Engineering Ltd
1984 - Launch of Morgan Matroc Ltd and Morgan Matroc Inc. 
1986 - Acquisition of Duramic Products, later combined with WESGO and now known as WESGO-Duramic Products, Fairfield
1987 - Acquisition of Spoumd SA, France. Became Morgan Matroc SA and relocated to Collegien. Now known as Morgan Advanced Ceramics SA, Collegien.
1987 - Acquisition of Unilator Ltd, Ruabon, UK. Transferred to Morgan Electro Ceramics in 1999
1989 - Acquisition of Alberox Inc, New Bedford, MA, USA
1989 - Acquisition of Vernitron, Bedford, OH, USA and Vernitron, Southampton, UK. Both were transferred to Morgan Electro Ceramics in 1999.
1991 - Acquisition of WESGO Inc Belmont, CA and Fairfield NJ, USA, plus WESGO Gmbh, Erlangen, Germany. This acquisition included the Ceramics and Precious Metal activities of WESGO Inc.
1992 - Acquisition of Lodge Ceramics, Rugby, UK from Smith's Industries
1995 - Joint Venture in Jaiding, China creating Shanghai Morgan Matroc Technical Ceramics Co. Ltd
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,.
1997 - Electro Ceramics operations in Ruabon, Southampton and Bedford placed under separate management team.
1998 - Acquisition of GBC Materials, Latrobe, PA, USA
1999 - Launch of Morgan Advanced Ceramics and Morgan Electro Ceramics
2000 - Acquisition of the Electroceramics Division of Philips in Eindhoven
2001 - Acquisition of Performance Materials Inc, Hudson NH, USA and Diamonex Inc, Allentown, USA
2003 - Merger of Morgan Advanced Ceramics and Morgan Electro Ceramics to form Morgan Technical Ceramics
2007 - Closure of the Eindhoven Electroceramics sites, with relocation of the business into Ruabon and Southampton
2008 - Acquisition of Certech and Carpenter Advanced Ceramics 

Morgan Technical Ceramics is a division of The Morgan Crucible Company plc, one of the world's leading advanced materials companies, specialising in the design, manufacture and marketing of ceramic and carbon products. These are used in a wide range of applications from transport and telecommunications to fire protection and medical instruments. Morgan is listed on the London Stock Exchange in the engineering sector. For more information visit http://www.morgancrucible.com