PRESS RELEASE - ESK Ceramics Gmbh & Co. KG
PRESS RELEASE - ESK Ceramics Gmbh & Co. KG
PRESS RELEASE - ESK Ceramics Gmbh & Co. KG
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Besides the official certification, his department therefore also performs<br />
several internal audits per year.<br />
<strong>ESK</strong> <strong>Ceramics</strong> GmbH & <strong>Co</strong>. <strong>KG</strong><br />
<strong>ESK</strong> <strong>Ceramics</strong> GmbH & <strong>Co</strong>. <strong>KG</strong> is a world-leading suppliers of advanced<br />
ceramic products for industrial applications, and a specialist<br />
in the field of nickel dispersion coatings. Our extensive range of materials<br />
comprises borides, carbides and nitrides, for example boron carbide,<br />
boron nitride, silicon carbide, silicon nitride or titanium diboride.<br />
Our product portfolio includes 18 registered trademarks and 10 specialized,<br />
applications-oriented ceramic materials used by customers<br />
from over 30 industries around the world. Furthermore, <strong>ESK</strong> is continually<br />
developing new applications for ceramic materials in cooperation<br />
with customers and research institutes. <strong>ESK</strong> was founded in 1922<br />
and now employs over 700 people at its headquarters in Kempten<br />
(Allgäu/South Germany and its subsidiary in Bazet (France). Since<br />
August 2004, <strong>ESK</strong> has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceradyne.<br />
Inc., which is based in <strong>Co</strong>sta Mesa (California, USA) and publicly<br />
listed on the US NASDAQ technology stock exchange. Ceradyne has<br />
over 2,500 employees at a total of 14 sites worldwide. Its sales in<br />
2007 reached USD 756 million (approx. EUR 480 million).<br />
For further information, visit us at: www.esk.com<br />
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