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Update on Dayton OH Service Center Date Posted: 01/31/2008
Here are the latest photos of the construction process for our new Dayton OH service center.


Update on Dayton OH Service Center Date Posted: 01/25/2008
Here are the latest photos of the construction process for our new Dayton OH service center.


Dayton OH Service Center - Cranes Installed Date Posted: 12/10/2007
The cranes have been installed in the new Dayton OH Service Center!


Update on Dayton OH Service Center Date Posted: 11/30/2007
Here are the latest photos of the construction process. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility by the end of 2007.


Our Dayton, OH Service Center is Progressing! Date Posted: 11/06/2007
Here is the newest photo of the progress of our new service center in Dayton, OH. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility at the end of 2007.


Update On The New Dayton, OH Service Center Date Posted: 10/26/2007
Here are the latest photos of the construction process. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility at the end of 2007.


Dayton, OH Service Center In The News Date Posted: 10/18/2007
Our new Dayton, OH service center was featured in a recent newspaper article:

Specialty steelmaker's boss exudes optimism about area

Crucible Materials is building a warehouse and offices that are slated to open in January...Please click here to read the entire article


Update on New Dayton, Ohio Service Center Date Posted: 10/10/2007
Here are the latest photos of the construction process. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility at the end of 2007.


Update on New Dayton, Ohio Service Center Date Posted: 09/28/2007
Here are the latest photos of the construction process. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility at the end of 2007.


Grand Opening Celebration Of Crucible's Meadville, PA Expansion Date Posted: 07/16/2007
Crucible's expansion of the Meadville service center has been completed with the addition of 8,000 sq ft. The total warehousing square footage is now 18,000. As well, additional equipment and storage has been installed. We have installed three saws (Hyd Mech 40, Amada 500 and Amada 250) to compliment the existing six cut off saws. Other equipment includes: 3 pigeon hole racks, 140 feet of I beam racking and 5 pallet racks. Meadville also has a 3 tons Chevrolet delivery truck to ensure the best service for our growing customer base.

On June 22nd, Crucible celebrated the Grand Opening of the new Meadville facility with a Pig Roast. This event was attended by 109 customers and many Crucible personnel from around the country. It was a great day and a perfect way to show our new facility to our customers, as well as, our appreciation for their business.


Crucible Announces New Dayton, Ohio Service Center Date Posted: 07/11/2007

Crucible Service Centers, a division of Crucible Materials Corporation, has formally broken ground for construction of a new 66,000 sq ft service center in the Town of Springboro, a suburb of the city of Dayton, Ohio. The facility will bring approximately 50 new jobs to the Dayton area. The development of this 6 acre site has been contracted with Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, Inc. A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 27th. Construction is underway with a completion date before year end

This state-of-the-art facility will be critical to continued growth of Crucible's tool and high speed steel businesses as well as our high performance CPM (Crucible Particle Metallurgy) materials in Central Ohio and surrounding areas. Crucible is the market leader for tooling materials in North America.

9/21/2007 - Update on Progress

Here are the latest photos of the construction process. Crucible is still on schedule to complete the facility at the end of 2007.





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Metalform 2007 - Crucible Service Centers Date Posted: 02/01/2007
Crucible Service Centers will be exhibiting at the Metalform 2007 Show in Chicago, March 25-28. Crucible's metallurgical, marketing, and sales pros will be present at Booth 1806 to discuss tool steel selection, performance requirements, or tool life problems. Crucible features the "Killer V's," the original high-performance line of CPM® tool steels, for enhanced tool life and more reliable production compared to A2 or D2 tools. The Killer V's include CPM 10V, for outstanding wear life; CPM 3V, for impressive breakage resistance, and CPM M4, for enhanced all-around tool performance, including a unique combination of wear life, toughness, and compressive strength. CPM tool steels can provide the best solution for working with advanced high-strength steels, stainless steels, hot rolled steels, and other difficult to process work material. More information about the Metalform show can be found by clicking here.

