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Carpenter Powder Products Plans Facility Expansion in Sweden
Sep. 15, 2011 Carpenter Technology Corporation has announced a major expansion of its Carpenter Powder Products facility in Torshälla, Sweden (CPP AB).
CPP AB — a joint venture operation with Sandvik Materials Technology — is one of three powder metal manufacturing sites associated with Carpenter Powder Products (CPP), a subsidiary of Carpenter Technology Corporation.
“This investment will include construction of a new building, and installation of a melting and gas atomization unit with related powder handling equipment,” said Per-Anders Lundh, Managing Director of CPP AB. “The new facility will more than double current capacity levels to address our customers’ increasing demand for powder metal products.
“The unit will also feature proprietary technological advancements to provide for improved powder metal quality and mechanical property capabilities,” added Lundh.
Costing approximately $30 million (200 MSEK), the facility expansion is scheduled for completion in early 2013.
“Additional facility capacity investments are also under evaluation at our U.S. locations to support growing market demand for existing and new product offerings,” said William Kent, Vice President – CPP & Dynamet.
Carpenter Technology produces and distributes conventional and powder metal specialty alloys, including stainless steels, titanium alloys, tool steels and superalloys.
Carpenter Powder Products is a leading global producer of gas atomized powder metal products serving a variety of industries and has additional locations in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.