Crystal and crystal growth technology is a fast advancing technological area. Baverstam provides insights in this short newsletter to some important technological advances for several important crystals, such as diamond, SiC, Ge, Nb, PZT and others. It further provides an update on important new developments in a broad range of applications for crystals such as for lasers, optical components, energy storage, and electronics. Finally, a selection is presented of new processing approaches used in crystal growth techniques.