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Wah Chang company history timeline

1955

In 1955, Wah Chang moved into the reactive metal field by producing the first high-purity titanium sponge in the United States at the government's Bureau of Mines station in Nevada.

1957

1957 The company starts to manufacture commercial quantities of zirconium sponge.

1967

In 1967, Teledyne Inc. purchased the Wah Chang facilities, infusing capital and management experience into the company.

1974

The company also made advances in the area of employee safety, instituting a major safety awareness campaign beginning after 1974, a year in which one on-the-job injury occurred for every five workers.

1996

Wah Chang's parent company Teledyne merged with Allegheny Technologies to become Allegheny Teledyne Inc. (ATI) in 1996.

2000

2000 Lynn D. Davis becomes president of Oremet-Wah Chang.

2001

Also in 2001, Wah Chang closed its titanium sponge manufacturing plant in Albany, Oregon, leaving Titanium Metals Corporation of Denver as the only domestic titanium sponge producer.

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