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 thirty five 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.

Morgan Technical Ceramics providing engineered solutions using ceramics, glass, precious metals and other related materials.

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, 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.

Morgan Crucible’s History

The Morgan Crucible Company's traditions of excellence date back to 1855 when William Vaughan Morgan acquired a London-based merchant and druggist business and began trading under the name Morgan and Rees.

William was joined by brothers Thomas, Walter, Octavius, Septimus and Edward. By 1857 this joint enterprise - renamed the Patent Plumbago Crucible Company - was able to display a range of crucibles at the Crystal Palace Exhibition. The company was soon supplying customers throughout Africa, South East Asia, the Americas and in Europe where it was awarded a Gold medal at the 1868 Paris Exhibition. Towards the end of the 1800's, the business began trading as The Morgan Crucible Company.

Today, The Morgan Crucible Group has become a world leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of technologically advanced materials, chemicals and components.

The Morgan Technical Ceramics Journey

• 1964 - Acquisition of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, UK, from ICI. Now known as Morgan Technical 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, subsequently branded to MTC Stourport
• 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 - subsequently sold to a management buy out team.
• 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 - subsequently closed at the end of 2008
• 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 in 2005.
• 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