PLANSEE PROGRESS THROUGH POWDER METALLURGY.

The full scope of the activities of the Plansee Group is not generally appreciated. However, it certainly has the largest factory in Europe, if not in the world, specializing in powder metallurgy products for all types of industrial use. The cemented carbide production unit at Reutte employs approximately 650 people in total, of which about half work in the highly automated production plant. Output is reported to have doubled over the past three years and the unit now produces several hundreds tons of cemented carbide annually. Production begins with tungsten powder and follows the conventional route of ball milling.