Headquarters: Pittsburgh

Employees: About 9,300 worldwide

Product portfolio: Nickel-based alloys and superalloys; titanium and titanium alloys; stainless and specialty steels; zirconium; hafnium; niobium; tungsten materials; grain-oriented silicon electrical steel and tool steels; forgings and castings

Major markets: Aerospace; defense; chemical process industry/oil and gas; electrical energy; medical; automotive; food equipment and appliance; machine and cutting tools; construction and mining

Financials: First-quarter 2006 net income of $102.5 million on sales of $1 billion; full-year 2005 net income of $361.4 million on sales of $3.54 billion