SGL Group - The Carbon Company
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Performance Products (PP) |
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Graphite and Carbon Electrodes |
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Cathodes and Furnace Linings |
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Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS) |
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Graphite Specialities |
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Process Technology Expanded Graphite |
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Carbon Fibres & Composites (CFC) |
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Carbon Fibres |
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Composite Materials |
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Brake Discs (Road & Racing) |
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Composite Components |
SGL Group was founded in 1992 as a merger between SIGRI (Germany) and Great Lakes Carbon (USA), listed in Germany on the MDAX since 1995.
SGL Group is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of products made of carbon, graphite and composite materials for industrial, aerospace and automotive applications. The company is comprised of three main business areas: Performance Products (PP), Graphite Materials & Systems (GMS), and Carbon Fibres & Composites (CFC) which further encompasses HITCO Carbon Composites and HITCO Racing.
Carbon Ceramic Road Car Brakes
Whilst HITCO leads the development of carbon racing brakes, the (CFC) business unit oversees the development of carbon/ceramic brakes for road car applications. Combining low weight with exceptional strength and hardness, carbon/ceramic is a ceramic composite material, composed of carbon fiber within a silicon carbide matrix (C/SiC).
C/SiC brake performance is revolutionary; the ceramic brake disc achieves not only very high, but also consistent frictional coefficients, maintaining them independent of temperature and weather conditions. Like carbon, C/SiC brakes offer a tremendous weight advantage over conventional steel brakes (about 65%) and this provides consequential improvements in vehicle handling, performance and fuel economy.
On the road, the SGL Group manufactures brakes for Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini; equipping cars such as the Veyron, 911 Carrera, S8 and RS5 to name but a few.
Brembo and SGL Group Announce Joint Venture in Carbon Ceramic Brake Discs
Brembo, a world leader in high performance brake systems and SGL Group – The Carbon Company announced, effective June 1, 2009 a joint venture for carbon ceramic brake discs with each company owning an equal 50% share in the new entity, operating under the name Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes.
The objective of the joint venture is to further develop carbon ceramic brake systems as well as to produce and market carbon ceramic brake discs exclusively for the passenger car and commercial vehicle markets. The joint venture will also focus on the automated production of the next generation of carbon ceramic brake discs for the broader car market. Robert Koehler, CEO of SGL Group said, "Brembo SGL Carbon Ceramic Brakes will be the worldwide benchmark in technology, design, development and production of carbon ceramic brake discs for sports and luxury cars."
