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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4c625f/advanced_ceramics) has announced the addition of the "Advanced Ceramics - International Technology & Market Trends" report to their offering.

Information technology and electronic industries are emerging as the two bastions of advanced ceramics' market since late '90s. Rising demand for high-performance electronic, computing and communication devices is propping the large-scale adoption of advanced ceramic compositions within these industries. Cross-application synergies are also upstaging, unveiling newer and more sophisticated application platforms for advanced ceramics. Thus, with the revenue charts increasingly tipping towards the high-end markets, the industry's end user profile is undergoing rapid transformation, away from the conventional end-use markets such as defense equipment, chemical processing, and glass industries. With the spurt unlikely to die down any sooner, the IT and electronic industries are projected to remain dominant and aggressively growing end users of advanced ceramics.

Commercial use of advanced ceramics is limited by the complexity and high costs of implementation; skepticism about the long-term stability and consistency of material properties, coupled with lack of industry-wide standardization, high cost of components and absence of performance tracking deterring the full-scale commercialization of advanced ceramics until recently. However, burgeoning research and developments and new product innovations are expected to drive new opportunities for advanced ceramics in the coming years. Additionally, growing impetus for environmental protection is likely to bolster demand for the use of the materials in replacement applications that are touted as environmentally unsafe. Of late, rising shipments of commercial and military aircrafts and future orders, particularly from the US and Asian countries, is expected to assure a stable market for advanced ceramic coatings in the next five years.

These and other market data and trends are presented in "Advanced Ceramics: International Technology & Market Trends" by BizAcumen, Inc. This report is designed to be the most comprehensive in geographic coverage and vertical market analyses.

Key Topics Covered:

METHODOLOGY

    --  Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations
    --  Disclaimers
    --  Quantitative Techniques & Reporting Level

INDUSTRY OVERVIEW

    --  Major Markets of Advanced Ceramics

MARKET SNAPSHOTS

    --  Asia Dominates Global Advanced Ceramics Market
    --  Twin Growth Strategy: Adding New Dimensions to Advanced Ceramics
    --  Industry Experiences Strong Demand from IT/Electronic Industries
    --  Electronic Ceramics Continue to Rule Advanced Ceramics Market
    --  Development of Niobium and Tantalum Propel Electronic Ceramics Market
    --  Rising Demand for Ceramic Armor Fueling Structural Ceramics Sales
    --  Medical Field to Emerge as Major End-Use Area for Advanced Ceramics
    --  Aerospace Sector Drives Growth for Ceramic Coatings
    --  Challenges for Commercialization of Advanced Ceramics
    --  Cost-Effective Manufacturing Regions Attract Foreign Companies

EMERGING APPLICATIONS

    --  Smart Ceramics Zoom Ahead
    --  Fuel Cells and Batteries Promising a Huge Potential
    --  High-Performance Ceramics Grab Significant Position in Automobile Sector
    --  Piezo ceramic components Open New Avenues
    --  Metal Matrix Composite - A Prominent Species
    --  Ceramic Products Aid in Process Reliability
    --  Superconductors Driving Demand for Advanced Ceramics
    --  Energy Sector Spurs New Opportunities for Advanced Ceramics

PRODUCT FACTS

    --  Electronic Ceramics
    --  Chemical Processing & Environmental Ceramics
    --  Ceramic Coatings
    --  Structural Ceramics

SOME OF THE CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT

    --  Metalico Acquires American CatCon Holdings
    --  CTS Corp Acquires TUSONIX
    --  Johnson Matthey Acquires Argillon
    --  Yageo Partners with OEMs and ODMs to Promote Wireless Solutions
    --  Ceradyne Obtains Ceramic Body Armor Order
    --  ESK Ceramics Wins euro35 Million Contract
    --  Taiyo Yuden Launches Two New Group Companies
    --  CoorsTek Releases New Design Guide for Thick-Film Ceramic Substrates
    --  Yageo Introduces 8010 Ceramic Chip Antenna
    --  Kyocera to Launch New Ceramic Utility Knife Colors
    --  TDK Corporation Develops First-of-its-kind Multilayer Ceramic Chip
        Capacitor
    --  AVX Corporation Acquires American Technical Ceramics
    --  Souriau Holding Acquires Pacific Aerospace & Electronics
    --  Du-Co Ceramics Company Acquires Saxonburg Ceramics
    --  North Coast Angel Fund Acquires Minority Interest in Stanton Ceramics
    --  SIC Investment Acquires Toshiba Ceramics
    --  CoorsTek Takes Over Gaiser
    --  Advent and Carlyle Completes the Acquisition of H.C. Starck
    --  Cree and Digi-Key Enter into a Distribution Pact
    --  Ceradyne Obtains Ceramic Body Armor Delivery Order from the US Army
    --  CPS Becomes CPS Technologies Corporation
    --  Ceradyne Opens First Solar Energy Ceramic-Associated Factory in China
    --  NGK Insulators to Construct New Manufacturing Facility in Mexico
    --  CoorsTek Plans to Open New Facility in the US
    --  Samsung Electro-Mechanics Offers MLCC Library to Ansoft
    --  ATC Rolls Out 800 Series Multilayer Capacitor Products
    --  CoorsTek Launches CeraPure Ceramics
    --  CoorsTek Launches DuraStrate Ceramic Substrates
    --  + many more

