About IBC Advanced Alloys

IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. develops and manufactures alloys, such as beryllium-aluminum alloys and specialty copper alloys, for various customers in the defense and non-defense sectors, including those in aerospace, automotive, marine defense, electronics, industrial equipment, oil and gas, among others. The company operates four plants in the United States (U.S.) that manufacture, heat-treat, machine or market copper-beryllium, beryllium-aluminum, copper-based master alloys and similar specialty alloy products, including beryllium-aluminum castings. Its manufacturing operations consists of two divisions: Copper Alloys and Engineered Materials. Copper Alloys manufactures and distributes various copper alloys as castings and forgings: beryllium copper, chrome copper, oxygen-free high conductivity copper and aluminum bronze as plate, block, bar, rings and specialty copper alloy forgings for the industrial welding, oil and gas, plastic mold, metal melting, marine defense, electronic, and industrial equipment markets. Engineered Materials manufactures and supplies precision-cast berylliumaluminum components to the aerospace and high-tech manufacturing sectors. The company’s products are divided into specialty copper alloys, produced by its Copper Alloys division and beryllium aluminum castings produced by its Engineered Materials division. The company purchases beryllium from a U.S. producer, from the U.S. National Defense Stockpile, and from Ulba Metallurgical Plant, owned by Kazatomprom of Kazakhstan. Copper Alloys The company manufactures and distributes various copper alloys as castings and forgings: beryllium copper, chrome copper and aluminum bronze as plate, block, bar, rings and specialty copper alloy forgings for industrial welding, oil and gas, plastic mold, metal melting, marine defense, electronic, and industrial equipment markets. The company sells directly to end users and serve some markets through a network of dealers and distributors. Its copper alloys operations are based in Franklin, Indiana, where it maintains a forging (hammer, press and ring rolling), heat-treating and machining operation. The company’s Franklin plant operates from a 4,500 square meters (48,800 square feet) manufacturing plant on 4.8 hectares (12 acres) of land that it owns. The company’s Royersford plant covers 1,500 square meters (16,000 square feet) and has three furnaces that have been adapted to meet the specialized requirements of beryllium alloy manufacturing. Its casting operations are a primary producer-supplier of beryllium copper casting and master alloy ingot products in North America and markets worldwide. The company’s copper alloys operations also manufacture beryllium nickel and low-beryllium-content beryllium-aluminum alloys. It offers its customers a range of manufacturing and support services, including casting and master alloy products, cast and forged billet products, semi-continuous cast input billets and wrought products. The company manufactures its beryllium alloys utilizing either pure metallic beryllium or certified beryllium copper master alloy. The alloys that the company sells include oxygen-free, high conductivity copper (C101000, C107000), berylliumcopper alloys (C17200, C17510), chrome coppers (C18000, C18150, and C18200), aluminum-bronze alloys (C61400, C62400, C62500, C95400, C63000 and C63200) and other specialty copper alloys, such as CCNB and its proprietary Thermal-Mould Super. The company sources copper alloys in cast billet, slab or ingot from mills in North America, Europe and Asia and convert these into usable industrial products serving the industrial welding, oil and gas, plastic mold, metal melting, marine defense, electronic and industrial equipment markets. The company also provides tooling components for the North American automotive industry, the European and North American consumer plastic tooling producers, the global oil and gas service industry, the prime North American submarine and aircraft carrier producers and repair facilities, including the US Navy, electronics industries and general equipment manufacturers. The company produces material at two company-owned foundries and buy other billet from independent third-party mills. The company’s casting operations are a primary producer-supplier of beryllium copper casting and master alloy ingot products in North America and markets worldwide. Its copper alloys operations also manufacture beryllium nickel and low-beryllium-content beryllium-aluminum alloys. The company offers its customers a range of manufacturing and support services, including casting and master alloy products, cast and forged billet products, semi-continuous cast input billets and wrought products. The company manufactures its beryllium alloys utilizing either pure metallic beryllium or certified beryllium copper master alloy. Engineered Materials Engineered Materials supplies beryllium-aluminum components to the aerospace and high-tech manufacturing sectors. The company manufactures the Beralcast and family of metal matrices that could be used in commercial and military applications. It has trade name rights to Beralcast; proprietary know-how; manufacturing equipment; marketing and supply agreements; and US beryllium stockpile bidding requirements and bona fides. The company is developing Engineered Materials’ business by undertaking product-focused development initiatives with an emphasis on defense applications. Principal Markets The company focuses on the development and manufacturing of advanced alloys, in particular beryllium-aluminum alloys and specialty copper alloys, through its manufacturing operations. Distribution Methods The company’s operations manufacture, heat-treat, machine, develop and market copper-beryllium, berylliumaluminum, copper-based master alloys and similar specialty alloy products and has a distribution network in which its products are indirectly or directly distributed to customers, including to end users, distributors, fabricators and manufacturers. Competition The company’s two main competitors in beryllium markets are Materion Corporation and NGK Metals Corporation. History The company was incorporated under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act in 2002. The company was formerly known as International Beryllium Corporation and changed its name to IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. in 2009.