Mark Burroughs

Applied Ceramics, Inc.

Applied Ceramics, Inc. is a world-class technology and manufacturing company that creates value for our customers. By focusing on our customer's goals, we create value through our ceramic, refractory, catalyst, tooling, sourcing, manufacturing and research and development expertise. The company transformed from a kiln furniture supplier to a global enterprise with product lines stretching across various industries with multiple ventures. This diversity allows Applied Ceramics to service our existing businesses with excellence, while still investing heavily in our Research and Development group to work on the problems of tomorrow. We offer solutions. Service is our specialty. Through our 42 years of operation, we have learned that nothing is impossible and that there is always a path to success. Our strategy for success is to align ourselves with our customers and their goals so that if they succeed, we will succeed. So it is with this strategy that we are willing to try to do the impossible. And because of this creativity and ability to stretch our thinking, we are able to solve tomorrow's problems, today.