Aremco Products, Inc. Overview
Aremco Products, Inc. is a small, family-owned American formulator and supplier of materials for extreme-temperature service. Operating since 1965 and based in Valley Cottage, New York, it sells a catalogue of several hundred part numbers: inorganic ceramic adhesives usable to 3,200 °F, graphite adhesives rated to 5,400 °F in reducing or vacuum atmospheres, metal-filled repair putties, ceramic potting and casting compounds, high-emissivity and refractory coatings, silicone-based protective paints, machinable and dense technical ceramics, and temporary mounting adhesives for wafer dicing. Its customers are design and maintenance engineers in aerospace, automotive, semiconductor, metallurgical, power generation and instrumentation settings who need small volumes of specialised material with application support. Aremco competes on formulation breadth, technical service and brand familiarity (Ceramabond, Pyro-Putty, Corr-Paint, Crystalbond), not on scale. It publishes no financial information, so its size, profitability and ownership succession cannot be assessed from public sources.
The company's own description. With no annual report, the nearest equivalent is the catalogue introduction. It says Aremco's advanced materials division develops and produces technical ceramics, adhesives, coatings, sealants and potting compounds for applications to 3,200 °F. These are used in the design of sensors, electrical components and analytical instruments, for the automotive, aerospace, chemical processing, metallurgical, power generation and semiconductor industries. The catalogue states the business strategy held since 1965 as four points: understanding customer requirements, providing outstanding service and support, producing high-quality technical materials and equipment, and solving difficult technical problems. The website lists three core values: customer driven, application focused, and committed to quality.
Independent characterisation. Aremco is a niche specialty-chemicals formulator with a small technical-ceramics and equipment side business. Its economic model appears to be the following.
Revenue model: Product sales against a published price list, in small pack sizes (pints, quarts, gallons, 5-gallon pails, 11 oz tubes) with sample kits available (catalogue). No subscription or licensing revenue is evident. The product-versus-service mix is not disclosed.
Services: GlobalSpec lists the business type as "Manufacturer, Service". The catalogue offers precision ceramic production services: isostatic pressing, injection moulding, and diamond and laser machining. Custom ceramic formulations are available on request.
Value chain position: Aremco sits between raw material producers (ceramic powders, silicone resins, inorganic binders, ceramic blanks) and industrial end users. At least one ceramic grade is a third-party material: 502-800 is Macor glass-ceramic, a Corning product. This indicates a resale or machining role in part of the ceramics line.
Customer types: OEM design engineers (sensors, heaters, lamps, instruments), maintenance and repair buyers (furnaces, boilers, exhaust systems), thermal spray shops, foundries, and semiconductor and optics fabricators (mounting adhesives).
End markets named by the company: Aerospace, automotive, chemical processing, metallurgical, power generation, semiconductor, electrical and electronics, heat treating, petrochemical, plastics, and military (website imagery added 2026).
Customer concentration, order sizes, pricing and distributor share are not publicly disclosed.
Strategy
No investor day, annual report or medium-term financial targets exist.
Observable initiatives in the last 24 months (inferred from public artefacts, not announced programmes).
Transformation programmes, partnerships, cost programmes with targets, and sustainability commitments: none found. Guidance: none.
Products & Services
Source for this section is the company catalogue (bulletin revision dates shown) unless stated. Pricing is by separate price list and is not public. Launch years are not disclosed for any product. those entries are limited to what the catalogue index and website navigation confirm.
