CoorsTek, Inc. was founded in 1910 and is based in Golden, Colorado. The company was formerly known as Coors Ceramics Company, Inc. and in January 2000 it changed its name to CoorsTek, Inc. CoorsTek, Inc. operates as a technical ceramics manufacturing company in North America. It offers components and assemblies for medical, automotive, semiconductor, aerospace and aviation, electronic, power generation, telecommunications, food and beverage, industrial, oil and gas, ozone, fluid, laser, precision measurement, wire and cabling, pulp and paper, and thermal applications. The company provides ceramic air bearing guideways, armor/armour protection products, chemical processing products, defense and security components, ceramic electron tube components, medical device components, ceramic optical components, ceramic plastic tubes and rods, wire bonding tools, and ceramic vacuum wafer chucks, as well as fuel cells, sensors, and membranes. It also offers analytical chemistry and material testing services.