Impact of the COVID-19 virus on The Orton Ceramic Foundation 

4/6/2020- The Orton Ceramic Foundation is under a "Stay at home" order between Tuesday, March 24th through April 12th, 2020 to help slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus.  Our manufacturing and shipping will be closed.  Testing facilites will be operating on a limited basis.  Manufacturing will begin limited production on April 13th to make sure we are able to supply our customers in the medical, defense and all other essential industries.

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3/16/2020- The 2 short Courses (Introduction to Refractories and Introduction to Glass Properties) scheduled for May and June 2020 have been postponed.  We will send out emails once they have been rescheduled.  If you want to make sure you receive all notifications, please send your email address to info@ortonceramic.com . 

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The Orton Ceramic Foundation and The American Ceramic Society explore the establishment of a 2 Year Ceramics Program with COTC (Central Ohio Technical College) 

02/21/2019 -

Front row, left to right: ACerS Executive Director Mark Mecklenborg, COTC President John M. Berry, Ph.D., Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation General Manager Mark Lawson. Back row, left to right: ACerS Bulletin Editor Eileen De Guire; ACerS Development Director Marcus J. Fish; COTC Vice President for Workforce Development, Community Affairs, Extended Campuses, and The Gateway Vicki Maple; COTC Vice President for Academic Affairs Lauri White, Ed.D.; COTC Program Director for Engineering Technology Whit Tussing.

For more information click here to visit the American Ceramic Society.

If you are interested in staying up on the latest  developments, would like to help by donating your time, talent, resources or just share your ideas, please email Mark Lawson.

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The Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation serves the global materials industry providing products for thermal process verification, thermo-analytical instruments and materials testing services. We are focused on providing the ceramics and metals industries products and services second to none, working directly with our customers to understand their needs. The Orton Ceramic Foundation has provided the standard for firing verification for more than 100 years. Working directly with our customers Orton continually explores new products and services with the same commitment our founder Dr. Edward Orton Jr. made to the ceramic industry over 100 years ago.