The original purpose of the plant was to test, on a pilot basis, various methods for the manufacture of rare metal products, in collaboration with the State Rare Metal Industry Institute ("Giredmet", Moscow).
The plant laid the foundation of the rare metal industry in the USSR. The technologies and methods developed by the plant were used by a number of companies specialized in the manufacture of rare-earth products, rare metals and compounds of their basis.
In 1994 the plant became a joint-stock company.
At present, the company has a private form of ownership.
Products:
refractory metals
phosphors
master alloys for refractory metal based titanium alloys
Key activities of the company
manufacture of vanadium based master alloys by the aluminothermic reduction method for titanium alloys
manufacture of high purity (99.9%) vanadium ingots by the electron beam melting method
manufacture of phosphors for high-pressure mercury arc lamps on the basis of yttrium phosphate-borate-vanadate, activated by europium and terbium
The company supplies its products to customers in nuclear, electronic and aircraft industries as well as to a number of academic and industrial scientific institutes.
Products with the Uralredmet brand is renowned for its high quality both in Russia and abroad.
The company is included in the official supplier list of General Electric (USA).
