The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well.

U.S. Army researchers have devised a method to produce ceramic body armor, lightweight but strong, from a 3-D printer. Except that 3-D printers are meant to print out knickknacks, not flak jackets.

Yet the really interesting question isn’t just what a 3-D printer can produce, but who can produce it. If it’s technically possible—and now legal in the United States—to print 3-D guns, and it’s also ...

Valot: That's Joel Moskowitz. He's the CEO of Ceradyne, a Costa Mesa company that's supplied ceramic body armor to the military since the 1990s. The ceramic inserts with a polymer backing are about a ...

BODY ARMOR: Ceradyne Inc. said April 21 that it has received an $8.5 million order to provide its ceramic body armor system to protect "certain elite U.S. military personnel." The order is scheduled ...

Armor Holdings Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $45.2 million contract modification to produce ceramic body armor plates for the U.S. Army, the company said July 5. The work will be done ...

The U.S. Army, under pressure to issue additional protective gear to its soldiers in Iraq, has signed a $70-million emergency contract with a Costa Mesa company for ceramic body armor. The contract ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Ceradyne crdn said on Monday it was awarded a 60-month ceramic body armor contract by the U.S. Marine Corps worth up to $41.5 million. The contract includes an initial $3.2 ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Ceradyne Inc. crdn said Friday the U.S. Army awarded the Costa Mesa, Calif.-based company a three-year contract to supply lightweight ceramic body armor. Ceradyne said the ...

WASHINGTON — Soldiers will no longer be allowed to wear body armor that was not issued by the military, Army officials said Thursday. The order was prompted by concern that soldiers or their families ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army, under pressure to issue more protective gear to its soldiers in Iraq, has signed a $70 million emergency contract with a California company to rush ceramic body armor to ...

NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ceradyne Inc. , which makes ceramic plates for body armor, on Wednesday posted better-than-expected earnings in the third quarter, driving its shares up 8 percent, as sales ...