Ceradyne

Moskowitz speaks on Ceradyne–3M deal, his future with 3M and his Distinguished Life Member award

By / October 12, 2012

Joel Moskowitz, founder and CEO of the Ceradyne Inc., is well respected as a successful entrepreneur and someone with great instincts about the business of advanced ceramic products. Moskowitz, who…

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Too big for a Post-it note: 3M close to acquiring Ceradyne for $860M

By / October 1, 2012

The big business news this morning in the ceramics world is that 3M has made a friendly offer to buy Ceradyne Inc. with the blessing of the latter’s board of…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / August 16, 2012

Here’s what we are hearing: Ceradyne acquires interest in Graphite Machining Services and Innovations Ceradyne Inc. nnounced that it has acquired a minority interest with an option to acquire all…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / June 7, 2012

Here’s what we are hearing: Harper chosen by Allomet for advanced rotary furnace for unique metal powder processing Harper International, a world leader in thermal processing solutions for advanced materials,…

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Students and Young Professionals look forward to ICC4-CLS

By Eileen De Guire / March 16, 2012

The 4th International Congress on Ceramics with the 3rd Ceramic Leadership Summit track ACerS director of membership and marketing, Megan Bricker, coordinates the Society’s outreach to students and young professionals.…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / February 10, 2012

Mitsubishi i-MIEV battery electric vehicle was rated highest in latest environmental rankings provided by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. See story below. Credit: Mitsubishi. Here is what we are hearing:…

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Ceradyne is one of top 5 companies in aerospace & defense industry

By Eileen De Guire / October 11, 2011

I Joel Moskowitz, president and CEO of Ceradyne. Analysts expect Ceradyne footprint in the aerospace and defense to grow significantly. Credit: Ceradyne. A SmarTrend press release lists Ceradyne as the…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / September 7, 2011

MV Products Multi-Trap. Credit MV Products. Here’s what we are hearing: Asylum Research and Atomic Force DE appoint Rafaël Barbattini for AFM support Français OSRAM celebrates milestone in manufacturing of…

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Ceradyne leader Joel Moskowitz opens up on acquisitions, ceramics business

By / August 8, 2011

Ceradyne head Joel Moskowitz uses a team approach to evaluating acquisitions for the company. Credit: Ceradyne. I first interviewed Ceradyne honcho Joel Moskowitz in 2009, and last week I ran…

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American Museum of Ceramic Art gets technical with exhibit, family activities and lecture

By / March 4, 2011

This falls into the better late than never category: The American Museum of Ceramic Art (better known as AMOCA) has had a great exhibition going since late January on the theme of…

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