CERATIZIT Acquires Remaining Shares in Stadler Metalle
May 1, 2022
CERATIZIT S.A. has become the sole owner of Stadler Metalle, which specializes in the trading and processing of secondary raw materials. For CERATIZIT, which belongs to the Austrian Plansee Group, Stadler Metalle is already the most important supplier of secondary raw materials for the production of tungsten and tungsten carbide powders.
Andreas Lackner, Executive Board Spokesman for the CERATIZIT Group, explained: "Stadler Metalle has become an important building block in our raw material supply chain over the past three years, and has helped us to become independent of raw materials from China and crisis regions." The Group is now drawing its supply of primary raw materials, still necessary from a technological angle, exclusively from certified western mines.
The use of secondary raw materials from recycling not only helps to secure the supply chain-it is also sustainable. "The recycling of used cemented carbide requires 75% less energy than the processing of ore. In addition, the detrimental effects on nature of intensive mining are avoided," said Lackner.
For more information contact:
CERATIZIT USA, Inc.
11355 Stephens Road
Warren, MI 48089-1833
800-783-2280 / 586-759-2280
www.ceratizit.com
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