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IBC acquired Nonferrous Products, Inc. ("Nonferrous"), a profitable and growing beryllium metalworking and specialty alloy processing company, in October 2008.
Nonferrous is a niche manufacturer of custom copper beryllium, copper and bronze alloys and provides tooling components for the North American automotive industry, Asian, European and North American plastic mold producers, electronic component manufacturers and the global oil and gas service industry. NF is also an approved vendor to the US Navy and privately owned submarine and aircraft carrier producers and repair facilities.
Nonferrous has been in continuous operation since its founding in 1946 and is headquartered on a 12-acre company-owned site in Franklin, Indiana, south of Indianapolis, where it has 49,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities. The company has a staff of 35 employees including three metallurgists and a seven-person technical sales staff. Consistently profitable, Nonferrous recorded a 16% increase in 2007 audited sales over 2006. Significant growth drivers include the rapidly expanding export markets and the growth of plastic mold and oil and gas applications globally.
Nonferrous sources beryllium copper, hardened copper alloys, aluminum bronze and high purity copper in cast billet, slab or ingot chemically certified by its mill sources in North America, Asia and Europe. Nonferrous then forges and heat treats these metals into usable industrial products serving the industrial welding, oil and gas, plastic mold, metal melting, marine defense, electronic and industrial equipment markets.
Nonferrous has the largest forging press in North America solely producing high-value beryllium and other copper alloys and can manufacture and machine custom product from 20 to 4,000 lbs. in compliance with ASTM and other industry standards. Its proprietary forging and heat treating processes maximizes the secondary properties of these metals while providing near-net shape components for its customers with a machining and testing operation.
Nonferrous delivers products worldwide for customers in industrial market applications that include
- Plastic injection and blow molding inserts
- Resistance welding components
- Aluminum bronze components for wearing/bearing/corrosion
- Metal melting liners and end caps
Nonferrous also offers metal conversion services to resize and temper customers' own metal.
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