Markets

Abrasives

Silicon Carbide for Abrasives, is one of the hardest materials available and is widely used in coated hand and power-tool abrasives for surface preparation (grinding and polishing), suitable for anyone from professionals to inexperienced DIY'ers.

Aerospace

The aerospace market is a high-tech industry manufacturing products from aircraft to guided missiles, space vehicles, satellites, telescopes and other related parts for which Saint-Gobain provides silicon carbide solutions.

Defense & Security

Saint-Gobain Silicon Carbide is used in armour protection for ballistic protection for the military, law enforcement agencies and armored vehicles and offer extremely hard, mechanically strong, and lightweight SIC ensuring user performance, mobility and fuel consumption.

Automotive

Saint-Gobain SIKA products have a unique combination of mechanical and chemical properties for automotive applications.

Electronics

Silicon Carbide has properties including chemical inertness at all temperatures, resistance to thermal shock and abrasion hardness and sinterability helpful in ELECTRONICS.

Energy

Saint-Gobain’s SiC commitment to sustainable development for the Energy market has led silicon carbide grains to promote new and cleaner energy production technologies, efficient industrial processes and actions to promote sustainable waste processing.

Habitat

Silicon Carbide is an attractive material for a range of housing applications and is contributing actively to the “house of tomorrow."

Industry

The combination of properties makes Silicon Carbide an attractive material for many industrial applications. Saint-Gobain offers a wide range of SIKA grains and powders to satisfy each industry’s particular requirements based on its specific properties.

Metallurgy

Saint-Gobain offers a complete range of Metallurgical Silicon Carbide in the form of grains, briquettes and pellets used in the Steel and Foundry industries and Foundry.

Technical Ceramics