H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders describes itself as a globally leading quality supplier of tungsten and tungsten compounds. It is a company of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation and has developed and produced high-quality powders from the refractory metal tungsten and its compounds for more than 100 years. Its product range extends from tungstates to tungsten carbides in ultrafine to coarse grain sizes. The company also operates as a recycling company, buying and processing tungsten-containing scrap.

Hermann C. Starck founded his trading business for metals and ores in Berlin in 1920. In 1935, H.C. Starck acquired a majority stake in Gebr. Borchers AG in Goslar, which was founded in 1807 and had produced tungsten metal for steel refining since 1900; alongside ores, tungsten-containing secondary raw materials were processed early on, including the first hard metal scraps in the 1930s. In 1948, tantalum oxide was produced in Goslar for the first time, used to make hard metal carbides. In 1986, Bayer AG took over the majority of H.C. Starck. In 1997, a new tungsten carbide production facility was inaugurated in Sarnia, Canada. In 2007, the Bayer Group sold H.C. Starck to a consortium of financial investors Advent International and Carlyle Group. In 2011, H.C. Starck founded a joint venture with Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holding Group Co. Ltd. to strengthen the tungsten business in China. In 2013, H.C. Starck founded a joint venture with Nui Phao Mining to produce tungsten chemicals in Vietnam. In 2016, the owners prepared... [snippet truncated].

Globally leading quality supplier of tungsten and tungsten compounds

• Tungsten powders

• Tungstates

• Tungsten carbides

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