Ceradyne, Inc. develops and manufactures ceramic products and components. It offers diesel engine cam rollers, fuel pump components and rollers, cylindrical rollers, and aerospace engine components; military ballistic armor protection and missile radomes; and Boron dopants and isotopes and cluster ion implantation sub systems. Additionally, the company provides manufacturing components for aluminum processing, silicon refining, semiconductor processing, aluminum metalizing, cast iron, and super-alloy cutting; medical components for diagnostic and surgical instruments and dental abutments and crowns; nuclear products; and photovoltaic casting crucibles for solar energy. It caters to automotive and engine, oil and gas, nuclear power, solar, industrial, medical, electronic, and defense industries. The company was founded in 1967 and is based in Costa Mesa, California. Ceradyne, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of 3M Company.