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[Nov 2005]
Large Additional Ceramic Armour Contract for Ceradyne
Ceradyne Inc (Costa Mesa, CA, USA) has received an order totalling approximately US$17.8 million for its lightweight ceramic armour systems for use by the US Air Force. Shipments are expected to commence in January 2006 and be completed by September 2006.
The order was placed by the Defense Supply Center, Philadelphia (DSCP) which is part of the Defense Logistics Agency in the USA.
Joel Moskowitz, Ceradyne's CEO, commented: "Ceradyne has been working with DSCP for over 5 years and we are very pleased that this additional order was placed with us by that procurement agency. We anticipate that there will be continuing orders for this type of lightweight ceramic armor system products".
www.ceradyne.com
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