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General Carbide Dedicates New Materials Laboratory

February 27, 2009

General Carbide, Greensburg, PA has not allowed the recent economic downturn to delay improved service to its customers and has moved forward with a new Materials Laboratory. This new lab is better equipped to conduct improved raw materials evaluations, enhanced failure analyses on returned parts and improved quality control measurements for in-process procedures and final sintered product. New material and grade development efforts led by Chief Metallurgist, Dr. Leonid Frayman, and his technical staff, will be accelerated and enhanced. The company will be better able to respond to customer requests for new grades as well as improved standard grades. Grain structure evaluation and photomicrography services are integral to assuring that only the highest quality product is shipped from General Carbide facilities.

In 2008, General Carbide celebrated its 40th year in business as a supplier to the metal forming industry, making tungsten carbide tooling blanks for the manufacture of fasteners and automotive parts. It has diversified significantly since then, servicing a wide range of industries from oil/gas exploration and production to electronic stamping dies to wear resistant components for general industrial applications. In Feb 2009, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) re-certified General Carbide as a woman-owned business. All manufacturing of tungsten carbide preformed, semifinished blanks and finished components is done at its facilities located in Greensburg, PA.