H.C. Starck ranks as a top leading global supplier with 90 years of experience in refractory metal alloy-based systems and fabricated products produced from its core competencies:
- Molybdenum
- Tungsten
- Tantalum
- Niobium
Industries and critical applications served include:
- Aerospace
- Chemical processing
- Defense
- Electronic
- Energy
- Industrial
- Medical
H.C. Starck is uniquely positioned to compete in the global market with its vertically integrated supply chain, which includes:
- refining of raw materials into refractory metal powders
- vacuum arc cast mill products (billets, forgings, rod, bar, plate, sheet, and foil)
- powder metallurgy (extruded shapes, pressed and sintered billets, forgings, rod, bar, and wire)
- copper clad molybdenum and nickel clad molybdenum
- glass melting electrodes
- stamp, machine, and plate precision components
- product fabrication
Unique production processing technologies at H.C. Starck include:
- Tradition powder metallurgy
- Vacuum arc cast
- Electron Beam (EB) melting
H.C. Starck provides services in the following technologies:
- Extrusion
– converting any metal in any size with a 5,000-metric-ton extrusion press, unique in the refractory metals industry
- Rotary forging
– produces sizes in soft metals (e.g. copper) and difficult-to-forge (e.g. cobalt and nickel alloys)
- Recycle spent molybdenum and tantalum products
- Cold Spray technology
H.C. Starck achieves excellence in all the markets its serves by employing Continuous Improvement techniques including:
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Sustainable Energy Management
H.C. Starck’s Fabricated Products Group is ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 certified. |
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