PLANSEE High Performance Materials
With a turnover of around 500 million EUR and 2,500 employees, the High Performance Materials Division is the world leader in its field. PLANSEE products prove themselves in the lighting and electronics industries as well as in medical, energy and coating technologies. Because of their special properties they are also employed in plant and furnace construction as well as in numerous materials- and technology-related applications.

PLANSEE is the first choice wherever the highest demands on materials and quality arise. To extend this lead further we strive for continous improvement of our capabilities and closeness to the market and have established the group initiative "Operational Excellence" for this purpose. PLANSEE Metall GmbH has been founded to co-ordinate production, sales and development within our core refractory metals activities and to implement strategies for focusing and optimising the business.

Based on our knowledge of powder metallurgy, several product and applications innovations have been developed for new business options. Some of them are already close to commercial breakthrough and should contribute to additional growth in the next few years.

For decades now PLANSEE has had an important role in making glass production even more effective, more environmentally friendly and even more productive. Glass melting electrodes, stirring and portioning equipment, glass tank reinforcements, quartz melting tubes and accessories made of refractory metals have now become essential parts of modern glass production and processing.