MAJOR PLAYERS

    --  Applied Ceramics Inc. (USA)
    --  Ceradyne, Inc. (USA)
    --  CPS Technologies Corporation (USA)
    --  CeramTec AG (Germany)
    --  COI Ceramics Inc. (USA)
    --  Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (France)
    --  Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Hamilton Ltd. (Canada)
    --  Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Lauf GmbH (Germany)
    --  Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics Inc. (USA)
    --  Saint-Gobain Advanced Ceramics Inc. (USA)
    --  Saint-Gobain Quartz SAS (France)
    --  CoorsTek, Inc. (USA)
    --  Covalent Materials Corporation (Japan)
    --  General Electric Company (USA)
    --  International Ceramic Engineering (USA)
    --  KEMET Corporation (USA)
    --  Kyocera Corporation (Japan)
    --  AVX Corp. (USA)
    --  American Technical Ceramics Corp. (USA)
    --  Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corporation (USA)
    --  Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. (USA)
    --  Morgan Electro Ceramics (UK)
    --  Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan)
    --  NGK Insulators Ltd. (Japan)
    --  Rauschert GmbH (Germany)
    --  Samsung Electro-Mechanics Company Ltd. (Korea)
    --  Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (Japan)
    --  TDK Corporation (Japan)
    --  Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (USA)
    --  Yageo Corp. (Taiwan)

GLOBAL MARKET ANALYTICS

REGIONA OVERVIEW

COMPANIES PROFILED

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    Source: Research and Markets

OXFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- RBC Bearings Incorporated (NASDAQ: ROLL), a leading international manufacturer of highly-engineered precision plain, roller and ball bearings for the industrial, defense and aerospace industries, today announces an update to its aerospace authorized distributors.

Effective immediately, on a go-forward basis, the following are the aerospace authorized distributors RBC will continue to formally recognize and market its product through.

Aerospace Distributors

Dixie Aerospace Bearings Company

473 Dividend Dr

Peachtree City, GA 30269

678 490-0140 (Toll free (800) 241-8471)

678 490-0142 (fax)

B/E Aerospace (formerly Honeywell International)

8260 S. Hardy Drive - Building 1234

Tempe, AZ 85284

866-234-4474

480-592-7690 (fax)

Interfast, Inc.

22 Worcester Road

Toronto, Ontario M9W 5X2

Canada

416-674-0770

416-674-5804 (fax)

National Precision Bearing

8152 304th Ave. SE

P.O. Box 613

Preston, WA 98050

800-426-8038

425-222-5900

425-222-5950 (fax)

W.S. Wilson Corporation

24 Harbor Park Drive

Port Washington, NY 11050

516-621-8800

516-621-8656 (fax)

Wesco Aircraft

27727 Avenue Scott

Valencia, CA 91355

661-775-7200

661-295-0695 (fax)

Dr. Michael J. Hartnett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are very pleased to supply and stand behind our broad line of products with this select group of aerospace distributors. Our loyalties to each other and the solid working partnerships we have allow us to effectively and efficiently bring value to the various aerospace market segments and channels we both serve."

About RBC Bearings

RBC Bearings Incorporated is an international manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered precision bearings and components. Founded in 1919, the Company is primarily focused on producing highly technical or regulated bearing products requiring sophisticated design, testing, and manufacturing capabilities for the diversified industrial, aerospace and defense markets. Headquartered in Oxford, Connecticut, RBC Bearings currently employs approximately 1,724 people and operates 23 manufacturing facilities in four countries.

    Source: RBC Bearings Incorporated

Ardent Impressions Inc has been helping a wide range of clients build traffic, loyalty, and their brand for over 30 years (often under the InstaFotos and West Coast Promotions brands.) We are the market leader in on-site personalization; putting names and faces on branded giveaways at tradeshows, corporate events, and at local shopping centers during the holiday season. Personalizing a gift significantly raises its perceived value and makes it far more likely to be kept. A popular holiday service is digital photo mementos and all of our services are crafted to support and integrate with our client's larger branding, marketing and sales efforts. www.ardentimpressions.com

Company:               Ardent Impressions Inc.

