Founded in 1971 by remachining broken steel-mill electrodes, employee-owned Graphite Sales, Inc. now manufactures and processes carbon and graphite products from its 12-acre Nova, Ohio plant. Its CNC machining, material processing, electrode remachining and recycling operations support customers across industries, with sales offices serving locations around the country. The company also purchases used graphite and carbon materials for reprocessing into usable components and granular products.
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Semco CarbonSince 1971, Semco Carbon has specialized in custom machining carbon and graphite components, working exclusively with these materials from its Lorain, Ohio facility. Its 45,000-square-foot operation handles everything from prototype and repair work to parts made from raw blocks exceeding two tons, while maintaining nearly 400 tons of graphite inventory for quick production and direct material sales. Semco also purchases obsolete carbon and graphite for reclamation or appropriate disposal.LORAIN, OH
Weaver Industries, IncFounded in 1954 as a basement pattern shop, family-owned Weaver Industries now machines custom graphite and molds urethane parts in a 60,000-plus-square-foot Pennsylvania plant. Its graphite work spans everything from ounce-sized components to 10-ton steel-industry equipment, with three generations of graphite-specific experience behind its 4th- and 5th-axis CNC capabilities. Weaver also repairs and recycles graphite electrodes, extending the life of a material central to steelmaking.326150DENVER, PA
Ameri-Source Specialty ProductsSince 1995, Pittsburgh-area Ameri-Source Specialty Products has manufactured engineered graphite and specialty metal products, with graphite electrodes and CNC-machined graphite at the center of its work. Its expanded operation includes a 15,000-square-foot graphite machine shop and a 20,000-square-foot temperature-controlled metal machining shop, supported by international manufacturing partnerships and North American warehouses. Ameri-Source serves steelmakers and metal recyclers as well as customers across industrial markets, and its graphite electrode manufacturing processes are ISO 9001:2015 quality-certified.BETHEL PARK, 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