Company Profile

Cercom Inc (AKA: Advanced Ceramics Inc)
Profile last edited on: 12/11/2014      CAGE:       UEI:

Business Identifier: Advanced Materials,Body Armor, Nonclay Refractories
Year Founded
1985
First Award
1992
Latest Award
1996
Program Status
Inactive (Acquired)
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Location Information

991 Park Cnter Drive
Vista, CA 92081
   (760) 727-6200
   info@cercomceramics.com
   www.cercomceramics.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 49
County: San Diego

Public Profile

Now doing business as ADVANCED CERAMICS INC. is focused to the technology of advanced materials. Now a part of BAE Systems, ADVANCED CERAMICS is able to provide fully integrated material solutions for the semiconductor, and defense manufacturing industry. ADVANCED CERAMICS has three manufacturing facilities which occupy more than 67,000 square feet of state-of-the-art ceramic production, product development and research operations. CERCOM is the world's largest vacuum hot press facility with 21 vacuum hot press furnaces capable of producing finished products up to 580mm in diameter. ADVANCED CERAMICS was started primarily for the development of and product of advanced military armor and has leveraged the benefits of its patented PAD (pressure assisted densification) process to expand into numerous markets that require the superior engineered materials. ADVANCED CERAMICS produces over 25 different materials for the semiconductor, defense, and industrial business sectors. These unique materials are backed by our quality service and superior technical support to ensure customers' requirements.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
100-149
Revenue Range
10M-15M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
10-14

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
1996 2 Army $669,997
Project Title: TiB Cermet Hardface/Titanium Backface Functionally Gradient Materials (FGMs) for High Performance Ballistic Applications
1994 1 DARPA $88,160
Project Title: In Situ Formed Whisker Reinforced SiC Composites
1993 1 Navy $50,644
Project Title: Light Weight Syntactic Foam
1993 1 DOE $75,000
Project Title: Aluminum nitride copper laser tubes
1992 1 Army $50,000
Project Title: Selectively Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Composites For Bearing Races

Key People / Management

  Richard Palicka -- President

  Alton F Armington

  Andre Ezis

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