German Ceramic Society

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German Ceramic Society
legal form Registered association
purpose Promotion of ceramics in industry, science and teaching
Seat Cologne
founding 1919 ( 1913 )

Board Werner Griebe (since 2012)
executive Director Detlev Nicklas
Members approx. 600 personal
approx. 250 institutional
Website www.dkg.de

The German Ceramic Society, founded in 1919 . V. (DKG) , headquartered in Cologne, with more than 600 personal and more than 250 institutional members, is the ceramic association with the largest number of members in Europe and one of the oldest ceramic societies worldwide. The DKG is both a technical and scientific association and a professional association . Your association's goal is to promote the development of all ceramics and adjacent areas. The DKG is a founding member of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS).

Tasks and activities

According to the statutes, the association's task is to “promote all ceramics in technical, scientific and artistic terms.” Today, the company's activities are divided into four main areas:

  • Research and Development
  • Initial and continuing education
  • Dialogue and discussion
  • Art, design and culture.

Joint research projects are prepared in a total of 15 specialist and joint committees, sometimes in cooperation with other associations and associations. The focus is on solving fundamental, practical industrial, but also theoretical problems that affect the entire ceramic and related specialist areas. The research funding as well as the coordination of research projects carried out by the independent research community of the German Ceramic Society e. V. (FDKG) . Within the company there are two largely independent specialist committees: the Carbon Working Group , which is also part of the European Carbon Association (ECA), and the Ceramic Injection Molding Expert Group, founded in 2008 . The DKG and the associated committees organize specialist conferences, advanced training seminars and trade fairs. A central event is the traditional DKG annual conference, where lectures on current topics from all areas of ceramics are held. The DKG is also co-editor of two association journals - the application-oriented Ceramic Forum International (cfi) / reports of the German Ceramic Society and the scientific journal of Ceramic Science and Technology .

Corporate bodies

The statutory corporate bodies of the association are the general assembly of members, the board of directors, the head of the scientific work and the management. The members of the DKG elect the board of directors at the general assembly during the annual meeting, which can be composed of up to 20 people. The board of directors is responsible for the programmatic and content-related conception of the activities of the DKG, the budget and the administration of the company's assets. The head of the scientific work is a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Presidium. Its task is to implement the company's purpose in the scientific field. The management is responsible for day-to-day business. In the case of decisions that require approval, the Presidium, which consists of five members of the Board of Management, is consulted.

history

The decision to found the German Ceramic Society was passed on September 29, 1919. In the course of a restructuring, the DKG emerged from the independent technical and scientific department of the Association of Ceramic Trades (VKG), which had existed since 1913. The main reason for the spin-off of the DKG was to maintain the competitiveness of German industrial companies by merging research activities. The spin-off was significantly advanced by Philipp Rosenthal , then chairman of the Association of Ceramic Trades. In 1921 the first chair for ceramics in Germany was established at the Technical University of Berlin-Charlottenburg . The chemical-technical research institute of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin was recognized as a university institute and was authorized to accept diploma and doctoral theses. After the Second World War , the DKG, like all other associations, was forcibly dissolved. A new company was founded on March 19, 1949 in Bonn . The following year, the DKG was accepted into the European Association of Ceramic Associations (CIC). With the support of the DKG, the ceramic university institutes in Aachen, Berlin, Clausthal, Erlangen and the Institute for Silicate Research in Würzburg were opened or reopened in quick succession. The DKG's support focused on training and research, as well as supporting ceramic handicrafts and the international networking of German ceramics. In the 1960s, the DKG increasingly focused on interdisciplinary research. In the course of German reunification , the exchange with the new federal states was successfully resumed from 1989 .

Members

In addition to 600 people, members are also around 175 companies, around 60 universities and technical colleges, institutes and other institutions. There are also collaborations with 18 national and international industry and research associations.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Ceramic Society e. V.
  2. ^ R. Metselaar: History of the European Ceramic Society. (PDF; 1.0 MB).
  3. ^ Articles of Association of the German Ceramic Society V.
  4. ↑ Research Foundation of the German Ceramic Society V.
  5. ^ Working group on carbon
  6. ↑ Expert group ceramic injection molding founded.
  7. ^ Reports of the German Ceramic Society
  8. ^ Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology. (engl.)
  9. ^ Articles of Association of the German Ceramic Society V.
  10. ^ H. Reh: The DKG and the German ceramic history. In: cfi / Ber. the DKG. Volume 71, No. 7, 1994, pp. 351-359.
  11. ^ German Ceramic Society: Ten Years of Ceramics: 1919–1929. Festschrift for the 10th anniversary of the founding day of the German Ceramic Society. Keramische Rundschau publishing house, 1929.
  12. ↑ R. Rieke: 60 years of chemical-technical research institute at the State Porcelain Manufactory Berlin. In: Angewandte Chemie. Volume 51, No. 18, 1984, pp. 253-254.
  13. ^ E. Gugel: Foresight in technology and research. Gottfried Cremer on his 90th birthday. In: CFI News / Ber. the DKG. Volume 73, 1996, p. 605.
  14. ^ H. Reh: The DKG and the German ceramic history. In: cfi / Ber. the DKG. Volume 71, No. 7, 1994, pp. 351-359.
  15. ↑ S. Weinig: Opening ceremony of the Max Planck Institute for Silicate Research in Würzburg. In: Ber. the DKG u. VDEfa. Volume 29, No. 12, 1952, pp. 430ff.
  16. ^ Members of the DKG

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