Ceradyne, Inc.

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Ceradyne, Inc. Signs Agreement with Alcan Inc. to Provide Nuclear Waste Containment Systems

COSTA MESA, Calif. & SAGUENAY, Quebec--June 8, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) and Alcan Inc. (NYSE:AL) (TSX:AL) announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to fabricate and distribute a nuclear shielding boron carbide/aluminum Metal Matrix Composite (MMC). Alcan's Dubuc Works and Ceradyne's recently formed subsidiary, Ceradyne Canada, will cooperate to produce...

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Ceradyne, Inc. Receives New Five-Year $611.7 Million ID/IQ Contract;

COSTA MESA, Calif.--July 3, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) received a new 60-month Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) government contract for Enhanced Side Ballistic Inserts (ESBI) with a maximum value of $611.7 million. Simultaneously, the Company received an initial delivery order for $59.8 million scheduled to be shipped from July 2006 to November 2006. The contract...

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Ceradyne, Inc. Invests $14.1 Million for Nuclear Waste Containment Project

COSTA MESA, Calif.--July 13, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) reported that it has completed two transactions related to its recently announced plans to enter into the manufacture and marketing of structural neutron absorbing materials. The Company completed the acquisition of an 86,000 square foot, first-class industrial facility in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. This facility is...

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Ceradyne, Inc. Receives $38.6 Million Ceramic Body Armor Orders for U.S. Marines and U.S. Army

COSTA MESA, Calif.--July 26, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) received two ceramic body armor delivery orders totaling $38.6 million. The U.S. Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, placed a delivery order for ESAPI for $8.4 million, and the U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, placed a delivery order for $30.2 million of ESAPI. Both orders are expected to be shipped in the third...

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Ceradyne, Inc. Signs Agreement with Alcan Inc. to Provide Nuclear Waste Containment Systems

COSTA MESA, Calif. & SAGUENAY, Quebec--June 8, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) and Alcan Inc. (NYSE:AL) (TSX:AL) announced today that they have signed a multi-year agreement to fabricate and distribute a nuclear shielding boron carbide/aluminum Metal Matrix Composite (MMC). Alcan's Dubuc Works and Ceradyne's recently formed subsidiary, Ceradyne Canada, will cooperate to produce...

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Ceradyne, Inc. Named 2006 Growth Company of the Year at NAIC's BetterInvesting National Convention

COSTA MESA, Calif.--Sept. 7, 2006--Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) Chief Financial Officer Jerrold J. Pellizzon today accepted on behalf of the Company the 2006 Growth Company of the Year Award from the National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC) at its BetterInvesting National Convention being held September 7-10 at the Hyatt Regency Columbus Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. James...

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