United States Mineral Resources / Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corp. / Norton Company / Washington Mills Ltd. / TABLE 1 CRUDE ARTIFICIAL ABRASIVES MANUFACTURERS / VA Product (shot and/or grit) Steel / Ervin Industries Inc. / Quantity Value Yearend / Wheelabrator Abrasives Inc. / Company Chesapeake Specialty Products Ervin Industries Inc. / Metaltec Steel Abrasives Co. / METALLIC ABRASIVES / Powders & Abrasive Pellets Inc. / Exolon-Esk Co. / National Metal Abrasive Inc. / Frohn North America Inc. / The Platt Brothers Inc. / Marwas Steel Co. / /
Continent
South America / /
Country
Germany / Venezuela / Italy / Slovenia / Mexico / Norway / Belgium / France / Japan / Russia / Austria / United States / Brazil / Canada / United Kingdom / China / Ukraine / South Korea / India / /
Currency
USD / /
IndustryTerm
wear-resistant products / abrasive tools / stainless steel wire / chemical cleaning / Motor vehicle manufacturing / water blasting media / abrasive applications / end products / metal casting methods / natural products / Less metal abrasive / manufacturing facilities / qualitycontrol systems / metal finishing / carbon steel wire / manufacturing processes / Steel shot / Energy costs / plastics / heat-resistant products / industrial applications / metal abrasives / metallurgical and other nonabrasive applications / metal surfaces / manufacturing / steel manufacturers / abrasive processing / steel / /
MusicAlbum
April / /
NaturalFeature
Niagara Falls / /
Organization
U.S. International Trade Commission / U.S. Bureau of the Census / U.S. Department of Defense / Abrasive Engineering Society / U.S. PRODUCERS OF METALLIC ABRASIVES / /
Person
Martin Wozniak / Ted Giese / /
Position
commercial producer / Premier / statistical assistant / Butler / PA do / /
ABRASIVES, MANUFACTURED By Donald W. Olson Domestic survey data and tables were prepared by Christine K. Pisut, statistical assistant. Abrasives play an important role in most manufacturing processes because most end pro