CTG Advanced Materials (dba H. C. Materials)
Glass, Ceramics and Concrete ManufacturingIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
CTG Advanced Materials (dba H.C. Materials), an ISO 9001:2008 company and a division of Channel Technologies Group, is the recognized leader in the development and manufacturing of high-performance single crystal PMN-PT based crystals for military, medical and oil and gas (O & G) applications. CTGAM's production line includes platinum crucible fabrication, crystal growth, mechanical finishing, electroding and testing. CTGAM has supplied over 300,000 high-quality piezoelectric crystal elements for acoustic transduction devices such as actuators, sensors, ultrasound imaging, active vibration control, and bulk acoustic wave devices for telecommunications, acoustic transducers and projectors. CTGAM is currently the largest manufacturer of PMN-PT based piezoelectric crystal products in the United States. CTGAM has a dedicated team of scientists and engineers with 30 year's experience in crystal growth, characterization, applications and conducting government and industrial research. CTGAM has three US patents of PMN-PT crystal growth and application. CTGAM occupies 20,000 sq. ft. in a modern industrial complex in Bolingbrook, Illinois. CTGAM has a comprehensive crystal growth and process system. CTGAM owns equipment for crystal growth, platinum crucible manufacturing (platinum refining and crucible refurbishment), chemical batch purification, crystal orientation and machining works (slicing, griunding, lapping and polishing), plasma magnetron sputtering for coating electrode and IEEE standard electrical testing for quality control. CTGAM is comprehensively more integrated than most of its competitors. .