 Headquartered
in Costa Mesa, California, Ceradyne Inc. is a fully integrated developer and
manufacturer of advanced technical ceramic products and components for defense,
industrial, automotive, nuclear, electronic and medical markets.
Founded in 1967, Ceradyne has diversified its product lines to capture
opportunities created by the growing need for better performance and
cost-effectiveness in components made of traditional materials. In late 2004,
the company added new product lines and new markets—and one of the world's
leading suppliers of starting powders for manufacturing advanced ceramics
products—by acquiring ESK Ceramics of Kempten, Germany.
The unique characteristics of advanced technical ceramics—hardness, light
weight, ability to withstand extremely high temperatures, resistance to wear
and corrosion, low friction, and special electrical properties—offer
significant advantages over traditional materials such as metals and plastics.
As a result, components made from Ceradyne advanced technical ceramics are
being used in a growing number of high performance applications in an
ever-widening range of industries.
Markets and Applications
Defense
Military ballistic armor protection for personnel,
combat and tactical vehicles, small boats,
helicopters, and fixed wing aircraft.
Aerospace engine igniters, missile radomes, bushings
and bearings
Industrial Wear
Manufacturing components for aluminum processing,
silicon refining, semiconductor processing,
aluminum metalizing, cast iron and super-alloy cutting.
Casting/pressing/forming components for steel and
aluminum casting, titanium forming, glass
tempering, and thin-strip metal casting.
Petrochemical parts/tools for crude oil drilling, extraction and measurement.
Automotive/Diesel Engine
Diesel engine cam rollers
Fuel pump components and rollers
Cylindrical rollers for hybrid roller bearings
Medical/Dental
Medical components for diagnostic and surgical
instruments
Dental implants, abutments and crowns
Translucent orthodontic brackets
Neutron Absorption
BORAL® neutron absorbing materials for spent fuel
pools and casks
BORTEC™ borated aluminum for nuclear fuel storage
Al/B4C Metal Matrix Composites for structural nuclear waste
containment
Electronic
Boron dopants and isotopes for semiconductor
production
High performance parts for the electronic industry
Ceradyne Operating Divisions
 Advanced Ceramic
Operations – Costa Mesa and Irvine, California
Advanced Ceramic
Operations – Lexington, Kentucky
Ceradyne Boron
Products LLC – Quapaw, Oklahoma
Ceradyne Canada ULC –
Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
ESK Ceramics –
Kempten, Germany and Bazet, France
Minco, Inc. – Midway,
Tennessee
Thermo Materials –
Atlanta, Georgia
Tianjin Technical
Ceramics – Beijing, China
Semicon Associates –
Lexington, Kentucky
Vehicle Armor Systems
– Wixom, Michigan
Company Objective
"Ceradyne's objective is to provide state-of-the-art, advanced technical
ceramics to meet customer requirements for higher performance and efficiencies
in manufacturing equipment, production processes, and products. We believe the
catalysts driving demand for advanced ceramics are the physical and theoretical
limitations of products and parts made of conventional materials. With our
technical expertise, expanded production capacity, and global presence, we will
continue to develop and commercialize advanced ceramic solutions that enable
customers worldwide to achieve those higher levels of performance in a
cost-effective manner."
–Joel Moskowitz
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Ceradyne Website
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