Description: Surmet, a global leader in manufacturing premium transparent ceramic products such as ALON® and Spinel for a wide variety of customers in the defense and security industries. In addition to optical ceramics, Surmet is a leader in innovative optical coatings & other advanced surface treatment technologies.
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Best known for its ALON® Transparent Ceramic (also known as Transparent Aluminum), Surmet is a pioneer in other advanced technologies including IR Optics Materials, Optical Coatings, Precision Optics Fabrication, Lightweight Transparent Armor design and solutions, and other related products. Granite projectile turns into dust upon impact, leaving no scratches on ALON (left). Glass window is destroyed (right)...click here watch the full video.
ALON® technology featured on Discovery's Daily Planet show
An Entrepreneur's Vision & a company's birth : interview with Suri Sastri by ACerS The American Ceramic Society Sep 9, 2015.