CoorsTek

The war between Ukraine and Russia has highlighted the importance of body armor for soldiers, and the deadly consequences when it is lacking. Body armor is something Golden-based CoorsTek knows well. It has produced ceramic plates used to protect soldiers from bullets and shrapnel since the 1960s, and also makes ceramic plates to protect aircraft. Armor body plates, personal body armor. (Image provided by CoorsTek) The company, better known for manufacturing parts used in automobiles and hip replacements, will become the…

Buoyed by favorable decisions in legal wrangling with a competitor, CoorsTek Bioceramics is expanding its Grand Junction manufacturing hub and is increasing production of its devices used in hip replacements. The company, a subsidiary of Golden-based CoorsTek, prevailed in a 2017 lawsuit over a trademark dispute involving the German company CeramTec and has seen U.S. and European courts and agencies decide in its favor. The latest decision was in December by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and…

One of the largest redevelopment projects in Golden’s history is being undertaken by a family closely identified with the city. CoorsTek, owned by the family that started what became Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, is going to transform its 112-year-old manufacturing plant on the north end of downtown into a mix of office, retail and residential uses. The roughly 1.3 million-square-foot project is expected to take 10-plus years to complete and will fill about five city blocks over 12.4 acres. All or parts of the site’s…