Last week, the final boxes were moved into our new Corporate Headquarters at 153 Washington Ave., North Haven, Connecticut.

Chris Ulbrich, Chief Operating Officer of Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals, Inc., has been elected to a four year term of CBIA’s Board of Directors. CBIA is the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, representing over 10,000 companies statewide on issues relating to policies promoting economic growth and regulatory issues. They are the leading voice at the State Capital for Connecticut businesses.

Aluminum sheet is used in a wide variety of applications for its light weight, corrosion resistance and good formability. Two of the most popular grades for commercial applications are 3003 and 5052.

Medical Metals

Special metals are critical in the design and development of medical devices. Ulbrich has been the industry leader in the production of Titanium, Nitinol, Niobium, Copper and Tantalum Alloys. Our ability to roll light gauge strip in narrow widths and produce shaped wire products in hundreds of specialty alloys, positions us as a one-stop source for a wide variety of medical alloys.

UlbrichShapedWire.com was launched today to promote rolled shaped wire products in stainless steels and special metal alloys. The new site features rolled shaped, flat, square and round wire products engineered and produced to exacting dimensions in a selection of over 170 different alloys. Ulbrich’s rolled wire products are provided in net or near net sizes suitable for stamping, coining, forming or machining applications.

Ulbrich employees now have the opportunity to participate in Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s pilot program, The Smart Shopper. This innovative and voluntary program hopes to determine if cash incentives for selecting lower cost medical facilities can be an effective method to curb run-away healthcare costs.

Ulbrich Sees Promise in Solar Energy

By John Schmidt, Director of New Product Development at
Ulbrich Stainless Steels and Special Metals, USA

Nitinol, an alloy of nickel and titanium with
approximately fifty per cent nickel is a relatively
recently formulated metal that takes its name both
from its composition and the place where it was produced
(Nickel Titanium –Naval Ordnance Laboratory).

Although it was discovered in the early 1960s it took decades

Ulbrich launches Ulbrich Solar Technologies, Inc., a premier photovoltaic ribbon producer with worldwide facilities.
Photovoltaic Ribbon (PV Ribbon) is the focus of the newly formed holding company, Ulbrich Solar Technologies, Inc. The new company will be headquartered at its precision flat wire operation in South Carolina. It will have an increased global presence in the international solar market that includes current solar divisions operating in Austria, Hong Kong, Ireland and the U.S.A.

ULBRICH OPENS MALAYSIAN PRECISION COIL CENTER FOR STAINLESS STEEL AND SPECIAL METALS STRIP