Headquarters Address:  831 Bransten Road, Suite L

                       San Carlos, CA 94070

Main Telephone:        650-342-0152

Website:               www.ardentimpressions.com

Type of Organization:  Private

Industry:              Marketing

Key Executives:        CEO: Trent Poltronetti

                       Operations Director: Rebecca Bertram

                       VP Creative: Kelly Gurza

Public Relations

Contact:               Trent Poltronetti

Phone:                 650 342 0152 x202

Email:                 trent@ardentimpressions.com

Customer Service

Contact:               Rebecca Bertram

Phone:                 650 342 0152 x201

Email:                 rebecca@ardentimpressions.com

    Source: Ardent Impressions Inc.

WASHINGTON, DC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/04/09 -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit arguing for the reversal of a lower court's decision allowing to go forward a suit against former Bush Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo filed by a Yale Law School human rights clinic on behalf of "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla.

Padilla, who is currently serving a seventeen-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted of providing material support to terrorists, among other criminal offenses, maintains that his constitutional rights were violated when President Bush designated him as an "enemy combatant" and ordered his detention by the U.S. military, allegedly at the recommendation of Yoo. Padilla is asking the court to award him monetary damages for these alleged violations of his rights.

According to Judicial Watch's brief, filed on November 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court erred by refusing to dismiss this lawsuit, giving rise to serious concerns about "separation of powers":

"Judicial Watch's primary concern is that the District Court failed to consider adequately the weighty separation of powers concerns that arise whenever the Judicial Branch seeks to involve itself in the presidential decision-making process. These separation of powers concerns are all the more significant when the decision-making process involves national security and the exercise of the President's powers as Commander in Chief. If the decision is allowed to stand, it would represent an unprecedented expansion by the Judicial Branch into the President's ability to receive wartime advice from his advisors."

Padilla, an American citizen, moved to Egypt in 1998 and spent the next several years traveling throughout the Middle East. According to U.S. intelligence officials, Padilla was introduced to senior Osama bin Laden lieutenant Abu Zubaydah in 2001. He then received training from Al Qaeda operatives, returning to the United States allegedly to conduct reconnaissance and to build and detonate a "radiological dispersal device" (also known as a "dirty bomb") within the United States, possibly in Washington, D.C. On May 8, 2002, authorities arrested Padilla at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. On June 9, 2002, President Bush designated Padilla an "enemy combatant" and transferred him to a military prison. Specifically, President Bush determined that Padilla "posed a continuing, present and grave danger to the national security of the United States," and that "detention of Mr. Padilla is necessary to prevent him from aiding Al Qaeda in its efforts to attack the United States or its armed forces, other governmental personnel, or citizens."

"The District Court should never have allowed this case go forward. Are the courts really going to allow a lawsuit filed by a terrorist to dictate how the President of the United States obtains advice and makes decisions during wartime? If the lower court's decision is allowed to stand, it will bring chaos to the presidential decision-making process and will surely compromise our national security," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "And it is a scandal that Yale Law School would lend its support to a known terrorist in this litigation."

Visit www.JudicialWatch.org to read Judicial Watch's Amicus Curiae Brief.

Contact:
Judicial Watch
202-646-5188

WARREN, Mich., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan's own Art Van Furniture captured national recognition as the Retailer of the Year last night at a national conference in Naples, Florida. Chairman and founder Art Van Elslander accepted the award at the 13th Annual FurnitureToday Leadership Conference. "Buildings are just the brick and mortar, but the heartbeat of a company is its people, this award is really theirs, not mine," said Mr. Van Elslander. Employees embrace Art Van Elslander's commitment and philosophy of customer satisfaction and their support secures a loyal customer base.

The award was given both in recognition of the company's 50th anniversary and the perennial leadership and success of the company on the national level. The family-owned company began in a 4000 square-foot store in 1959 and has grown to 31 stores in 29 communities throughout Michigan. Even in this challenging economy, Art Van opened 2 stores in the last 12 months. They are recognized as the nation's largest independent furniture retailer and have continued to hold true to their business philosophy to provide guests with exemplary service, high value and a broad product assortment.

The theme of the conference is "Thriving in a Survivors World", focusing on growth strategies in a down market. Retailers from around the country listened as Mr. Van Elslander shared his formula for success: "Today, success is all about innovation. Be relentless in your pursuit for creative ways to do business, and build community relationships by giving back. Do things that set you apart from your competition. Take risks. Think big. It will pay off."

This award caps a year of celebrations including the Art Van Million Dollar Charity Challenge, 50th Anniversary Charity Galas, the 1959 Corvette Giveaway and other celebrations around the state of Michigan. Mr. Van Elslander was the Grand Marshal of America's Thanksgiving Parade last week, in recognition of his 20 years of support for the Parade.

CONTACT:
Diane Charles, Director of Corporate Communications
Art Van Furniture
dcharles@artvan.com
586-983-3022

SOURCE Art Van Furniture