CRDN Ceradyne, Inc. (MM)

Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDN) announced the appointment of Thomas A. Cole as Corporate Vice President Business Development. In this position, Mr. Cole will be responsible for a wide range of strategic duties including acquisitions, strategic expansion and ad hoc corporate activities. Mr. Cole is the former chief executive officer of Ceradyne�s 2007 acquisition of Minco in Midway, Tennessee, the producer of high-purity fused silica ceramic powder used as the starting material for Ceradyne�s product line of ceramic crucibles used in the production of polycrystalline silicon photovoltaic solar cells. After graduating with a B.S. degree from New York State College of Ceramic Engineering, Alfred University (with Honors) in 1969, Mr. Cole received his MBA from the University of Buffalo in 1971 and began a lifelong career in various technical ceramic related senior management positions, including 18 years with Corning Inc./Corhart Refractories and became CEO of Minco in 2000. Joel P. Moskowitz, Ceradyne chief executive officer, commented: �Tom is just the guy we need to put together some of the opportunities we are working on. Tom has long-term executive experience in technical ceramic situations requiring innovative solutions. As Ceradyne�s CEO, I am very pleased that Tom has accepted this position and am looking forward to working with him.� 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 press 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. These risks and uncertainties are described in the Company�s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended dated December 31, 2007 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.