Materion Corp. is a
multinational company
A multinational company (MNC), also referred to as a multinational enterprise (MNE), a transnational enterprise (TNE), a transnational corporation (TNC), an international corporation or a stateless corporation with subtle but contrasting senses, i ...
specializing in high-performance
engineered materials. Among their products are precious and non-precious metals, inorganic chemicals, specialty coatings,
beryllium
Beryllium is a chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a steel-gray, strong, lightweight and brittle alkaline earth metal. It is a divalent element that occurs naturally only in combination with other elements to form mi ...
, specialty engineered beryllium,
beryllium copper
Beryllium copper (BeCu), also known as copper beryllium (CuBe), beryllium bronze, and spring copper, is a copper alloy with 0.5–3% beryllium but can contain other elements as well. Beryllium copper combines high strength with non- magnetic an ...
alloys, ceramics, and engineered clad and plated metal systems.
The company's engineered materials are used in the
telecommunications
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,
consumer electronics
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,
automotive medical
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, industrial components,
aerospace
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,
defense
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, and
optical coating
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industries.
History
Beginning in the 1940s, Brush Wellman Inc. produced large amounts of beryllium for the United States government.
Brush Engineered Materials Inc. changed its name to Materion Corporation on March 8, 2011, and now trades under the symbol MTRN.
In March, 2017 Jugal K. Vijayvargiya was appointed president and chief executive officer of Materion Corporation, replacing Richard J. Hipple, who had served in that position for 11 years. Vijayvargiya was also named a director of the corporation. A graduate of the Ohio State University, Vijayvargiya spent 26 years at Delphi Corporation in a variety of management positions. Hipple will become executive chairman.
References
External links
Materion Stock and Shareholder InformationMaterion SEC Filings
Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
Beryllium alloys
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