Carpenter Technology Corporation is a leader in the development and production of specialty materials, including stainless steels, specialty alloys, titanium alloys, cobalt-base alloys and ceramics to meet the highly specialized requirements of medical products designers and manufacturers.

Carpenter helps advance medical technology with its customer-centric service and alloy development which has produced a diverse product line. The company has developed a number of materials that are used throughout the medical industry.

• BioDur® medical alloys have been used in orthopedic implants, fixation devices and dental instruments, among other applications. Depending on the specific alloy the BioDur line can deliver a host of characteristics, including biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, surface condition, strength, machinability, formability and more.

• Carpenter’s Dynamet operation manufactures high-strength, lightweight titanium in a variety of wire, bar and shaped forms to meet different fabrication needs.

• Carpenter’s Engineered Products Division produces specialty materials for medical purposes, including rolled-shape products, precision cold-drawn shapes and ceramic components.

Carpenter is committed to research and development of new and improved materials. The company is well positioned to meet the demands of medical advances, providing next-generation metals and specialty products to make breakthrough designs a reality.

Carpenter also provides advanced melting capabilities that ensure exceptional material purity, including Electric Arc/Argon Oxygen Decarburization (ARC/AOD); Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM); Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR); ElectroSlag Remelting (ESR); VIM-Inert Gas Atomized (VIM-IGA) Power Metal Processing.

These capabilities enable Carpenter to produce alloys that have been used to meet the requirements of a broad range of medical applications.