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Allegheny Technologies
Alleghenty Technologies, Inc. is a specialty metals company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is one of the largest employers in Allegheny County and one of the last "steel" companies with its headquartes in "The Steel City" and major manufacturing facilities remaining in the area.
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History
The company which has developed to become Allegheny Technologies, Inc. was formed by the merger of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation and Teledyne, Inc. on August 15 1996. The company has since spun off several subsidiaries as independent public companies such as Teledyne Technologies, Inc. and WaterPik Technologies in 1999.
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation has a long history in Pittsburgh dating back to the Revolutionary War when an ancestor called Pompton Furnace supplied cannon balls to the Continental Army.
Products
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. produces many specialty metals products for both domestic and international markets. These products include stainless steel in sheet, strip, and plate form, nickel-based alloys, titanium-based alloys, tungsten materials, and various exotic alloys and other materials.
Facilities
Allegheny Technologies, Inc. has its offices in downtown Pittsburgh at Six PPG Place, and plants throughout western Pennsylvania. In addition, it has plants in places such as Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Oregon, Alabama, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Shanghai, China, as well as several facilities in Europe.
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