- Haynes International
Haynes International Inc. is a manufacturer of metal
alloys employing more than 1,070 employees worldwide with sales of 434.4 millionUnited States Dollars in 2007 with 8 plants around the world. The company specializes incorrosion resistant alloys for theaerospace ,chemical ,andgas turbine industries. [http://www.hoovers.com/haynes-international/--ID__51398--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml?cm_ven=PAID&cm_cat=INK&cm_pla=CO1&cm_ite=haynes-international Accessed September 11, 2008.]The company was founded in 1912 as Haynes Stellite Works by
Elwood Haynes inKokomo, Indiana . In the late 1880s Haynes started experimenting with various alloys to create a metal that would resist corrosion. After creating new alloys fromnickel andchromium he had them patented and started building a foundry in 1912. [http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0886860.html] In 1920 the company was sold toUnion Carbide the company associated with the infamousBhopal disaster . [http://www.usitoday.com/article_view.asp?Articleid=867] Haynes is now a publicly traded company. [http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000858655&owner=include&count=40]References
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