components founded 1967 1967 headquarters 3m headquarters st. paul minnesota united states area served worldwide divisions advanced ceramic operations ceradyne armor systems inc. ceradyne boron products llc ceradyne canada ulc esk ceramics minco inc. thermo materials tianjin technical ceramics semequip inc. semicon associates vehicle armor systems 1 website www.ceradyne.com ceradyne incorporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of 3m based in the united states . ceradyne inc. is a manufacturer of advanced ceramic systems and components and involved in many technical industries including nuclear power oil and gas solar energy automotive and defense . 2 it is traded on the nasdaq stock market . background edit ceradyne was founded in 1967 3 and in late 2004 the company added new product lines by acquiring esk ceramics of kempten germany . 4 in addition to producing ceramic components for industrial processes such as silicon foundries and ceramic fuel pellets for nuclear reactors ceradyne researched and produced varieties of ballistic armour for both personnel and vehicles . 5 the ceramic armor was lighter than regular steel plate armor facilitating greater mobility . in september 16 2007 the company was selling 25 000 sets of armor a month to the pentagon . 6 in december 2007 ceradyne s lightweight armor was approved by the army for use on military vehicles . oshkosh truck produced the first of these armored vehicles using the armor on hemett crew cabs . 7 ceradyne was also the producer of ceramic enhanced small arms protective inserts e sapi for the us army s interceptor body armor and the blast proof components of the ceradyne bull mrap mmpv vehicle project . in january 2008 the company also received an order for 9.6 million worth of body armor from unicor federal prison industries inc. which provided jobs and job training to inmates in us federal prisons . 7 on november 28 2012 ceradyne inc. was fully acquired by 3m becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of 3m . 8 product recall edit in november 2012 thousands of spear generation iii ballistic armor plates manufactured by ceradyne for issue to united states special operations troops were recalled due to safety defects . an analysis by the department of defense discovered the flawed plates . defects were identified in less than five percent of plates tested according to united states special operations command ussoccom . ussoccom says no one has been killed or wounded as a result of the defective body armor . 9 10 references edit about ceradyne inc. . ceradyne inc. retrieved 2009 04 01 . official 3m ceradyne page . 3m s ceradyne site . 3m advanced materials . retrieved 2014 07 28 . . 3m . 3m . november 29 2012 http news .3 m.com press release company 3m completes acquisition ceradyne . retrieved 28 july 2014 . missing or empty title help ceradyne divisions . ceradyne inc. retrieved 28 july 2014 . ceradyne inc. a world leader in advanced technical ceramics money a stock caught in the iraq debate a b ceradyne oc business news ocregister.com press release . 3m . 3m . november 29 2012 . retrieved 28 july 2014 . newcomb alyssa 2012 11 24 . special ops body armor recalled after safety defects found . abcnews.go.com . retrieved 2012 11 25 . curtis rob november 24 2012 . body armor used by special ops troops recalled . usa today . retrieved november 25 2012 . the spear generation iii armor plates as they re known display a latent delamination defect http www.marketwatch.com story 3m buying ceradyne for 43 premium 2012 10 01 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ceradyne & oldid 732111781 categories companies based in costa mesa californiacompanies formerly listed on nasdaqhidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urls navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 july 2016 at 18 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view