global tungsten & powders corp. type corporation founded 1916 headquarters towanda pennsylvania united states products refractory metal powders and specialty products website www.globaltungsten.com global tungsten & powders corp. is a supplier for tungsten and molybdenum powders and specialty products . it is headquartered in towanda pennsylvania and has an additional production site in brunt l czech republic . the company offers refractory metal powders and specialty products . since 2008 global tungsten & powders corp. is a fully owned subsidiary of the plansee group . 1 to ensure security of supply of raw materials global tungsten & powders corp. has signed several long term supply contracts with tungsten mines in the western world and took decisive steps to expand hard and soft scrap recycling . 2 contents 1 history 2 application & products 3 references 4 external links history edit global tungsten & powders corp. began as the patterson screen company in 1916 developing phosphors for the x ray industry . tungsten powder operations started in 1943 thermal spray powders in 1978 . the processing of hard metal scrap to finished tungsten powders started 1990 soft scrap roaster were constructed 2006 and interconnect plates for solid oxide fuel cells in 2011 . 3 new markets are the energy exploration green energy hard materials and defense markets . global tungsten & powders was purchased in 1993 by osram . since 2008 it is a fully owned subsidiary of the plansee group with headquarters in reutte austria . 4 application & products edit global tungsten & powders corp. is made up of several businesses . references edit reuters press release apr 23 2008 plansee group annual report 2011 globaltungsten.com reuters press release apr 23 2008 external links edit global tungsten & powders corp. plansee group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title global tungsten % 26 powders corp. & oldid 743423198 categories companies based in bradford county pennsylvanianon renewable resource companies established in 1916american companies established in 19161916 establishments in pennsylvaniahidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view