PI Ceramic History 1880Discovery of piezoelectric activity by J. and P. Curie1890First porcelain manufacturing company inHermsdorf, Germany (10 miles from the PI Ceramic factory) 1918HESCHO Trust, 1000 employees, world-leader in electro-ceramics at the time1931First ceramic capacitor 1945KWH (Keramische Werke Hermsdorf) founded 1952First PZT materials (PIEZOLAN™) manufactured at KWH1989KWH is split into different companies 1992PI and employees of KWH found PI Ceramic (2000 square meters, 21500 sq.ft.)2000PI Ceramic employs 70 people 2002PI Ceramic expands factory to 6840 square meters(73600 square feet)2003PICMA Piezo Piezo · · Nano Nano · · Positioning Positioning
® actuator technology introduced2006125 people are employed at PIC Handling robot for piezo ceramic components Equipment for fully automatedscreen printing of electrodes onpiezoelectric and dielectric ceramics 7