Our Sponsors & Exhibitors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:	Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 92,000 employees and sales of 21 billion euros in 2018. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes Research & Development programs to meet fast-changing market requirements, with total R&D expenditures of around 1.5 billion euros in 2018.	SAFRAN www.safran-group.com
GOLD SPONSOR:	Petroceramics S.p.A., founded in 2003 as the first spin-off of the University of Milan, has always been committed in turning the outmost recent scientific findings into innovative solutions and industry-ready technologies and cutting edge products. This ongoing commitment has lead to the development of significant know-how, innovative products and solutions. Petroceramics S.p.A. is now a stand-alone, dynamic company which develops new advanced, highly innovative materials and technological solutions for different technical sectors including automotive, surface treatments, armoured protection of individuals and vehicles, manufacturing industry and aeronautic. Our organizational structure reflects both the customer-oriented attitude, guided by agility, flexibility and efficiency criteria, and our dedication to science and technology development. Petroceramics' client-oriented approach aims at developing strategic partnership for supporting all project's steps from the development of new materials and/or processes to till putting into production. Additionally, Petroceramics carries on own internal R&D activities, which have turned into more than 15 patented technologies and materials. Our leitmotif is to turn the outmost recent scientific findings into innovative materials as well as industry-ready equipment and processes. Our state-of-the-art equipments can ensure a rapid and excellent production of small scale, customized parts as well as prototypes and pre-series. Petroceramics S.p.A. has an internal research and development laboratory which enables the rapid structural and thermomechanical characterization of both own and customer's materials including analysis services and consultancy services on ceramics and petrology. Petroceramics is also partner of several national and European funded projects. Petroceramics's team is composed of nearly 15 highly qualified researchers with expertise in several fields, including geology, materials sciences, physics, nuclear and mechanical engineering and chemistry. The annual turnover is over 2,000,000 Euros. Petroceramics S.p.A. is located within the Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park in Stezzano (Bergamo) which offers a highly innovative, interdisciplinary environment.	Petroceramics S.p.A c/o Kilometro Rosso Science & Technology Park Viale Europa, 2 -24040 Stezzano (Bergamo) - Italy www.petroceramics.com
GOLD SPONSOR:	There's so much we could say when we are asked about our company - but let's keep things simple. We are a science-based technology company that is committed to improving lives and doing business in the right way - which is why we have been listed as a World's Most Ethical Company for three years in succession. And we love applying our science to creating products that, in big ways and small, make things better in some way. Helping people to be safe. Making them more productive. Protecting their health. Safeguarding the environment. And we have an insatiable appetite for meeting the world's ever-changing challenges.	3M - Advanced Materials Division | Nextel™ Ceramic Textiles and Composites, Europe 3M Deutschland GmbH Carl-Schurz-Str. 1 41453 Neuss - Germany Phone: +49 2131 142 305 www.3M.de/Nextel
GOLD SPONSOR:		IHI Aero-Engine, Space & Defense Business Area 3975-18, Haijima-cho, Akishima-shi, Tokyo, 196-8686, Japan Phone: +81-42-500-7687 www.ihi.co.jp
GOLD SPONSOR:	Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes SpA was formed in 2009 as a joint venture by Brembo S.p.A. and SGL Technologies GmbH and is active in the field of designing, developing, manufacturing and selling braking systems in general and specifically brake discs made in carbon ceramic material and installed on high performance cars; the Company is also active in the research and development of new materials and applications. The joint venture has two manufacturing plants, one located in Stezzano (Italy) and one in Meitingen (Germany). As the world leading producer of carbon ceramic brake discs, the BSCCB product portfolio currently includes 2 types of carbon-ceramic discs: Carbon Ceramic Brakes (CCB) Produced in Meitingen CCB is a disc made up by a core of ceramic material, reinforced with carbon fiber and covered by an additional ceramic friction layer on both breaking surfaces. Customer Applications: Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, AMG. Ceramic Composite Material (CCM) Produced in Stezzano CCM disc is a floating disc made up by a core of ceramic material, reinforced with carbon fiber. In comparison to CCB, CCM disc braking surfaces are not covered by an additional ceramic friction layer. Custumer Applications: Ferrari, Aston Martin, Corvette, Chevrolet, Lexus, Nissan, Pagani, Maserati, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo, Mc Laren; A special feature of the carbon ceramic brake discs is represented by the ceramic composite