AMETEK completes metal powder plant expansion

AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP; Paoli, PA) added a second production line for its Motor Vehicle Series (MVS) 400 high-quality metal powders, increasing the capacity for the stainless steel and high-alloy metal powders by 30%.

This expansion of its powder metal manufacturing facility at Eighty Four, PA allows AMETEK SMP to respond to new demands from the automotive parts market. The expansion addresses the increasing numbers of automotive manufacturers who are specifying stainless steel and high-alloy powders for critical parts, such as passenger car exhaust system flanges and camshaft lobes for sport utility vehicles.

AMETEK SMP, a unit of AMETEK Inc., produces a variety of nickel, nickel-iron, and cobalt alloys, metal strip, wire, clad and composite materials at its manufacturing plants in Eighty Four, PA, and Wallingford, CT.