Rauschert is an independent company with 1,600 employees at seven locations in Germany and five locations throughout the rest of Europe and the U.S. Rauschert has been manufacturing ceramics for over 100 years and has worked constantly to improve ceramic properties, in order to presently supply advanced ceramics to improve pump life with the use of such wear resistance products as Rapox 96% brown alumina, Rapal 100% white alumina, silicon carbide, toughened zirconia, toughened alumina, and silicon nitride.