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[June 2008]
CoorsTek Acquires DEW Engineering & Development
CoorsTek Inc (Golden, CO, USA), the premier technical ceramics supplier and manufacturer of critical components for high technology markets, has acquired DEW Engineering & Development Ltd, a leading armour solutions provider of vehicle ballistic protection, specialty vehicles, vehicle refurbishing (‘re-life’) and repurposing (‘re-role’) services.
Incorporated in 1978, DEW Engineering is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and has operations in Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada and Ogdensburg, New York, USA. Canadian facilities will continue to operate as DEW Engineering and provide vehicle armour systems outside of the USA. The Ogdensburg, New York facility will become part of CoorsTek and serve as the armour integrator for a newly formed company serving customers in the USA only, called CoorsTek Armor Solutions, USA. Existing domestic and international armour integration customers will continue to purchase base ceramic armour components from several CoorsTek facilities.
"DEW Engineering is a respected and innovative provider for a broad variety of military vehicle applications," said Mark Chenoweth, Executive Vice President of CoorsTek Inc. "CoorsTek will bring significant technical ceramic capability and rapid-ramp operational expertise to this armor enterprise and we expect customers to benefit substantially."
CoorsTek is the largest technical ceramics manufacturer in North America and has manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia. It supplies critical components and complete assemblies for defence, medical, automotive, semiconductor, aerospace, electronic, power generation, telecommunication and other high technology applications.
www.coorstek.com
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