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Chase Brass & Ingot Metal Company Limited sign a Sub-License Agreement for lead-free ECO BRASS® ingots.
Montpelier, Ohio - On December 9, 2005 Chase Brass & Copper Company,
Inc. signed a sub-license with Ingot Metal Company Limited of
Toronto, Ontario to produce and sell ECO BRASS Ingots for the North
American marketplace. Chase Brass has the exclusive license to
produce and sell ECO BRASS rod and ingot products in the United
States, Canada and Mexico. This sublicense will provide the North
American marketplace with a domestic producer for ECO BRASS Ingots.
“We are very excited about the potential for ECO BRASS in the North
American marketplace,” stated Devin Denner, Vice President and
General Manager of Chase Brass. “This license with Ingot Metal
Company Limited will allow us to aggressively market and produce ECO
BRASS Ingots for North American casting manufacturers.” Chase Brass & Copper Company, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Olin Corporation, is the largest brass rod manufacturer in North America. The company selected ECO BRASS to meet the needs of the marketplace requesting a lead-free brass alternative. This lead-free alloy has physical and mechanical properties that provide excellent strength and corrosion resistance characteristics while still maintaining good machinability. ECO BRASS is a lead-free brass material commercially developed by Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd., a leading Japanese manufacturer of brass mill products.
You can learn more about ECO BRASS and Chase’s lead free Green Dot Rod™ at www.chasebrass.com. To obtain more information about Ingot Metal Company Limited, please visit www.ingot.ca.