Evolving from a Birmingham foundry-supply company founded in 1958, family-owned Ei6 now engineers and manufactures carbon and graphite materials and precision components for demanding industrial applications. The three-generation business combines global distribution with machining and powder operations, including custom graphite parts made to drawing and high-temperature materials. Ei6’s machining operation is certified to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100:2016.
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Ei6Ei6 is a family business that has worked with carbon and graphite materials for more than 50 years, tracing its history to H.M. Kearney Co., founded in 1958. It supplies graphite materials and powders and machines custom graphite components, including work for high-temperature and precision industrial applications. The company’s history includes three generations of family business development and a 2025 rebrand as Ei6.PARMA, OH
Graphite Machining, IncFounded in the Detroit area in 1973, Graphite Machining, Inc. manufactures and precision-machines graphite, carbon, and graphite-composite parts, taking projects from raw material through finished components. Its facilities in Michigan and Pennsylvania include more than 125,000 square feet of manufacturing space and over 150 pieces of automated machining equipment, supporting parts ranging from small heating elements to exceptionally large fabricated assemblies. Through its sister company, Advanced Carbon Technologies, GMI also provides in-house high-temperature purification with purity levels below 5 ppm total ash.TOPTON, PA
Graphel Carbon ProductsFounded in Cincinnati in 1965, Graphel Carbon Products makes precision graphite components and EDM electrodes while supplying the materials and tooling behind those applications. Its engineering and machining teams support demanding work in aerospace, power generation, medical and tool-and-die manufacturing from three production facilities in Ohio, Minnesota and South Carolina. Graphel is also one of the world’s largest Entegris Poco EDM Graphite distributors, and its Ohio and South Carolina facilities are ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified, with Nadcap and ITAR compliance.WEST CHESTER, OH
MWI, IncFor more than 50 years, MWI, Inc. has engineered and machined carbon and graphite products, with a particular foothold in EDM and high-temperature applications. Its engineers work alongside customers on material selection, part design and even reverse-engineering legacy components, while four carbon-and-graphite research laboratories support application development. MWI is ISO 9001:2015 and ITAR certified for the distribution and machining of carbon-based products.ROCHESTER, NY