Ceradyne, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Jerrold Pellizzon will speak at Needham & Co.'s Seventh Annual Growth Conference, to be held January 10-14, 2005, at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City. Pellizzon will discuss Ceradyne's business, growth strategy -- including an update on armor and other product lines--and outlook during a 30-minute presentation scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, at 2:30 p.m. The presentation will be web cast live at http://www.ceradyne.com and http://www.wsw.com/webcast/needham10/crdn/ and archived for 60 days on those sites.