Ceradyne, Inc. Receives $75.5 Million Ceramic Body Armor Contract; Deliveries Scheduled from September 2005 through January 2006
June 28 2005 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Ceradyne, Inc. (Company) (Nasdaq:CRDN) announced the receipt of a
$75.5 million delivery order for its lightweight ceramic body
armor. This is the third delivery order received under the $461
million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract
announced on August 20, 2004. Including this delivery order, orders
received under this contract total approximately $179 million with
approximately $282 million in unplaced options. The contract was
awarded to Ceradyne by the U.S. Army Unique Missions Division,
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Joel Moskowitz, Ceradyne chief
executive officer, commented: "We expect to receive additional
delivery orders against this ID/IQ contract later this year and
throughout the remaining 25 months of this contract. The
acquisition in 2004 of ESK, our supplier of the raw material boron
carbide, coupled with additional armor capacity coming on stream in
our new Lexington, Kentucky, plant and Irvine, California, facility
are anticipated to allow Ceradyne to meet these as well as other
projected requirements." "Under an ID/IQ type contract, the
government is obligated to purchase only certain minimum
quantities," Moskowitz noted. "Each delivery order is issued as a
release against a maximum amount, which for this contract is $461
million. Therefore, our projections of follow-on business under
this contract anticipate receipt of additional delivery orders.
Ceradyne includes delivery orders as backlog only when there is a
firm delivery schedule." Moskowitz added: "Ceradyne is proud to
have been awarded this contract and is confident that the Ceradyne
armor systems that will be fielded in large quantities will help to
save American lives." Ceradyne develops, manufactures and markets
advanced technical ceramic products and components for defense,
industrial, automotive/diesel and commercial applications.
Additional information about the Company can be found at
www.ceradyne.com. Except for the historical information contained
herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements
regarding future events and the future performance of Ceradyne that
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected. Words such as
"anticipates," "believes," "plans," "expects," "intends," "future,"
and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Other risks and uncertainties are described in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2005, as filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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