Company Can Meet Growing Demand for BrushForm® 158 Copper
Nickel Tin Alloy Product Line
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Materion Performance Alloys, a Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN)
business, has more than doubled its capacity to produce foil gauge
ToughMet alloys that are used to make the company's BrushForm 158 strip
product line. BF 158 products, which are available in various tempers,
are widely used in the consumer electronics market, particularly for
camera module components in smartphones and tablets. Over the past six
months, the company has increased operations in its Reading,
Pennsylvania, and Elmore and Lorain, Ohio, plants to meet growing
demands for its BrushForm strip products.
Materion first introduced BF158 products in 2010 to fill the need for
higher strength materials for miniaturization of voice coil motor and
optical image stabilizing components in electronic devices. BF158
products provide optimal high-strength properties and corrosion
resistance in gauges as thin as .000984 inches, giving engineers greater
flexibility to design smaller, thinner devices with improved
functionality. BF158 TM16, a new temper released earlier this year,
offers the highest strength properties available in a copper alloy.
BF158 alloys have been proven to outperform other copper alloys,
including copper titanium, in applications with high strength/high
temperature/corrosion resistant requirements.
"With the announcement by Mitsubishi Metecs that they would exit the
copper strip alloy market earlier this year, we started preparing our
plants for higher production," says Glenn Maxwell, President of the
Performance Metals Group at Materion. "The increased operations have
allowed us to significantly reduce our global lead times and ensure
supply of one of our top selling product lines in the consumer
electronics market. The market can count on Materion to continue to
increase capacity to meet their needs."
Materion Performance Alloys, headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
Through its businesses, Materion supplies worldwide markets with alloy
products, beryllium products, electronic products, precious metal
products, and engineered material systems. Around the world, the
company's engineered materials can be found in technically demanding
end-use products within the telecommunications and computer, automotive
electronics, appliance, industrial components, plastics tooling, optical
media, oil and gas, aerospace and defense, and off-highway and mining
equipment markets. Visit www.Materion.com for
more information.
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Materion Performance Alloys
Karen Ducatman,
Manager of Marketing Communication, 216-383-4090
Karen.Ducatman@materion.com
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Materion Corporation
Michael C. Hasychak, VP
Treasurer, 216-383-2863
Mike.Hasychak@materion.com
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