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Refractron Technologies Announces New Owners

Newark, NY November 2022 Refractron Technologies is excited to announce the appointment of its new ownership team effective July 2022. After the well-deserved retirement of our former owners Bob Stanton and Mark Walsh, Refractron Technologies gained a new ownership...

Is “Made in America” What You Think?

Refractron participated on the WXXI program Connections with Evan Dawson to discuss when you see a label that says, “Made in America”. A recent piece in the conservative publication, the National Review, argued that “buying American” has little meaning in today’s...

White vs. Yellow Zirconia

Why are Zirconia Drawing Rings and Rolls Yellow? Does it Matter if They are White or Yellow? Yellow magnesia partially stabilized zirconia (MgPSZ) is typically manufactured from fused zirconia (ZrO2) that is made by melting the material in an arc-melting furnace at...

What are Izory® and Izory®HD?

Historical Perspective Ronald Garvie and his team of researchers in Australia developed partially (P) stabilized (S) magnesium (Mg) zirconia (Z), Mg-PSZ, in the 1970s and named it “ceramic steel”. Materials science researchers worldwide followed quickly with numerous...