A Global Powerhouse
As of January 1, 2025, the two Heraeus companies Heraeus Conamic and Heraeus Comvance have joined forces under the new name Heraeus Covantics. This merger makes Heraeus Covantics a global powerhouse, combining our expertise and resources to drive innovation and growth. Heraeus Covantics manufactures semi-finished products, complex system components and custom-tailored solutions made of quartz glass, fused silica and ceramic materials for the data transmission and telecommunication industry, the production of specialty optical fibers for industrial and medical applications, semiconductor manufacturing and optical applications among others.
Under unified leadership and a new name, our business operations will continue as usual – including your trusted contacts. The new Heraeus Covantics website is currently under construction. Please check back soon for more details.
"As a global leader in manufacturing highly pure synthetic quartz glass for fiber optics in communication and specialized applications, since the 1970s, we have utilized our innovative capabilities and extensive expertise to meet the diverse and evolving needs of our customers in the telecom space. We, together with our customers, are shaping this industry."
Dr. Jan Vydra, Head of Business Line Telecom Fiber
How we shape the telecommunication industry
Since the 1970's, Heraeus has helped shape the telecommunication industry. We supplied our quartz tubes to AT&T for development of the MCVD process to initiate application of optical fibers for telecommunication. We later built a factory in the US to supply the growing demand of these tubes. In parallel we developed a large batch synthetic quartz process and combined it with our invention of the online RIC® system, enabling easy and efficient fiber draw from large preforms. Read more about early developments in optical fiber, challenges for today's fiber producers and technologies of the future.