Technical ceramics (Bulletins A1 to A1-S3, rev. 8/26 and 11/20)
| Part no. | Material | Key capability | Typical use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 502-600 | Mica glass-ceramic, machinable | Use to 1,100 °F; no firing needed | High-voltage insulators, lamp housings |
| 502-800 | Macor glass-ceramic, machinable | Use to 800 °C, peaks to 1,000 °C; tolerances to 0.0005 in | Ultra-high vacuum, aerospace, nuclear, medical |
| 502-1100-UF | Alumino-silicate, unfired (lava) | Machine then fire; to 1,000 °F unfired | Prototype insulators, brazing fixtures |
| 502-1100-FF | Alumino-silicate, full-fired | To 2,100 °F | Standoffs, feed-throughs, furnace carriers |
| 502-1400-BF | Alumina 96%, bisque-fired | To 2,600 °F; 15–18% shrinkage if fully fired | Guides, nozzles, pump liners |
| 502-1600 | Boron nitride 99%, hot-pressed | 50 W/m-K; to 2,200 °C inert | Molten metal contact parts |
| 502-1400-96 | Alumina 96%, dense | To 3,100 °F; flexural strength 52,000 psi | Wear and corrosion parts |
| 502-1400-998 | Alumina 99.8%, dense | To 3,050 °F | Impurity-sensitive metallurgical parts |
| 502-1835 | Aluminium nitride 98% | 170 W/m-K thermal conductivity | Thermal management, electrical insulation |
| 502-1900-MSZ | Magnesia-stabilised zirconia | Fracture toughness 12 MPa·m^0.5 | Pump and valve parts, bearings |
| 502-1900-YTZP | Yttria-stabilised zirconia | Flexural strength 138,000 psi | Cutting tools, ferrules, oxygen sensors, fuel cells |
| 502-1810 | BN–alumina composite | To 1,700 °C vacuum/inert | Gas atomisation nozzles |
| 502-1820 | BN–aluminium nitride composite | 85 W/m-K | Semiconductor insulators |
| 502-1830 | BN–zirconia composite | Highest strength of the BN composites | Casting separation rings, molten metal nozzles |
Silicon carbide, silicon nitride and custom formulations are available on request. Crucibles and trays are offered in dense alumina. A "Super-Heat 502-676" magnesium oxide crucible line was announced through AZoM (undated).
Ceramabond high-temperature ceramic adhesives (A2-S1, rev. 4/26)
| Part no. | Filler | Limit °F | Principal use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 503 | Alumina | 3,000 | Dense ceramics, alumina-to-alumina |
| 520 | Alumina | 3,000 | High-purity alumina fibreboard, refractories |
| 552 | Alumina | 3,000 | Solid oxide fuel cells, low-expansion metals |
| 569 | Alumina | 3,000 | Probes, sensors, resistors, igniters, heaters |
| 670 | Alumina | 3,000 | Ceramic textiles, thread-locking |
| 671 | Alumina | 3,200 | Ceramic textiles, thread-locking |
| 835-M | Alumina | 3,000 | Halogen lamps |
| 865 | Aluminium nitride | 3,000 | Thermally conductive probe and sensor bonding |
| 600-N | Alumina-silica | 3,000 | Refractory repair |
| 571 | Magnesia (two-part) | 3,200 | Heaters, induction coils, sensors |
| 618-N | Silica | 3,000 | Porous ceramics, quartz tubes and vessels |
| 516 (Ultra-Temp) | Zirconia–zircon | 3,200 | Thermocouples, semiconductor wafers |
| 835 | Zirconia–zircon | 3,000 | Halogen lamps |
| 885 / 885-K | Zirconia | 3,200 | Zirconia bonding, fuel cells; ceramic-to-metal |
| 890 / 890-K | Silicon carbide | 3,000 | Crucibles, heaters, sagger plates; probes, IR heaters |
These are water-based, VOC-free inorganic adhesives that cure by dehydration. All are one-part except 571.
Very-fine-grain ("-VFG") variants using 1–5 micron powders are offered for many grades. Shelf life is six months.
Graphi-Bond graphite adhesives (A2-S2, rev. 6/20)
| Part no. | Binder | Limit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 551-RN | Phenolic | 5,400 °F reducing/vacuum | High viscosity; lap shear 810 psi |
| 551-RN-MV | Phenolic | 5,400 °F reducing/vacuum | Medium viscosity; lap shear 1,425 psi |
| 669 | Silicate | 1,400 °F oxidising | Low viscosity; lap shear 224 psi |
Pyro-Putty ceramic-metallic pastes (A3, rev. 8/25)
| Part no. | Description | Limit °F |
|---|---|---|
| 653 | Stainless-filled one-part paste for cast iron, steel, stainless | 2,000 |
| 1,000 | Aluminium-filled two-part paste for aluminium defects | 1,400 |
| 2,400 | Stainless-filled one-part paste, sections to 3/8 in | 2,000 |
| 950 | Ceramic-fibre resinous gasket seal, rated 750 psi | 950 |
| 1,500 | Ceramic-fibre resinous seal for boiler doors, molten metal systems | 2,300 |
Ceramacast potting and casting materials (A4, rev. 5/26)
| Part no. | Base | Limit °F | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| 510 | Alumina, coarse | 3,200 | Tooling, induction heaters |
| 515 | Alumina, fine | 3,000 | High-strength potting |
| 575-N | Alumina, fine | 3,000 | Potting and tooling |
| 576-N | Alumina, medium | 3,000 | Large potting and tooling |
| 578 | Alumina, silicone binder | 900 | Moisture-resistant small potting |
| 675-N | Aluminium nitride | 2,200 | Thermally conductive potting |
| 584 | Magnesia, two-part | 2,800 | Fast-set (about 10 minutes) casting |
| 905 / 905-FG | Fused silica, silicone binder | 900 | Moisture-resistant potting, coarse and fine |
| 673-N | Silicon carbide | 2,500 | Thermally conductive adhesive and potting |
| 646-N | Zirconia | 3,000 | High-density castable |
| 505-N | Zirconium silicate | 2,800 | Moulding and potting |
| 586 | Zirconium silicate | 2,800 | Dispensable potting and casting |
Accessories: HLB-1 hydrophobic liquid binder and EZ-Cast 580-N silicone rubber moulding compound (−76 to 400 °F, Shore A 45).
