About United Performance Metals
United Performance Metals is a global specialty metals solutions center delivering high‑performance metals and alloys, advanced FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services, industry‑recognized quality approvals, and customized supply chain programs. We combine premium materials with precision processing to support customers across aerospace, defense, space, fastener, medical, power generation, alternative energy, oil and gas, semiconductor, and other demanding industries.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, UPM operates facilities in Oakland, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Hartford, CT; Wallingford, CT; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Greenville, SC; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Budapest, Hungary; Singapore; and China.
Our extensive inventory includes nickel alloys, titanium, stainless steel, cobalt alloys, PRODEC®, alloy steel, and cobalt chrome moly—available in sheet, coil, precision rerolled strip, bar, plate, and near‑net shapes. FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services span cut‑to‑length, leveling, slitting, edging, precision rerolling, shearing, laser cutting, laser gauge measurement, water jet cutting, sawing, precision cold saw cutting, precision blanks, first‑stage machining, heat treating, ultrasonic testing, boring, trepanning, deburring, angle cutting, and specialized packaging solutions.
- Vision
To be recognized by our customers, employees, suppliers, and mills as the best performing specialty metals solutions center. - Mission
To deliver quality products, services, and solutions to our customers through world class processes, people, and facilities. - Values
Respect, Leadership, Continuous Improvement
More about our values
- Respect
We respect our customers, employees, suppliers, community, and shareholders. We exemplify this through a culture of honesty and integrity that stresses 'doing what is right' for all groups and individuals. Employee safety is held to the highest standard. - Leadership
We train, coach, encourage, and reward to create an empowered work force that is responsible for meeting the expectations of our customers, employees, suppliers, and shareholders. - Continuous Improvement
We are committed to an environment of continuous improvement in everything we do. We do this by understanding customer, employee, and supplier expectations and continuously working to innovate and improve products, services, and processes.
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Specialty Metals Solutions
United Performance Metals is a specialty metals solutions center offering a full line of high-performance metals and alloys, FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services, quality approvals, and custom supply chain solutions. Today, we provide a unique combination of high-performance products and FIRSTCUT® Processing Services serving customers in a variety of industries including Aerospace, Defense, Space, Fastener, Medical, Power Generation, Alternative Energy, Hydrogen, Oil and Gas, Semiconductor, and many others.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, UPM has facilities in Oakland, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Hartford, CT, Wallingford, CT, Chicago, IL, Greenville, SC, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Budapest, Hungary, Singapore, and China.
UPM offers a comprehensive inventory of products, including Nickel Alloys, Titanium, Stainless Steel, Cobalt Alloys, PRODEC®, Alloy Steel, and Cobalt Chrome Moly in sheet, coil, strip, custom thin gauge strip, plate, bar, and near net shapes. FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services include cut-to-length, leveling, slitting, edging, custom rerolling, shearing, laser cutting, laser gauge measurement, water jet cutting, sawing, precision cold saw cutting, precision blanks, first stage machining, heat treating, ultra-sonic testing, boring, trepanning, deburring, angle cutting, and packaging.
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Precision Rolled Strip
United Performance Metals purchased a precision rolling mill and supporting processing equipment located in Wallingford, CT. The acquisition includes a Sendzimir cold reversing mill, strip cleaning line, annealing furnace, and slitting line providing precision product solutions and tighter tolerances for our customers.
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Worldwide Growth
Plus Ten Stainless, Vulcanium Metals and Aerodyne Alloys formally integrated into United Performance Metals in 2017 creating a thriving, worldwide specialty metals solutions center.
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Vulcanium Metals & Aerodyne Alloys
2013 brought the procurement of Vulcanium Metals, a titanium and medical grade stainless distributor with locations in Northbrook, IL and Belfast, Northern Ireland.
United Performance Metals, Vulcanium Metals International and Aerodyne Alloys partnered to distribute titanium and hi-temperature specialty alloys to customers in the United Kingdom and the European Union.
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Plus Ten Stainless
UPM grew in key U.S. locations including the 2011 strategic acquisition of plate supplier, Plus Ten Stainless in Benicia, CA.
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Formation of United Performance Metals
United Performance Metals (UPM) was formed in 2008, when the resources and entrepreneurial spirit of two established metal service and supply chain centers, AIM International and Ferguson Metals, came together under the guidance of O'Neal Industries, the nation's largest family-owned network of metal service centers and component and tube manufacturing businesses.