Carpenter Technology Corporation

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Carpenter Technology Corporation is a leading international manufacturer of specialty alloys and engineered products that have been used in planes, cars and trucks, electronic equipment, medical devices and instruments, industrial fittings, sporting goods, and oil and gas exploration and processing. Carpenter engineered materials have been used in hundreds of applications - from industrial tools to jet engines to fuel injectors and medical implants. Its engineered materials are known for their dependability, strength, toughness, corrosion resistance, and the ability to stay intact in high temperatures.In recent years, Carpenter has expanded its product line and geographic reach. Much of this expansion has been customer-driven. Unlike most companies in the field, Carpenter not only manufactures its products, but also distributes them through its own worldwide system of service centers. This network, with its staff of metallurgists and engineers on the front lines, enables the company to work closely with its customers to find solutions for their product requirements, as well as to learn first hand which materials need to be upgraded, acquired or created. Carpenter's direct contact with its customers has given the company a unique marketing edge. In the specialty metals industry, the Carpenter name has long been synonymous with quality.Carpenter was founded on June 7, 1889, as the Carpenter Steel Company in Reading, Pa. James H. Carpenter, a construction engineer whose interest in steel production led him to the study of metallurgy, wanted to test the commercial value of improvements he conceived for the manufacture of steel. He and a small group of investors leased the old Philadelphia and Reading rail mill in Reading and, 11 weeks later, began melting the company's first order for 3,000 tons of tool steel. One of his patented inventions, an air-hardening steel, was also used for knives, drills, and projectiles capable of piercing the armor on warships. In fact, Carpenter's projectiles proved to be a decisive factor in the Spanish-American War, and established the company as a steel pioneer in both the United States and Europe.

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