Products & Markets

Automotive/Transportation Automotive/Transportation
Demanding automotive and other component wear challenges are addressed using Ceradyne’s unique grade of silicon nitride for its superior mechanical reliability and wear resistance.


Defense Defense
Ceradyne is a vertically integrated manufacturer of lightweight, DEFENDER® ceramic composite armor systems for personnel, vehicle, naval vessel, helicopter and aircraft applications.


Electronics Electronics
A large variety of high performance parts and processes are produced by Ceradyne for the electronic industry. Parts include wafer processing components, microwave specialty ceramics, cathodes, and a unique ion implantation system.


Industrial Industrial
Ceradyne material knowledge and manufacturing capabilities are used to produce custom and commodity products for solving materials related problems in diverse environments.


Medical Medical
The unique benefits of Ceradyne advanced ceramic components for the medical industry set specification standards that cannot be met by similar products made from metals or plastics.


Nuclear Power Nuclear Power
Ceradyne nuclear products offer a full range of thermal neutron absorbing materials for criticality control, and chemical isotopes used for both nuclear waste containment and nuclear power plant neutron radiation control.


Oil and Gas Oil and Gas
The harsh oil and gas environment produces chemical, wear, corrosion and high temperature challenges that can be met through the use of Ceradyne advanced technical ceramics.


Solar Energy Solar Energy
Ceradyne Thermo Materials fused silica PV Casting Crucibles are used in the manufacture of poly-crystalline silicon solar cells, an important alternative energy source.