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Ceramic Armor / Military Defense and Security

CoorsTek produces ceramic armor components used as the ballistic armor (armour) strikeface of lightweight composite armor systems. CeraShield™ ceramics, working in conjunction with an appropriate backing system, can defeat various threats including armor-piercing rounds and IEDs. Typical ceramic composite armor systems, at approximately half the weight, outperform similar steel-based systems. These systems are frequently used in body armor, vehicle armor, and aircraft armor.



Ceramic Body Armor
CoorsTek has manufactured advanced ceramic body armor components for over three decades and works with the industry's top armor integrators to develop next-generation body armor to protect soldiers of today and tomorrow.

Standard and Custom Shapes
  • SAPI plates
  • Front plates - double curve
  • Front plates - multi curve
  • Back plates - double curve
  • Back plates - triple curve
  • Groin plates
Related Amazing Story:
CoorsTek Armor Plate Saves Photographer's Life in Afghanistan


Ceramic Vehicle Armor Tiles
CoorsTek supplies custom ceramic armor components for use in vehicle protection systems. Our lightweight materials help to increase efficiency while meeting or exceeding the performance of traditional steel-based systems.

CoorsTek provides armor components to armor integrators that build:
  • Military Vehicles
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Police & SWAT
  • Personal & VIP vehicles


Ceramic Aircraft Armor Panels
We provide some of the lightest armor components known to man by developing specialty materials and processes for superior ballistic performance with minimal weight addition.

Performance Advantages
CoorsTek CeraShield™ ceramics offer many advantages over conventional materials. Our specially formulated ceramic armor materials provide:
  • Low weight
  • High hardness
  • Controlled, uniform microstructures
  • Compatibility for use in finished armor systems with proven ballistic performance for National Institute of Justice (N.I.J.) and international design standards.


Future Materials and Systems Development
Our Research and Development team works tirelessly with some of the world's best armor integrators to develop next-generation protective armor systems. Like nearly every market CoorsTek participates in, we are the silent partner that enables tomorrow's technology.
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Contact Information:
Ceramic Armor Experts
+1.800.821.6110 Toll Free in North America
+1.303.277.4481 Tel
+1.303.277.4596 Fax

European Contact Information:
Sales Support E-Mail
+44.7976.559414 Tel
+44.1765.609904 Fax


Photographs courtesy of US Army
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