COORSTEK INC.

History

Year	Detail
1910	The company was established.
1920s
	The Herold China and Pottery Company combined to form the Coors Porcelain Company.
	The company developed various lines of dinnerware and hotelware were produced during this period.
1930s
	Coors Porcelain continued to expand and grow.
1940s
	The company made a deal with Champion Spark Plug to manufacture spark plugs.
1950s
	Coors Porcelain started its first metalizing division for the electronics industry.
1965	Coors Porcelain contracted with IBM to manufacture ceramic substrates used in mainframe computers.
1979	The company developed ceramic dual inline packages (CER-DIP) to safeguard and insulate integrated circuits.
1980s
1986	Coors Porcelain became Coors Ceramics.
1989	Coors Ceramics brought zirconia-based ceramic products such as golf putters and drivers, shirt buttons, golf cleats, and knife sharpeners to re-enter the consumer market.
	The company manufactures ceramic spray nozzles used in emission system scrubbers.
1990s
	The company was partitioned into three operating divisions: Structural Products, Electronic Products, and Electronic Packages.
2000s
	Coors Ceramics changed its name to CoorsTek.
2010s
	The company acquired the advanced ceramics businesses of Saint-Gobain and Covalent Materials, thus expanding its customer base and market presence in Europe and Asia.
2020s
	The company has developed advanced polycrystalline YAG (high-purity Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) optoceramics, which provide a scalable solution for laser applications.
	The company started constructing a new facility to expand its business operations in Thailand.
	The company introduced new CoorsTek Bioceramics brand "Permallon".