material. This material is obtained through a particular process, which gives the possibility to add or deposit a layer of material to improve the friction coefficient on both the braking surfaces. The core and the additional friction layer are made by a composite material, which is composed by carbon fibers (reinforcement), silicon carbide and metallic silicon (matrix). Silicon carbide, the main matrix component, assures great hardness for the composite material while carbon fibers guarantee high mechanical strength resistence, providing the fracture toughness required in this kind of applications. The resulting quasiductile properties of the ceramic composite material combine the useful properties of carbon fiber-reinforced carbon (C/C) and polychrystalline silicon carbide ceramics. The deformation at breaking point of C/SiC materials ranges from 0.1 to 0.3 %. This is an exceptionally high value for ceramics. The entire characteristic profile makes fiber-reinforced silicon carbide to a first-choice material for high-performance brake systems: in particular the low weight, the hardness, the stable characteristics also at high pressure and temperature, the resistance to thermal shock and the quasiductility provide long life time of the brake disc and avoid all issues, which are typical for cast iron brake discs.	Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes GmbH Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 18 86405 Meitingen - Germany www.carbonceramicbrakes.com
SILVER SPONSOR:	Bullen is the world leader in ultrasonic machining. Ultrasonic machining is a non-thermal, non-chemical, and non-electrical process that leaves the chemical composition, material microstructure, and physical properties of the workpiece unchanged. This low stress process translates to high reliability for critical applications. Difficult to machine materials such as sapphire, silicon, silicon carbide and ceramic matrix composites are materials in which ultrasonic machining excels. Since 1971, Bullen has been providing unique machining solutions for the technology leaders in the Defense, Aerospace, MEMS, and Semiconductor industries. Bullen is ISO 9001:2015/AS 9100D certified.	Bullen Ultrasonics Inc. 1301 Miller Williams Rd. 45320 Eaton, Ohio, United States Phone: +1 937 472 2132 www.bullentech.com
SILVER SPONSOR:	CoorsTek makes the world measurably better as the partner of choice for technology and manufacturing companies worldwide whose success requires the unique, high-performance properties of products manufactured from engineered ceramics and advanced materials. CoorsTek products and components touch people’s lives through amazing solutions to global challenges in energy, transportation, information technology, healthcare, and defense, among others. For more information about CoorsTek, including product information, its history since 1910, and locations throughout Europe, North America, and Asia, please visit our website: www.coorstek.com.	CoorsTek Inc. 14143 Denver West Parkway 80401 Golden, United States Phone: +1 303 271 7100 www.coorstek.com
SILVER SPONSOR:	ATL provides solutions to materials problems using advanced coating processes including chemical vapour deposition. We work globally to solve coating and materials challenges across a wide range of industries. With expertise in research, development, systems engineering and consultancy, we can offer the complete solution to your coating requirement.	Archer Technicoat Ltd Unit E, Progress Road, High Wycombe HP12 4JD Bucks - United Kingdom Phone: +44 1494 462 101 www.cvd.co.uk
BRONZE SPONSOR:	Newtec is 25 years of experience on optical microscopy and digital imaging. Since 2012 we have widened our know-how in the field of the electronic microscopy. We have developed new instruments : MT1000 (In-situ tensile stage), FurnaSEM (in-situ furnace), CELDI (in-situ reactor) and we are able to adapt scientific instrumentation in severe environments.	NewTec Scientific 285 rue Gilles Roberval - Bât. A2 30900 Nîmes - France Phone: +33 (0)4 66 62 33 04 www.newtec.fr
BRONZE SPONSOR:	Pfeiffer Vacuum – a name that stands for innovative vacuum and leak detection solutions, high technology and dependable products, along with first-class service. Vacuum technology can be found everywhere in our daily life – often without us being aware of it. Pfeiffer Vacuum offers comprehensive solutions that are vital for the Industrial Production and Research Activities. Thanks to our know-how, we continue to be the technology and a world market leader in this field. The Pfeiffer Vacuum Group has approx. 3,200 employees worldwide and more than 20 subsidiaries. Pfeiffer Vacuum provides itself with the means to provide each customer with an optimal and adapted vacuum solution. The group tends to maintain its research and development momentum. This is in order to maintain excellence and be an industrial reference based on high-tech products. In order to best meet customer demand, Pfeiffer Vacuum ensures that its commitments in terms of sustainable development, quality and safety are met. The group is proud to highlight its two certifications: ISO 9001 (quality management) and 14001 (environmental management). Thanks to its desire to provide increasingly eco-responsible products, eco-design has been introduced into the production process.	Pfeiffer Vacuum SAS 98, avenue de Brogny - BP 2069 74009 Annecy Cedex - France Phone: +33 4 50 65 70 37 www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com
