Ceradyne, Inc. engages in the development, manufacture, and market of technical ceramic products, ceramic powders, and components in the United States and internationally. Its products include lightweight ceramic armor and combat helmets for soldiers and other military applications; ceramic industrial components for erosion and corrosion resistant applications; ceramic powders, including boron carbide, boron nitride, titanium diboride, calcium hexaboride, zirconium diboride, and fused silica, which are used in manufacturing armor and a range of industrial and consumer products; evaporation boats for metallization of materials for food packaging; and ceramic diesel engine components. The company also offers functional and frictional coatings primarily for automotive applications; translucent ceramic orthodontic brackets; ceramic crucibles for melting silicon in the photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing process; ceramic-impregnated dispenser cathodes for microwave tubes, lasers, and cathode ray tubes; specialty glass compositions for solar, electronic, industrial, and health care markets; ceramic missile radomes for the defense industry; and fused silica powders for precision investment casting. In addition, it provides neutron absorbing materials; nuclear chemistry products for use in pressurized water reactors and boiling water reactors; boron dopant chemicals for semiconductor silicon manufacturing and ion implanting of silicon wafers; ceramic bearings and bushings for oil drilling and fluid handling pumps; ceramic micro-reactors used to process chemicals; and PetroCeram sand filters for oil and gas recovery. The company serves the United States government; prime government contractors; and solar energy, oil and natural gas exploration, and nuclear energy companies; and industrial, automotive, diesel, and commercial manufacturers. Ceradyne, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is based in Costa Mesa, California.

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