The University of Dayton and the University of Dayton Research Institute welcomed a strong turnout of 14 AACCM members, representing 11 member companies, on September 4, 2025. The program began with a breakfast meeting among AACCM members, including a discussion about the present composition of the Executive Committee and updates from Doug Thurman on new …
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2025-26 AACCM Officers
The following AACCM members are serving as officers for 2025-26: President – Doug Thurman, Sunrock Ceramics Company Vice President – Keith DeCarlo, Blasch Precision Ceramics Treasurer – Jeff Morse, Zircar Zirconia Inc. Additional Executive Committee Members – Paul Sekeras (At-Large), Du-Co Ceramics; Jeff Vervlied (At-Large), Free Form Fibers
AACCM’s Spring Meeting at Ceramics Expo in Novi, MI
AACCM held its Spring Meeting on the morning of April 29, 2025, in Novi, Michigan, coinciding with the opening day of Ceramics Expo. The meeting drew a strong turnout, with approximately thirty members and guests in attendance. Highlights included welcoming new member company Prairie Ceramics and hearing from guest speaker Richard Goodhead, Chief Marketing Officer …
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AACCM’s Fall Meeting Held at Alfred University
Alfred University, in conjunction with the Alfred’s Center for Advanced Ceramic Technology, welcomed 30 members of AACCM, representing 14 member companies, on September 14, 2023. The prior evening the members enjoyed dinner overlooking Lake Keuka, one of the Finger Lakes. The September 14th program began with the semi-annual AACCM meeting, including the introduction of new …
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AACCM’s Spring 2023 meeting held at Ceramics Expo in Novi, MI
With Ceramics Expo getting back on a spring schedule (after being in the fall for the last two years, following the cancellation of the 2020 and 2021 conferences), AACCM members met on May 2 at the Ceramics Expo. This schedule change will get the Ceramics Expo back on an ongoing spring timeframe. In 2023, the …
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AACCM holds Fall 2022 meeting at the Ceramics Expo in Cleveland
AACCM held its Fall 2022 meeting on the morning of August 30, 2022 in conjunction with the Ceramics Expo in Cleveland. AACCM also had a booth at the Expo to show attendees of the Expo hands-on examples of the product capabilities of member companies. Attendance at the meeting was very good, as was the traffic …
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2022 AACCM Spring Meeting held at Clemson University
On April 14th the AACCM members held their first offsite meeting (outside of the Ceramics Expo meetings) since the pandemic at Clemson University’s Advanced Materials Research Laboratory. The event kicked off with a dinner the night before with chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The full day meeting featured several department faculty …
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2022-23 AACCM Officers
The following AACCM members were elected as officers for 2022: President – Doug Thurman, Sunrock Ceramics Company Vice-President – Jeff Brundage, GBC Advanced Materials Treasurer – Dan Tipsord, Skyworks RF Ceramics (Trans-Tech) Additional Executive Committee Members – Tom Arbanes (past president), Du-Co Ceramics, Jeff Vervlied (At-Large) – consultant, and Dan Funk (At-Large) – Kyocera Member …
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2021 AACCM Fall Breakfast Meeting Held August 31, 2021
A robust turnout of 18 people representing 8 different US ceramic manufacturers met at the 2021 Fall Breakfast Meeting in Cleveland. Perhaps the highlight of the meeting occurred when each visitor at this meeting offered their particular insights regarding their experiences over the past two years dealing with COVID, supply chain issues and workforce development …
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2020 AACCM Officers
The following AACCM members were elected as officers for 2020: President — Tom Arbanas, Du-Co Ceramics Vice President — Doug Thurman, Sunrock Ceramics Company Treasurer — Dan Tipsord, Skyworks RF Ceramics (Trans-Tech) Past President — Richard Feeser, Superior Technical Ceramics Member at Large — Thomas Henriksen, Ceramco Member at Large — Jeff Vervlied, Consultant
