Chicago Fire Brick Company
(CFB) was founded in 1900. Its reputation for quality refractory
products and personal service grew steadily throughout its century long
existence. CFB is specifically known in the industry for its
line of high quality, cost effective cupola refractories. Allied Mineral Products, Inc. purchased Chicago
Fire Brick in December 2002 and is committed to continuing the CFB
tradition of manufacturing effective cupola refractories while providing
the same personalized service.
The addition of
CFB compliments Allied’s existing line of cupola products. Visit the Products section of Allied Mineral
Products, Inc. for additional information on the CFB product
line.
Matrix Refractories Division
- Allied Mineral Products, Inc. purchased Matrix Refractories
in 1992. This Division is focused on aluminum melting, specializing in
the manufacture and sale of low-moisture castables to the primary and
secondary segments of the aluminum industry. The Matrix sales
team, supported by Allied’s engineering department, has extensive
experience designing and installing linings for all types of aluminum
furnaces, including reverbs, open top, stack melters, die cast, rotary
furnaces, carbon bake and molten metal transfer.
Visit the Products section and click on Aluminum for additional
information on the Matrix product line.
American Precast Refractories Division
joined Allied Mineral Products, Inc. in 1995, and it became a fully
integrated division of Allied in 2003. APR
specializes in the design and manufacture of precast refractory shapes
using unique refractories provided by Allied and Matrix.
APR helps Allied provide complete engineered
solutions for its customers. It offers a complete line of shapes utilized
in coreless and channel induction furnaces, cupolas, gas fired furnaces,
reverbatory and heat treating furnaces as well as shapes for electric arc
furnaces in steel melting and an assortment of shapes for the integrated
steel industry.
Allied Mineral Products South Africa (AMETSA)began manufacturing the Allied product line in 1998, and today it produces
the complete line of Allied and Matrix products for sale
into South Africa and neighboring markets. AMTESA is a full
service company with its own dedicated sales team that serves various
industries in differing applications including integrated steel works,
foundry, primary and secondary aluminum, power, and all non-ferrous
industries.
Allied Mineral Products (Tianjin)
Co., Ltd. (AMT) produces the complete line of [Matrix
and] Allied’s refractory products in Tianjin, China. AMT markets
these products in the Chinese foundry and aluminum industries through its
dedicated sales force located throughout China. It also exports these
products to global markets through the Allied International Sales team.
AMT is wholly
owned by Allied and began production in 1998. AMT’s success
and growth required the construction of a new, larger manufacturing
facility in 2003. This new facility is located in Tianjin also and will begin
production in 2004.
Allied Mineral Products,
Europe - Allied Mineral Products, Inc. established it's
fully staffed sales organization in Europe throughout the decade of the 1990's.
Allied has direct sales representatives in The Benelux, Germany, and Poland.
These representatives call on accounts within their geographical territories and provide
service to Allied's Distributors in Sweden, England, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary,
and Turkey.
Hagenburger Feuerfeste
Produkte KG
- Hagenburger provides delivery programs for the foundry and steel industries.
Products include Stopper Rods, Stoppers, Well Blocks and many
others.
Special Shapes Refractory Company -
SSRC provides the manufacturing and application technology to Allied's
refractory technology to superior ladle gas stir plugs and other
new innovative shaped refractory to iron, steel, non-ferrous and glass
applications.
American Foundrymen's Society(AFS) - The mission of the AFS today is "to provide and
promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metalcasting industry for the ultimate
benefit of its customers and society."
Casting Industry Suppliers
Association (CISA) is a society of executives and managers representing companies
which supply equipment, materials, and services to the metalcasting industry.
The Refractories Institute(TRI)
is a nonprofit organization with objectives of promoting the image of the refractories
industry, conducting research, improving refractory test methods, communicating
information relevant to the industry, and conferring and cooperating with government
agencies in the interest of the public and industry.
