please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message ceratizit s.a. type corporation founded 2002 headquarters mamer luxembourg key people jacques lanners md products powder metallurgical sintered hard metal products website www.ceratizit.com the ceratizit group is a manufacturer of hard material products for wear protection and cutting tools and is present in more than 50 countries . these products are sold to customers from the automotive industry mechanical engineering the oil industry medical systems electronics and tools and mould construction . 1 the company is the world s fourth largest producer of hard metals . ceratizit s.a. is 50 % owned by plansee holding ag with the remaining shares being held by private owners . contents 1 history 2 sites 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit ceratizit s.a. was created in 2002 as the result of a merger between the companies cerametal founded in 1931 and plansee tizit founded in 1985 . 2 cerametal was founded in walferdange luxembourg by nicolas lanners . in 1948 the cooperation started between cerametal and the company then known as plansee gmbh . in 1979 cerametal launched production operations in the usa and the first ceramic parts were manufactured in 1988 . in 1996 instrument ag in bulgaria was incorporated in plansee tizit while at the same time collaboration got underway with siel to form siel tizit ltd. in the indian city of kolkata . following the start up of ceratizit s.a in 2002 the company opened sales offices in brazil poland hungary and the czech republic . in 2007 new administrative premises were unveiled in mamer and reutte while sales and marketing offices were opened in china mexico and spain . in 2007 ceratizit acquired newcomer products inc. a private company based in latrobe pennsylvania . 3 in 2010 ceratizit and cb carbide combined their asian activities within the joint venture company cb ceratizit in which both ceratizit and the members of cb carbide possess a 50 % holding . 4 in 2011 ceratizit moved its usa corporate headquarters from latrobe pa to warren michigan . sites edit ceratizit s.a. has its headquarters office in mamer luxembourg with a workforce of 5 500 employees 2010 ceratizit s.a. operates 19 production sites in europe north america and asia and has sales offices in 42 countries . the company possesses more than 400 patents worldwide and manufactured more than 10 billion sintered parts in 2010 . every year the company invests approximately 15 percent of its turnover in the development of new products and technologies . citation needed products edit ceratizit develops produces and markets solutions for cutting and wear applications in selected industry sectors from powder to semi finished products and coated components based on hard metals cermets or technical ceramics . products and tools for cutting applications drilling tools milling tools thread cutting tools turning tools parting and grooving tools multi function tools ceratizit s cutting solutions are used for the machining of wheel sets bearings turbines and rollers . important sectors for the company include the automotive and aerospace industries toolmakers and the petrochemicals industry . in this last sector ceratizit s hard metal parts are used during the machining of couplings and pipes for the transportation of oil and natural gas . hard metal rods rods unground or ground rods with coolant holes preformed blanks for milling and drilling machinestools products for wear resistance discs blanks for pcbs tool and die blanksblanks for cutting and punching tools blanks for metal forming solutionstechnology knives nozzles hobs milling rollers circular round and flat hard metal parts the company s wear products are used in metal forming applications where they are employed for cold heading tools drawing dies and mandrels cold forming tools as well as tools used for the manufacture of nails rivets and screws . products for wood machining and rock stone working saw tips wood drill tips blanks for profiling and routers indexable knives rods and strips hammer tips masonry tips references edit ceratizit on linkedin ceratizit the history wirtschaftsblatt 11.07.2007 wirtschaftsblatt 02.11.2010 external links edit ceratizit.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ceratizit & oldid 678553802 categories manufacturing companies of luxembourghidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2012all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia 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