Joel Moskowitz

Remembering Joel Moskowitz—Ceradyne founder and ACerS Distinguished Life Member

By Eileen De Guire / March 20, 2015

Joel Moskowitz—the man known for saving the lives of soldiers in combat—lost his battle against cancer on March 15 at age 75.

Read More

Photo finish from EMA 2014

By Eileen De Guire / January 28, 2014

Here are a few pictures from last week’s Electronic Materials and Applications conference in Orlando, Fla.

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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:…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

Ceradyne opens solar materials manufacturing facility in China

By / February 1, 2011

Ceradyne announced the opening of a new factory in Tianjin, China. Ceradyne Tianjin Advanced Materials will produce high-purity ceramic crucibles for the forming of large polysilicon ingots for use in…

Read More

Flexible glass to challenge LCDs in electronic devices

By / June 8, 2010

Corning announced it has developed a flexible glass substrate that can be used for printed electronics applications. The glass manufacturer says the product performs like glass and is as flexible…

Read More