Manufacturer of Glass Melting Electrodes H.C. Starck Inc. to Attend Glassman South America in Sao Paulo, Brazil

EUCLID, Ohio, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- H.C. Starck Inc., Fabricated Products Group is attending the upcoming Glassman South America exhibition at Fecomercio in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 9-10, 2010. Douglas Hardy and Wilson Figueiredo will be available to discuss solutions to your glass problems using H.C. Starck's Glass Melting Electrodes manufactured from molybdenum powder.

Key components to H.C. Starck's success in providing solutions to demanding glass applications are innovation and research.  As a world leader in refractory metals we have state-of-the-art laboratories for improving, refining and innovating our products and materials.

The development of electric glass melting is heavily dependent on the development of electrode materials. There are very few electrode materials available which can fulfill the mechanical, electrical, process, corrosion, and cost conditions of the glass melting process and molybdenum is the best choice with its exceptional mechanical and physical properties.

Our expertise in working with molybdenum, tungsten and their alloys has greatly benefited the glass industry and the applications of melting, homogenizing, feeding and shaping of glass products. H.C. Starck is producing superior glass melting electrodes using both traditional powder metallurgical processing and an exclusive electron beam (EB) melting process.

H.C. Starck provides customer focused service and knowledgeable engineers dedicated to assist and guide you in choosing the best solution for all refractory metal applications related to glass production. As a worldwide supplier of high performance materials we have manufacturing facilities strategically located in the U.S. and Europe to service you.

We are the only supplier able to offer recycling of spent molybdenum electrodes to all of our glass and refractory ceramic customers.

Our product offerings for the glass industry include:

• Molybdenum Glass Melting Electrodes
• Stirrers and Crucibles
• Mo Sheet and Plate for Tank Reinforcement
• Oxidation Protective Coating

We invite you to contact Douglas Hardy or Wilson Figueiredo to make an appointment.

Also, visit us at www.hcstarck.com to download a free brochure "Produtos de Molibdenio para a industria de vidro".

High Performance Materials

H.C. Starck Inc. has decades of experience in the production of unique combinations of high performance materials – particularly the refractory metals molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium and their alloys.

H.C. Starck is a market leader in the supply of refractory metals and is capable of internal conversion of raw materials into finished, high purity products with unmatched quality control and excellence in execution. Controlling the material production process helps control the physical properties of materials produced, yielding superior products.

Besides the glass industry, our fabricated products are supplied to critical applications in a variety of markets including Aerospace & Defense, Chemical Processing, Electronics, Energy, Automotive and Medical.

SOURCE H.C. Starck Inc.