Special Metals Corporation
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| founding | 1906 |
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Huntington , United States
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| Branch | Metal processing |
| Website | www.special-metals.de |
The Special Metals Corporation , based in Huntington , West Virginia , USA , is one of the leading manufacturers of nickel-based alloys . The company has manufacturing facilities at its headquarters and in New Hartford , New York , USA and Hereford , England .
In 1998 the company acquired Inco Alloys International . In 2006 , Special Metals was acquired by Precision Castparts Corporation , based in Portland , Oregon . The location in England goes back to Wiggin Alloys , which Inco came into possession in 1929 .
Well-known brand names include Inconel , Incoloy , Monel , Nimonic , Nimoloy and Brightray , which were taken over from Inco, and Udimet . The industrial production of nickel alloys began in 1906 with the invention of the copper-nickel alloy Monel alloy 400 , for which the metallurgist Ambrose Monell applied for a patent on April 20, 1905. Inco Alloys (International Nickel Company) has been a leader in the development of new nickel alloys.
After the Second World War , sales branches were set up in mainland Europe in Brussels , Rotterdam , Düsseldorf , Paris and Milan . The last remaining branch in Düsseldorf was closed at the end of 2019.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Precision Castparts Corp. Completes Acquisition of Special Metals Corporation, May 25, 2006 ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ A new beginning for Special Metals ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 27, 2008
- ^ The New York Times, July 10, 1998 Company News: Special Metals agrees to acquire alloys unit from Inco
- ↑ Patent US811239 : Manufacture of nickel-copper alloys. Registered April 20, 1905 , published January 30, 1906 , inventor: Ambrose Monell.