Crucible Service Centers - Crucible Announces Further Expansion Date Posted: 09/20/2006
Crucible Service Centers, a division of Crucible Materials Corporation headquartered in Syracuse, NY, has announced the expansion of its Meadville, PA facility. Construction began earlier this month and is expected to be completed by the end of the 4th quarter. Crucible began operations in Meadville in March 1995. The expansion will nearly double the current warehouse space and includes additional equipment, as well as further employment opportunities. "We are extremely proud of the success that our Meadville team has enjoyed over the past 11 years in Western Pennsylvania and Western New York. Crucible's expansion strategy is on going and has been hugely successful. Meadville is the second expansion of our service center operations in 2006 following the opening of our Chatham, Ontario facility earlier this year. These expansions represent our commitment to continue as the market leader for tool steels in the North America." states Harry O'Brien, President.

Crucible Compaction Metals - Recognized by Corning Date Posted: 04/19/2006
Crucible Compaction Metals was recently recognized by Corning as a qualified supplier during 2005 under their SPP program, and was presented with a plaque acknowledging this recognition during a recent visit at our facility. This award is a reflection of hard work and dedication to developing the customer/supplier relationship by both firms, and CCMD wishes to extend our gratitude to Corning regarding this honor

Crucible Materials announces plans to upgrade annealing and heat treating facility Date Posted: 09/02/2005
Syracuse, NY (August 3, 2005) - Crucible Materials Corporation (CMC) announced a major capital program to install a new high temperature furnace and upgrade its quench equipment in the Heat Treat area at their Specialty Metals facility located in Syracuse, NY. This state of the art furnace will be manufactured by Olson Industries of Pennsylvania. The unique tilt-furnace design will handle higher throughput, require less maintenance and be more energy efficient than any of the high temperature furnaces currently in operation. Installation of the new furnace, scheduled for the first quarter of 2006, will expand the high temperature annealing and heat treating capacity by 35%. Additional capital will be allocated to upgrade the oil quench facility, as well as material handling equipment. Together, these projects will allow Crucible to meet the increased market demand for stainless long products.

Crucible Compaction Metals - Organizational Announcement Date Posted: 08/01/2005
Roy Carlson has joined the CCM sales team as of July 25, 2005. Roy is a recent graduate from the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. While attending school, Roy also held intern positions in promotions and marketing.

Crucible Materials Corporation announces new site location Date Posted: 07/27/2005
Crucible Materials Corporation is pleased to announce the selection of a site for the construction of a 25,000 square foot warehouse and office building. Our new location will be at the intersection of HWY 401 and HWY 40 in the city of Chatham, Ontario with a scheduled grand opening in December 2005.
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Crucible Compaction Metals Conducts 5 S Event Date Posted: 07/12/2005
A full 5 S housekeeping program has been initiated at Crucible Compaction Metals. The elements of a 5 S program are Sort, Set, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain. It is a powerful system used by leading companies to help eliminate waste, dirt, clutter, inefficiency, and other barriers to excellence. A consultant, Catalyst Connection, has been contracted to train management and labor personnel, set-up the program, and supervise events. A plant-wide meeting was held to explain the importance of this program. On July 5, the first event was held in the Maintenance and Welding Departments. During the four day event, all production activity was suspended in those areas. Similar events will be held in all areas of the plant over the next several months until all employees are fully trained and the entire facility has implemented 5 S.

Crucible Compation Metals - Organizational Announcement Date Posted: 07/12/2005
We are pleased to announce that Jean Puglia has joined Crucible Compaction Metals as a Materials and Process Engineer. Prior to Jean's employment at Crucible, she worked at Allegheny Ludlum (J&L Midland) in a similar capacity. Jean received her Masters Degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and her Bachelors Degree in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science from Carnegie Mellon University. The Crucible family welcomes Jean to her new position!

