Materion Corp.

History

YearDetail
1930s-1950s  
1931 Brush Beryllium Co. was incorporated.
1941-45 During World War II, Brush Beryllium Co. supplied more than half of the country’s copper beryllium requirements.
1956 The company went to public stock offerings.
1960s-1980s  
1969 The company develops bertrandite ore deposits in Utah by constructing a new ore mine.
1990s-2010s  
1990 Brush Wellman acquired Electrofusion Corp.
1998 Williams Advanced Materials acquired PureTech Inc.
2000-2004 The company has established additional distribution, service, and sales organizations in Asia.
2005 Williams acquires OMC Scientific Holdings and Thin Film Technology.
2011 Materion acquired Shanghai-based EIS Optics.
2012 Materion acquired Aerospace Metal Composites Limited (AMC).
2020s-Today  
2020 Materion acquired Optics Balzers.
2021 Materion acquired the Electronic Materials business of H.C. Starck Solutions.