BRONZE SPONSOR:	ARIANEGROUP is a world leader in access to space, serving institutional and commercial customers and supporting Europe’s strategic independence. Guarantor of Europe’s autonomous, reliable access to space, we are the lead contractor for the Ariane family of European launchers and for the missiles in the French oceanic deterrent force. Our activities cover the entire life-cycle of a launcher: design, development, production, exploitation and commercial service, the latter through our subsidiary Arianespace. We build and operate Ariane 5, the most reliable launcher on the commercial market today, and we are developing the next-generation Ariane 6 launcher, for which we are the design authority.	ArianGroup Site du Haillan Boite postale N° 70069 33166 St Médard en Jalles cedex - France Phone: +33 5 57 20 84 46 www.ariane.group
BRONZE SPONSOR:		Free Form Fibers Saratoga Springs NY 12866 USA Phone: (518)690-0396 www.fffibers.com
BRONZE SPONSOR:	GrindoSonic is a leading expert for non-destructive materials testing based on the Impulse Excitation Technique. For over 50 years we provide industry and science with products either to determine elastic properties such as E-/G-Modulus and Poisson within a second at room temperature or from -200 °C ... +1800 °C (research) or to perform quality testing tasks fast and easy – manualy and automated. Main Application are MATERIAL CHARACTERISATION – EVOLUTION – QUALITY CONTROL.	GrindoSonic BVBA Esperantolaan 4 3001 Leuven - Belgium Phone: +32 (0)16 39 15 00 www.grindosonic.com
BRONZE SPONSOR:	AVIGNON CERAMIC is a french SME manufacturer of technical ceramics and porcelain parts. ISO 9001 and EN9100 : 2009 certified, we are relying on 150 years of experience and 120 employees. AVIGNON CERAMIC is specialized in Ceramic Injection Moulding and Additive Manufacturing of technical ceramics, mainly refractory cores for lost wax precision investment casting.	Avignon Ceramic SAS Route de Noirlac 18200 Bruère Allichamps - France Phone: +33 (0)2 48 62 03 70 www.avignonceramic.com
	CNRS is a French Research Agency with multidisciplinary scope; it is one of the most important actors of French academic research in sciences. The HT-CMC10 Congress benefits from technical and accounting support from the Aquitaine section of CNRS.
	The HT-CMC10 Congress warmly acknowledges financial support from the French-speaking Carbon Society, SFEC. The Francophone Society for Study of Carbons (SFEC) encourages interdisciplinary research on carbons with an Annual Carbon Colloquium, an Annual Prize and help on many Carbon-related congress, summer school, etc. initiatives.
	The Initiative of Excellence and the Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx) AMADEus: Advanced Materials by Design of the University of Bordeaux are acknowledged for their financial support to the event. The Bordeaux University is one of France's leading universities in Science, recognized through its Excellence labels "LabEx" and "IdEx" by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
	The Nouvelle Aquitaine region supports the conference.
	The French Atomic Energy & Alternative Energies Institute, CEA.
	ESCM (European Society for Composite Materials) is a European, non-governmental, non-profit scientific and engineering organisation with the objective to encourage the free interchange of information on all those aspects related to composite materials which of are interest to the scientific and engineering community, to promote European cooperation on the topic, and to encourage the education of young specialists. Support to HT-CMC10 is provided as travel grants for young attendees.
	The JECS Trust of the ECerS is a non-profit organization devoted to oversee the expenditure of funds passed on to the European Ceramic Society (ECerS) by the Society’s Journal and by its publisher, Elsevier. In its allocation of the Trust’s ressources, the Trust Council aims : To enable the European Ceramic Societies to engage in a broad range of activities for the benefit of its membership To strengthen research and teaching in Europe within the subject of ceramics To maintain and build on the current strong position of the Journal The main focus in the expenditure of Trust money is towards student/young researcher activities, but not exclusively so. This event is supported by the Journal of the ECerS Trust, a non-profit organization aimed at overseeing the expenditures passed to the ECerS (European Cermaic Society) by Elsevier, editor of its Journal. Support consists in : - Financial help to students travelling to attend the Conference; - Financial help for the Best Poster Awards.
	Mécamat is a French community of (industrial and academic) researchers - physicists, materials scientists, soild state mechanicians, focused on Materials and Mechanics, covering experimental and modeling aspects, from basic research to applications. Themes are : microstructure, damage mechanics, thermomecanics, behavior laws, numerical simulation, new materials, interfaces. The circulation of scientific information and the training of young researchers & engineers are important missions of this association.