Media partners
We are pleased that these media partners support ICR 2025.
DVS Media
Katrin Küchler
Göller Verlag
Corinna Zepter
IMFORMED
Mike O'Driscoll
Institute of Refractories Engineers
Andrew Turner
maenken kommunikation
Judith Tannenläufer
market STEEL
Dagmar Dieterle-Witte
Steel & Metallurgy
Pradipta Sengupta
Vulkan Verlag
Pia Böhme
Iron & Steel Review
Santosh Mahanti
Refractories Window
Cathy Zhang
The International Colloquium on Refractories ICR® is a world-renowned event held annually in the city of Aachen. The event consists of a scientific conference, a trade fair for refractory companies and suppliers of raw materials, machinery, services and knowledge to the refractory industry, and of a social event. The venue is the Eurogress.
Scientific Conference
Scientific presentations and posters covering all aspects of the latest refractory research (raw materials, processing, refractory materials, applications and recycling).
Trade fair
Trade fair for refractory companies and for suppliers of raw materials, machinery, services and knowledge to the refractory industry
Social event
Evening drinks reception with buffet and live music at the event venue
The International Colloquium on Refractories ICR® is a world-renowned event held annually in the city of Aachen. The event consists of a scientific conference, a trade fair for refractory companies and suppliers of raw materials, machinery, services and knowledge to the refractory industry, and of a social event.
Scientific Conference
Scientific presentations and posters covering all aspects of the latest refractory research (raw materials, processing, refractory materials, applications and recycling).
Trade fair
Trade fair for refractory companies and for suppliers of raw materials, machinery, services and knowledge to the refractory industry
Social event
Evening drinks reception with buffet and live music at the event venue
PROCEEDINGS
Lectures and Posters of UNITECR 2023 are accompanied by Papers and Short Communications, which are published in a UNITECR Proceedings Book. The access to it is only available to registered participants.
UNITECR 2023
The German Refractory Association is pleased to host the 18th Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories (UNITECR).
Host
Deutsche Feuerfest-Industrie e.V. (DFFI)
German Refractory Association
Chairman: Ulf Frohneberg
Höhr-Grenzhausen | Germany
President of UNITECR 2023
Dr. Andus Buhr
Frankfurt | Germany
Vice President of UNITECR 2023
Prof. Dr. Christos G. Aneziris
Freiberg | Germany
Founding Members
- American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
- Association Latinoamericana de Fabricants de Refractories (ALAFAR)
- German Refractory Association (GRA)
- Technical Association of Refractories, Japan (TARJ)
Principle Members
- The Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS)
- Indian Refractory Makers Association (IRMA)
- Fédération Européene des Fabricants de Réfractaires (PRE)
Distinguished Life Members
Candidates for this distinction are persons who have demonstrated particular and outstanding merit in the domain of science, technology and management of refractories, or who have performed exemplary service in support of the goals and philosophy of UNITECR, including outstanding contributions to the organizing process for UNITECR meetings.
| Location | Host | Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Anaheim/USA | ACerS | 1989 |
| Aachen/Germany | GRA | 1991 |
| Sao Paulo/Brazil | ALAFAR | 1993 |
| Kyoto/Japan | TARJ | 1995 |
| New Orleans/USA | ACerS | 1997 |
| Berlin/Germany | GRA | 1999 |
| Cancun/Mexico | ALAFAR | 2001 |
| Osaka/Japan | TARJ | 2003 |
| Orlando/USA | ACerS | 2005 |
| Dresden/Germany | GRA | 2007 |
| Salvador/Brazil | ALAFAR | 2009 |
| Kyoto/Japan | TARJ | 2011 |
| Victoria/Canada | ACerS | 2013 |
| Vienna/Austria | GRA | 2015 |
| Santiago/Chile | ALAFAR | 2017 |
| Yokohama/Japan | TARJ | 2019 |
| Chicago/USA | ACerS | 2022 |
| Frankfurt am Main/Germany | GRA | 2023 |
Scientific Committee 2023
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Christos G. Aneziris
THE TOPICS (and experts)
- Raw Materials
Dr. Christoph Wöhrmeyer - Advances in Monolithic Technology
Prof. Dr. Olaf Krause - Refractories for Iron- and Steelmaking
Prof. Dr. Helge Jansen - Refractories for Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
Daniel Cölle - Refractories for Non-Metal Industries
Dr. Stefan Postrach - Modelling and Digitalization
Rinus Siebring - Education
Dr. Dietmar Gruber - Testing and Standardization
Dr. Christian Dannert - Basic Refractory Science and Technology Transfer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Quirmbach