UNITECR History

Meeting History

The organization of UNITECR was established in 1987 in Tokyo by the founding members. The official governing body is the UNITECR International Executive Board (IEB), composed of representatives of the Founding Member Organizations, the Principal Member Organizations, and certain individuals elected to the IEB as Distinguished Life Members (view full list). The IEB is an international nonprofit organization existing to contribute to the progress and exchange of industrial knowledge and technologies concerning refractories according to its official bylaws.

Founding Members

• The American Ceramic Society (ACerS).
• The Technical Association of Refractories, Japan (TARJ).
• German Refractories Association (GRA).
• Association Latinoamericana de Fabricantes de Refractarios (ALAFAR).

Principal Members

• Chinese Ceramic Society (CCS)
• Indian Refractory Makers Association (IRMA)
• Fédération Européenne des Fabricants de Produits Réfractaires (PRE)

The IEB of UNITECR has sanctioned worldwide congresses in the following locations.

Meeting	Host	Location
UNITECR 1989	ACerS	Anaheim/USA
UNITECR 1991	GRA	Aachen/Germany
UNITECR 1993	ALAFAR	Sao Paulo/Brazil
UNITECR 1995	TARJ	Kyoto/Japan
UNITECR 1997	ACerS	New Orleans/USA
UNITECR 1999	GRA	Berlin/Germany
UNITECR 2001	ALAFAR	Cancun/Mexico
UNITECR 2003	TARJ	Osaka/Japan
UNITECR 2005	ACerS	Orlando/ USA
UNITECR 2007	GRA	Dresden/ Germany
UNITECR 2009	ALAFAR	Salvador/ Brazil
UNITECR 2011	TARJ	Kyoto/Japan
UNITECR 2013	ACerS	Victoria/Canada
UNITECR 2015	GRA	Vienna/Austria
UNITECR 2017	ALAFAR	Santiago/Chile
UNITECR 2019	TARJ	Yokohama/Japan
UNITECR 2022	ACerS	Chicago/USA