READE

Company Overview

Reade International (also known simply as Reade) was originally founded in 1773, in England, as a producer of pharmaceutical chemicals. About 100 years later the company was relocated to the U.S. and continued to expand as a supplier of specialty chemicals. Currently, Reade sells a wide range of metals, metal alloys, ceramics, composites, abrasives, nanomaterials, and other high-tech chemicals.

Reade offers the following advanced materials and products for extreme environments:

• Hafnium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, and zirconium diborides with minimum purity of 99%, in the form of powders, granules, ingots, and sputtering targets.

• Hafnium nitride with purities ranging from 99% to 99.5%, in the form of powder, sintered compacts, and sputtering targets.

• Tantalum nitride with purity of 99.5% in the form powder, granules, sintered compacts, and sputtering targets.
  
   
• Boron nitride, with at least 86% purity, in the form of powder, granules, sintered pieces, rods, and sputtering targets.

Company's Business Segments

• Advanced Materials : This segment includes Activated Carbon, Carbon Powder, Additive Manufacturing Powders, Almond Shell Powder and Granules, Aluminum Oxide, Aluminum (Al) Alloy Powders, Aluminum-Beryllium (Al-Be) Alloy and many others.