Specialty coatings and sealants (A5-S1, rev. 7/26)
| Product | Type | Limit °F | Use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceramacoat 512-N | Ceramic paste | 2,400 | Circuit breakers, power resistors, solenoids |
| Cerama-Dip 540 | Phosphate-bonded ceramic | 3,000 | Electrical insulation dip coating |
| Aremco-Seal 529 / 529-HV / 529-VHV | Clear silicone resin | 800 | Electrical and moisture sealing |
| Corr-Paint CP4040-S1 | Silicone, white | 1,100 | Wire insulation sealing |
| Corr-Paint CP4050-S1 | Silicone, green | 1,100 | Copper induction coil isolation |
| Corr-Paint CP4000-FB | Silicone emulsion, black | 1,100 | Ceramic fibreboard dust sealing |
| Corr-Paint CP4055 | Silicone emulsion, green | 1,100 | Power resistor insulation |
| Glass-Coat SGC4000 | Silicone-glass-ceramic | 900 | Corrosion and flame resistant coating |
| Glass-Coat SGC4000-HT | Silicone-glass-ceramic | 1,400 | Higher-temperature variant |
HiE-Coat high-emissivity coatings (A5-S2 rev. 5/26; A5-S2A rev. 8/19)
These are black-body coatings for furnaces, heaters and process tubes. The company claims typical natural gas and oil savings of 5–10%. Grades: 840-C and 840-CX (fibre modules and refractory, 2,000 and 2,400 °F); 840-CM and 840-CMX (dense refractory and refractory metals); 840-M and 840-MX (carbon and stainless steel); 840-MS (silicone-ceramic for aluminium, copper and steel, 1,100 °F). "X" grades use copper-free pigment. A catalogue case study reports that 840-CX reached a 200 °F higher forge temperature in half the time compared with a competitor product (ITC-100) and with no coating.
Thermal spray sealants (A5-S3, rev. 5/26)
Ceramabind 542 (aluminium phosphate, 3,000 °F); Ceramacoat 503-VFG-C in six colours (3,000 °F); 634-ZOS zirconia sealer (3,000 °F); Corr-Paint CP2000 urethane, CP2040 phenolic, CP2080 novolac-epoxy and CP2090 epoxy (all 400 °F); CP4010-S1-LV aluminium silicone (1,100 °F); CP40XX-S2-HT silicone-glass-ceramic in black, navy grey, navy white and navy yellow (1,500 °F continuous, 1,800 °F intermittent).
Coatings for ceramics, glass and quartz (A5-S4, rev. 1/25)
Quartz-Coat/Ceramacoat 845 series in nine colour or viscosity variants (to 2,000 °F), used for automotive headlamps, stadium lighting and semiconductor quartzware. Aremco-Seal 613 and 617 glass-filled sealers (1,150 and 1,500 °F). Quartz-Coat 850 white reflective coating. Lamp-Coat LC4010-BT, LC4010-GL and LC4040-SG silicone lamp coatings (1,020–1,200 °F).
