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CoorsTek armor factory opens in Golden
Protection will be for tanks, other military vehicles
Published February 17, 2009 at 12:05 a.m.
A military Humvee is equipped with ceramic armor panels. The panels, which are made of lightweight composite and are much lighter than traditional materials such as steel, will be made at CoorsTek Inc.'s new armor subsidiary in Golden.
CoorsTek Inc.'s new armor subsidiary is opening a 75,000-square-foot factory in Golden to manufacture armor used on tanks and other U.S. military vehicles.
CoorsTek Armor Solutions uses ceramic it buys from CoorsTek to make lightweight composite armor for Humvees, tanks, helicopters and other ground vehicles, aircraft and marine craft.
The subsidiary supplies the armor to military contractors that make the vehicles for Uncle Sam.
The armor unit is scheduled to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony today in Golden for the new factory, its second in the United States.
Privately held CoorsTek declined to say how many employees work at the facility or for the armor subsidiary.
CoorsTek Armor Solutions was created in June, after parent CoorsTek bought DEW Engineering and Development Ltd.
The Canadian company makes armor for military vehicles.
Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
In addition to acquiring two manufacturing facilities in Canada, the acquisition gave the new CoorsTek Armor Solutions subsidiary a facility in Ogdensburg, N.Y.
The New York facility measures 42,000 square feet.
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