Headquarters: Costa Mesa, Calif.
Ticker: CRDN
Founded: 1967
Chairman, president, CEO: Joel Moskowitz (co-founded predecessor company)
Annual revenue: $572 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2011
Net income: $83.9 million
Employees: 2,112
Description: makes advanced technical ceramic products, ceramic powders, and components
Industries served: defense, industrial, energy, automotive and commercial