Crucible Industries

Crucible Industries
Company typeLimited liability company
IndustrySteel
HeadquartersSolvay, New York, a suburb of Syracuse[1]
Area served
Global
Key people
John Shiesley, President[2]
ProductsSpecialty steels:[3]
CPM High Speed Steel
CPM Stainless Tool Steel
CPM Tool Steel
High-speed steel
Stainless steel
Tool steel
Number of employees
550 (2009)[4]
WebsiteCrucibleIndustries.com

Crucible Industries, commonly known as Crucible, is an American company which develops and manufactures specialty steels, and is the sole producer of a line of sintered steels known as Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM) steels. The company produces high speed, stainless and tool steels for the automotive, cutlery, aerospace, and machine tool industries.[5][6]

Crucible's history spans over 100 years, and the company inherited some of its ability to produce high-grade steel from England beginning in the late 1800s. Thirteen crucible-steel companies merged in 1900 to become the largest producer of crucible steel in the United States, and this company evolved into a corporation with 1,400 employees in several states.

Crucible declined in tandem with the automotive industry during the 1980s, recovering over the next decade. Although the company entered bankruptcy in 2009, JP Industries of Cleveland revived it as Crucible Specialty Metals Division to continue producing specialty steels at its original site.[7][8]

Some of Crucible's products are manufactured using a powder metallurgy process (their CPM process), resulting in steels with superior mechanical properties. These steels find specialized scientific and industrial applications and are also favoured by knife makers for the production of blades which are tough, hard and corrosion resistant.[9]

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  4. ^ Hannagan, Charley (October 2009). "New Crucible owner says his company's in it for long haul". Syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  5. ^ Hannagan, Charley (October 23, 2009). "New owner closes on Crucible Specialty Metals plant". Syracuse.com. The Post-Standard. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
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