IBC Advanced Alloys, a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, has launched copper alloy casting at its new and expanded copper alloy foundry facility in Franklin, Indiana. The launch of production at the new facility marks the effective completion of a two-year consolidation of three production facilities into a single, vertically integrated manufacturing operation dedicated to producing copper and copper alloy products. The consolidation is expected to generate significant efficiencies and production cost savings for the Copper Alloys Division, as well as enabling the division to expand production and its exposure to new markets.
The IBC team successfully produced several two-ton billets of beryllium-copper alloy material last week at the expanded Franklin plant. BC then processes these billets by cutting, forging, heat treating, and machining them into a wide variety of custom alloy products for customers in industries such as electronics, oil and gas, automotive, defence, aerospace, injection moulding, and others.
IBC invested approximately US$6 million (£4.6 million) to expand and modernise its Franklin facility and consolidate its former Missouri and Pennsylvania foundries to the new plant.