Trent Tube Event Date Posted: 06/23/2005
Worldwide Food Expo. October 26-29th at McCormick Place, Chicago IL. Visit Trent Tube at Booth #N2739

New Member Joins the Crucible Specialty Metals Team Date Posted: 06/14/2005
Effective July 1, 2005; Mr. James Rauch will join the Crucible team as the National Sales Manager -Stainless
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Crucible Materials Corporation Announces New Revolving Credit Facility Date Posted: 08/12/2004
Crucible Materials Corporation ("Crucible") has entered into a new Revolving Credit Agreement with Congress Financial Corporation ("Congress").
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Fred Yolton Awarded Prestigious E. C. Bain Award Date Posted: 01/22/2004
Crucible Research is proud to announce that Fred Yolton was presented with the Edgar C. Bain award at an ASM International awards ceremony on January 22, 2004.

The award was instituted by the Golden Triangle Chapter of ASM to honor an outstanding member of the chapter for valuable contributions to the metallurgical and materials professions. The award reflects the high ideals and devotion of Dr. Bain.

Fred has been an employee of Crucible Research for forty years and has devoted much of his career to developing gas atomization techniques for titanium powders. Fred has authored over 70 papers and holds 10 patents.

We congratulate Fred on a job well done and echo the kind sentiments that were expressed at the awards banquet.


Crucible Service Centers - New Distributor in Quebec Date Posted: 01/09/2004
Metaux Solutions is now the exclusive distributor of Crucible products in the province of Quebec. They have two locations: Lachine (800-558-8858) and Boucherville (800-967-2003).
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Crucible Specialty Metals - Chemical Analysis Services Date Posted: 06/19/2003
Crucible Specialty Metals offers comprehensive chemical analysis services at their laboratory in Syracuse, NY.
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Crucible Research LLC wins NASA's TGIR Award Date Posted: 06/05/2003
NASA awards Crucible Research "Turning Goals Into Reality" Award for developing and scaling up production of a new, creep resistant, high strength high thermal conductivity alloy (GRCop-84) that far exceeds the capabilities of today's alloys for use in future space vehicles. Use of the alloy will reduce manufacturing cost, cut delivery time, and increase service life. This alloy has commercial applications for permanent molds and dyes for plastic and metal injection molding, longer life plasma spray nozzles, welding electrodes for automotive and appliance assembly lines. Click here for the NASA Press Release.

Crucible to Exhibit at NPE 2003 Date Posted: 05/12/2003
Visit us in booth 10110 East Hall at Chicago's McCormick Place, during "NPE the World's Plastics Showcase," June 23-27.

Crucible Joins Forging Industry Association Date Posted: 04/01/2003
Crucible recently became a Supplier Member of the FIA in order to gain a better appreciation of the tooling requirements of the forging industry. This is also an opportunity to promote several CPM alloys which can help solve problems specific to hot working operations, and may lead to the development of new high performance grades tailored to the forging industry.

Crucible Research interview: Date Posted: 02/04/2003
Following the tragic loss of life aboard the shuttle Columbia, Vice President for Research Brian McTiernan comments on the shuttle program, President Bush's committment to the future of the program, and developments in future shuttle technology. Click here for the online article

Visit Us at Metalform'03 Date Posted: 01/24/2003
The Metalform'03 tradeshow returns to Rosemont, IL at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center from March 23-26. Crucible's booth #4514 will feature the CPM "Killer V's," our wear-resistant tool steels.

CPM Bearing Steel Used in New Canadian Satellite Date Posted: 10/08/2002
Bristol Aerospace, prime contractor for the first all-Canadian science satellite (SCISAT-1), produced its gyroscope's bearing races out of CPM VIM CRU 20 steel, selected for exceptional load capacity, fatigue life and reliability. SCISAT-1 will study global ozone depletion. Full story: http://www.bristol.ca/SmallSatellites.html

CPM 9V and CPM S30V Rounds Go Metric Date Posted: 08/29/2002
Crucible now offers 9V and S30V round bar in diameters from 18 mm up to 92 mm. These metric sizes were recently added to the inventory to service the international plastics market, particularly for screws and non-return valves (check rings).

New! CPM 10V Hollows Date Posted: 08/09/2002
Crucible stocks 10V hollow bar in sizes from 2-1/4" OD X 1-1/4" ID up to 4-1/4" OD X 3" ID. Great for injection or extruder barrel liners or for any tooling application where the ID is removed.

Green Beret Knives to have CPM S30V Blades