Aluminum Extruders
Council - The AEC is an
international association dedicated to helping manufacturers, engineers, architects and
others using aluminum extrusion.
Aluminum
Federation - The ALFED is the
Trade Association which represents the UK aluminum industry, from the primary sector
through to the end users and recycling sectors.
Australian
Aluminum Council Limited - The
Australian Aluminum Council Limited is the body that represents the Australian aluminum
industry as a whole.
Agoria - Welcome to the website of the Belgian federation of
companies in the non-ferrous metals, metal manufacturing, mechanical, electrical and
electronic engineering and plastics processing industries.
International
Primary Aluminum Institute - The
IPAI is the global forum of primary aluminum producers dedicated to the development and
wider use of aluminum as a competitive and uniquely valuable material.
American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
- The American Ceramic Society is dedicated to the advancement of
ceramics. ACerS, an international association
that provides the latest technical, scientific and educational information
to its Members and others in the ceramics and related materials field,
structures its services, staff and capabilities to meet the needs of the
ceramics community, related fields, and the general public.
ASTM- ASTM is a not-for-profit organization that provides a
forum for producers, users, ultimate consumers, and those having a general interest
(representatives of government and academia) to meet on common ground and write standards
for materials, products, systems, and services.
Ceramic Industry
Magazine Online - Ceramic
Industry magazine is the exclusive voice of ceramic manufacturing, serving the advanced
ceramics, glass, whitewares, structural clay, refractories, and decorating technology
industries.
ESOP - ESOP is an employee benefit plan which makes
the employees of a company owners of stock in that company.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
- The NIST was established by Congress "to assist industry
in the development of technology ... needed to improve product quality, to modernize
manufacturing processes, to ensure product reliability ... and to facilitate rapid
commercialization ... of products based on new scientific discoveries."
Swedish Ceramic
Institute - The Swedish Ceramic
Institute is an industrial research institute working with ceramics and related materials.
The Institute works with processing and fabrication of ceramic materials as well with
materials properties and design questions.
American Foundrymen's Society - The mission of the American Foundrymen's Society (AFS) today is
"to provide and promote knowledge and services that strengthen the metalcasting
industry for the ultimate benefit of its customers and society."
APMI International - The Professional Society for Individuals Involved
in Powder Metallurgy Technology and Particulate Materials
ASM International - ASM International is the society
for materials engineers, a worldwide network dedicated to advancing industry, technology,
and applications of metals and materials.
Casting Industry Suppliers
Association - CISA is a society of executives and managers representing
companies which supply equipment, materials, and services to the metalcasting industry.
Metal Building Manufacturers
Association - MBMA promotes metal
building systems highlighting the flexibility, reasonable initial costs, faster occupancy,
economical maintenance, and long-term energy savings making metal building systems a
powerful choice for today's and tomorrow's competitive marketplace.
MetalWorld - MetalWorld is a world wide information trading site and
was established to promote trade in the Metals Industry.
TMS - The Minerals, Metals &
Materials Society - TMS is a professional organization that encompasses the entire range of materials
and engineering, from minerals processing and primary metals production to basic research
and the advanced applications of materials.
American Iron and Steel Institute - AISI is working to further its mission of promoting steel
as the material of choice and to enhance the competitiveness of the North American steel
industry and its member companies.
International Iron and Steel
Institute - The International Iron and
Steel Institute (IISI) is a nonprofit research organization which serves as a world forum
on various aspects of the international steel industry.
Ohio Steel Industry
Advisory Council - Provides
information on the steel industry, including capital spending, shipments, production,
taxes, education, careers, jobs, electricity deregulation, and imports.
The Steel Alliance-
Suppliers and affiliated organizations joined together in 1997 to form The Steel Alliance,
an unprecedented, industry-wide coalition charged with delivering the positive messages
about steel to consumers.
Steel Service Center Institute - For over 90 years, the Steel Service Center Institute
has stood as a voice for one of North America's fastest growing and least well known
industries - the steel service center industry.