Refractory coatings (A5-S5, rev. 5/26)
| Product | Constituent | Limit °F | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graphi-Coat 623 | Titanium diboride (described as patented) | 2,000 | Graphite oxidation protection |
| Pyro-Paint 634-AL / AL-HC / ALP | Alumina | 3,200 | Fibreboard sealer; metal hard-coat; dense refractory sealer |
| Pyro-Paint 634-AS / AS-1 | Alumina-silica | 2,300 | Fibreboard sealing against non-ferrous metals |
| Pyro-Paint 634-BN / BNSC | Boron nitride | 1560 (oxidising) | Non-wetting release coating |
| Pyro-Paint 634-GR | Graphite | 2,200 | Mould release, glass forming |
| Pyro-Paint 634-SIC / SIC-CS | Silicon carbide | 2550 / 2300 | Graphite and metal oxidation resistance |
| Pyro-Paint 634-YO | Yttrium oxide | 2,732 | Barrier against titanium, uranium and other reactive metals |
| Pyro-Paint 634-ZO | Zirconium oxide | 3,270 | Hard oxidation-resistant coat for metals and heating elements |
Protective coatings (A6 series, rev. 5/26)
Corr-Paint urethanes: CP2000 black, CP2010 aluminium, CP2020 grey (single-part, room-temperature cure, 400 °F).
Epoxy-phenolics: CP2050-FF, -LF, -NF (two-part, 400 °F).
Novolac-epoxies: CP2060 silicon-carbide filled (500 °F), CP2070 (300 °F), CP2075 (400 °F).
Silicone-polyester CP40xx-S series: ten colours, 600 °F continuous, 800 °F intermittent.
Silicone resin CP40xx-S1 series: twelve variants, 1,100 °F continuous; CP4000-S1-HT rated 1,400 °F.
Polysiloxane CP40xx-S2 series: room-temperature curing, up to 1,800 °F intermittent; the listed applications include flight decks.
- Silicone emulsion coatings (A6-S4) and ultra-high-temperature ceramic coatings (A6-S5): listed in the catalogue index.
Corr-Prep CPR2000: water-based zinc phosphate metal etch used as surface preparation.
Corr-Paint CP3015-BL: coating for structures to 1,500 °F, per an undated AZoM announcement.
Other lines (catalogue index and website)
| Bulletin | Line | Verified detail |
|---|---|---|
| A7 | High performance epoxies | Listed |
| A8-S1 / A8-S2 | Electrically and thermally conductive adhesives, coatings and greases | Listed |
| A9 | Mounting adhesives | Crystalbond 509 and 590 named; used for dicing ceramics, semiconductors and single crystals |
| A10 | High temperature tapes | Listed |
| A11 | High temperature inorganic binders | Listed |
| A12 | Dispensing tools and mixer | Model 7000 pneumatic mixer |
| E1 | Accu-Coat thick-film screen printers | Listed; Metoree describes equipment use for SMT boards, solar cells and hybrid circuits |
| E2 | Econo-Heat high temperature furnaces | In catalogue index; not shown in current website navigation |
Financial Narrative
Aremco publishes no financial statements, and no audited or filed figures were located. Aggregator sites display modelled revenue estimates; these are not primary data and are excluded. All year cells below are blank because the figures are not publicly disclosed.
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Ratios
Commentary. No trend, inflection or driver analysis is possible without data. Two observations can be made. First, a headcount of roughly 20 to 50 implies a small enterprise by any measure. Second, Datanyze states that the company "raised a total of $150K in funding over 1 rounds". Revenue CAGR: not publicly disclosed.
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Catalogue Grouping Details
| Catalogue grouping | Contents | Bulletins |
|---|---|---|
Technical ceramics | Machinable, dense and boron nitride composite ceramics; machining services | A1, A1-S1, A1-S2, A1-S3 |
Adhesives and pastes | Ceramic adhesives, graphite adhesives, ceramic-metallic pastes, epoxies, conductive materials, mounting adhesives, tapes | A2, A3, A7, A8, A9, A10 |
Potting, casting and binders | Ceramic and silicone potting compounds, mould compound, inorganic binders | A4, A11 |
Coatings | Specialty, high-emissivity, thermal spray sealant, glass/quartz, refractory and protective coatings | A5, A6 |
Tools and equipment | Mixing and dispensing tools, screen printers, furnaces | A12, E1, E2 |
Capital Markets
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
Credit ratings (Moody's, S&P, Fitch) | None located |
Analyst Conclusions
Management guidance and consensus. None exists.
Bull case
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The catalogue covers a temperature range and product breadth that few suppliers match, and qualified materials tend to stay specified.
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Energy-efficiency, semiconductor, fuel cell and defence demand all map onto existing product lines.
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Activity signals in 2025–2026 (hiring, catalogue overhaul, website refresh) are consistent with a business that is investing.
Bear case
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Scale and single-site concentration leave little resilience against disruption or a well-funded competitor.
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Legacy lighting applications are in structural decline.
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Leadership and succession are unclear from public sources, and corporate communications have been quiet since late 2023.
