H.C. Starck is an international group of companies with more than 3,400 employees at 15 production sites in Europe, North America and the Far East.\r\nH.C. Starck produces an assortment of refractory metal powders that is unique the world over, including tungsten, molybdenum, tantalum, niobium, rhenium as well as their compounds (borides, carbides, nitrides, oxides, silicides, sulfides). A further production focus centers on thermal spray and advanced ceramic powders, nonferrous metals, such as nickel and nickel salts, as well as boron and boron compounds. \r\n\r\nIn addition to metal powders, semi-finished and finished molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum, niobium, titanium, zirconium and nickel products and their alloys are manufactured. Further to the production of standard components, H.C. Starck is your partner for the manufacture of components according to customers' specifications. Our experts provide answers and solutions to your challenges and problems in all areas ranging from construction to alloying, especially for customized components. As a further service H.C. Starck offers the extrusion of molybdenum and TZM.\r\n\r\nH.C. Starck is also a leading supplier of specialty chemicals and products formulated for the electronics industry. \r\n\r\nIn the engineering ceramics sector H.C. Starck has a wide assortment of ceramic intermediates. Its subsidiary H.C. Starck Ceramics GmbH & Co. KG manufactures machine and engine components, anti-friction bearing components and foundry products made of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum titanate as well as zirconium and aluminum oxide according to customers' specifications. The H.C. Starck Ceramics R&D laboratory also conducts material tests and process developments for customers.\r\n