Anewtechnologyrelatingtocrystallinealignmentandtexturecontrolhasemergedby thedevelopment ofsuperconductingtechnologies.Itsprinciplebasedonmagnetizationforcecanbe appliedtonon-magnetic materialswithasymmetricunitcells.Inthispaper,theprincipleisdescribedandthe recentdevelopmentof themagneticcrystallinealignmentofinorganicmaterialsissummarized.