Catalysts and monitorables (next 12 months)
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Any change of ownership or leadership announcement.
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New product bulletins or a resumption of news posts.
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Government contract awards, given the bid analyst hire.
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Distributor appointments outside North America.
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Regulatory changes affecting solvent-borne silicone coatings.
No evidence of a public listing exists, and the company calls itself family-owned. That single fact determines what can be said. On products, the record is unusually rich: the 2026 catalogue documents a deep and technically credible range of inorganic adhesives, repair pastes, potting compounds, emissivity and refractory coatings, protective paints and technical ceramics, with full property data and cure schedules. That range, sustained for six decades, is the company's asset. Engineers who qualify Ceramabond or Pyro-Putty in a design have little reason to switch, and the catalogue's breadth lets Aremco solve adjacent problems for the same customer.
On everything else, the record is nearly empty. Revenue, margins, debt, ownership split, customer concentration and even the identity of the chief executive cannot be established with confidence. Directory sources disagree on leadership, and at least one contains an evident error. The firm appears to employ somewhere between 20 and 50 people at one site in Valley Cottage, New York. That makes it a small specialist in a field where the largest ceramics and coatings groups are thousands of times its size, though its nearest competitors are similarly small private formulators.
The recent signals are mildly positive: a comprehensive bulletin refresh, a website update, modest hiring and visible attention to defence applications. None of this amounts to disclosed strategy. For a counterparty, supplier or acquirer assessing Aremco, public information supports a view on product capability and nothing more. Any commercial or financial judgement requires primary diligence: direct management contact, a credit report, state registry and patent searches, and customer references. Until then, the appropriate stance is that Aremco is a credible niche technical supplier whose financial standing is unknown.
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Executive Leadership Team
| Name | Title as reported | Source | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
Peter Schwartz | President / key principal | Dun & Bradstreet | Most consistent attribution across sources |
Peter Schwartz | C.E.O. | The Blue Book | — |
Peter J. Schwartz | President | Wirenet directory | Same listing shows Herbert Schwartz as Chairman; listing predates or ignores his 2006 death |
Peter Schwartz | Technical Director | Datanyze | Conflicts with the above |
Herbert Schwartz | Founder and CEO (deceased 21 June 2006) | Obituary | Some directories still list him as CEO |
Stephanie Mclane | CEO | ZoomInfo | Uncorroborated; conflicts with D&B and The Blue Book |
Ara Zadourian | President | Datanyze | Almost certainly a database error: other sources show this person as president of the unrelated ARMCO Compressor Products Corporation |
Jack Morison | Sales Manager | Wirenet directory | Undated |
Competitive Landscape
Key Competitors
| Competitor | Overlap with Aremco | Ownership | Relative positioning |
|---|---|---|---|
Cotronics Corp. (USA) | Ceramic adhesives, putties, castables, machinable ceramics | Private | Closest like-for-like catalogue competitor |
Sauereisen (USA) | Inorganic cements, potting compounds | Private | Long-established in electrical potting cements |
Master Bond (USA) | High-temperature epoxies, conductive adhesives | Private | Stronger in organic adhesive systems |
ZYP Coatings (USA) | Boron nitride and refractory paints | Private | Direct rival to the Pyro-Paint line |
ITC Coatings (ITC-100) | High-emissivity refractory coatings | Private | Named by Aremco in its forge case study |
Emisshield (USA) | High-emissivity coatings | Private | Focused specialist in emissivity |
Morgan Advanced Materials (UK) | Technical ceramics, thermal products | Public | Far larger; global manufacturing base |
CoorsTek (USA) | Dense technical ceramics | Private | Far larger; volume ceramic components |
Kyocera (Japan) | Fine ceramics | Public | Far larger; semiconductor ceramics leader |
CeramTec (Germany) | Advanced ceramics | Private equity owned | Far larger |
Saint-Gobain (France) | Boron nitride, refractories, ceramics | Public | Far larger; raw material and component supplier |
Corning (USA) | Macor machinable glass-ceramic | Public | Both supplier and indirect competitor |
Henkel, 3M, PPG, Sherwin-Williams | Industrial adhesives and high-temperature coatings | Public | Volume players; overlap mainly below about 1,200 °F |
Recent Developments
They are not available. The company's own news page has not been updated since November 2023, and no press coverage of corporate events was found for April 2025 to October 2026. Everything dated that could be sourced is listed.
Contract wins, guidance changes, litigation, regulatory actions, restructurings and layoffs: none found.



