2013-01-07 17:38:39 -
Amsterdam, 7 January 2013 (Regulated Information) --- AMG Advanced Metallurgical
Group N.V. ("AMG", EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: "AMG") announces that it has
completed
the consolidated of its global aluminum operations into one centralized unit,
AMG Aluminum, consisting of AMG Aluminum North America, LLC (formerly KB Alloys,
LLC), AMG Aluminum UK Limited (formerly part of London & Scandinavian
Metallurgical Co. Limited), and the aluminum activities of LSM Brasil S.A. The
reorganization was led by Mr. Julien Crisnaire, who was appointed President of
AMG Aluminum in June 2012.
Headquartered in Wayne, PA, USA, AMG Aluminum is the world-leading provider of
aluminum master alloys and grain refiners for the aluminum industry. With over
400 employees and six ISO 9001 manufacturing plants in Brazil, China, the United
Kingdom, and the United States, AMG Aluminum offers a comprehensive range of
products including grain refiners, hardeners, tablets/compacts, strontium
modifiers, specialty alloys, mechanical alloys, and chemicals and fluxes for the
global aluminum industry. "The full integration of AMG Aluminum into one unit
will allow us to provide our extensive product line and seamless customer
service to the global aluminum industry", said Julien Crisnaire, President of
AMG Aluminum.
About AMG
AMG creates and applies innovative metallurgical solutions to the global trend
of sustainable development of natural resources and CO(2) reduction. AMG
produces highly engineered specialty metal products and advanced vacuum furnace
systems for the Energy, Aerospace, Infrastructure and Specialty Metals and
Chemicals end markets.
The Advanced Materials Division develops and produces specialty metals, alloys
and high performance materials. AMG is a significant producer of specialty
metals, such as ferrovanadium, ferronickel-molybdenum, aluminum master alloys
and additives, chromium metal and ferrotitanium, for Energy, Aerospace,
Infrastructure and Specialty Metal and Chemicals applications. Other key
products include specialty alloys for titanium and superalloys, coating
materials and vanadium chemicals.
The Engineering Systems Division designs, engineers and produces advanced vacuum
furnace systems and operates vacuum heat treatment facilities, primarily for the
Aerospace and Energy (including solar and nuclear) industries. Furnace systems
produced by AMG include vacuum remelting, solar silicon melting and
crystallization, vacuum induction melting, vacuum heat treatment and high
pressure gas quenching, turbine blade coating and sintering. AMG also provides
vacuum case-hardening heat treatment services on a tolling basis.
AMG Mining AG produces critical materials utilizing its secure raw material
sources in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. AMG Mining produces critical
materials such as high purity natural graphite, tantalum, antimony and silicon
metal. These materials are of significant importance to the global economy and
are available in limited supply. End markets for these materials include
electronics, energy efficiency, green energy and infrastructure.
With over 3,000 employees, AMG operates globally with production facilities in
Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Czech Republic, United States, China,
Mexico, Brazil, Turkey, Poland, India and Sri Lanka and has sales and customer
service offices in Belgium, Russia and Japan (www.amg-nv.com).
For further information, please contact:
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. +1 610 975 4901
Jonathan Costello
Vice President of Corporate Development and Corporate Communications
jcostello@amg-nv.com
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January 7 2013 press release:
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