The Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG) is the ceramic society with the most members
in Europe and one of the oldest professional associations in the world.
Foam ceramics for burners, reformers, solar receivers (© Fraunhofer IKTS)
Ceramic helmet as ballistic body protection solution (© Schunk Ingenieurkeramik)
Mining of light burning clays (© Schmidt Tone)
Hand plastering vanity after casting (© Duravit)
DKG membership can be the path to new horizons for you ...
Ceramic membranes (© Fraunhofer IKTS)
Rheometer in the central lab (© Schmidt Tone)
Control of a WC before glazing (© Duravit)
DKG has been the ceramic network in Germany for more than 100 years
WC on the automatic test station (© Duravit)
Career Day at ceramitec 2026
March 24,2025, Munich Trade Fair
The ceramitec 2026 Career Day will take place on March 24. We would like to enable as many trainees and students as possible to participate.
Consequently admission and participation will be free of charge for students, and bus travel will be sponsored by the industry.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask once again about your interest in having your students participate in Career Day and in sponsoring bus travel.
Please let us know if you are interested!
The ceramitec 2026 Career Day will take place on March 24. We would like to enable as many trainees and students as possible to participate.
Consequently admission and participation will be free of charge for students, and bus travel will be sponsored by the industry.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask once again about your interest in having your students participate in Career Day and in sponsoring bus travel.
Please let us know if you are interested!
Obituary
Dr.-Ing. Theo Fett
The DKG sadly bids farewell to Dr. Theo Fett, who passed away on January 13, 2026, at the age of 82.
The ceramics and materials science community has lost an internationally respected scholar whose work shaped the understanding of the mechanical behaviour of ceramic materials over many decades.
For many years, Theo Fett worked at what is now the Institute for Applied Materials – Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His experimental and theoretical contributions to fracture mechanics, particularly in the field of ceramic materials, were widely recognised as pioneering.
Beyond his scientific achievements, Theo Fett was held in the highest esteem for his modesty, integrity and unfailing willingness to support colleagues. We mourn the loss of an exceptional scientist and a remarkable human being, whose work and character will remain in honoured memory within the ceramics community.
Institute overview – Research focus areas / Laboratory and equipment 2025
The German Ceramic Society is now offering all its members the new DKG Institute Overview 2025 on request.
This overview brings together the main areas of research and the laboratory and equipment resources of numerous DKG member institutes. The aim is to further promote exchange and cooperation between science and industry and to facilitate access to relevant expertise in ceramic research.
If you are interested, please write to info@dkg.de – we will send you the overview by email.
The overview is updated annually to ensure that it always reflects the latest developments. We welcome additions or corrections at any time at info@dkg.de.
This overview brings together the main areas of research and the laboratory and equipment resources of numerous DKG member institutes. The aim is to further promote exchange and cooperation between science and industry and to facilitate access to relevant expertise in ceramic research.
If you are interested, please write to info@dkg.de – we will send you the overview by email.
The overview is updated annually to ensure that it always reflects the latest developments. We welcome additions or corrections at any time at info@dkg.de.
Expert groups in the ceramic network
Highly specialized and professionally unique in Germany, with its own rules of procedure and membership fees in the DKG
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