LANIK, developing business since 1991, is a purely Czech private company. The core activity is manufacturing and selling ceramic foam filters in the foundry industry, primary aluminum production sector, petrochemical, food industry, and miscellaneous decorative applications. The manufacture of refractory ceramics is the complementary production to filters. Typical products are as follows: filtering shaped pieces and systems (e.g., filtration carousels and grates), filtration boxes, transport channels, ceramic cups, and other shaped refractory concrete products used mainly in foundries. Products for the precision investment casting technology represent a complete product line (pressed ceramic cups, injection-molded ceramic cores, support crosses, ceramic bars, and other auxiliary materials).