History
Langley Alloys was founded in 1938 from the special copper alloys division of High Duty Alloys, and developed into a fully integrated metal production company on a site at Langley in West London. It grew steadily throughout the second World War, following several successful alloy developments, including the high strength Naval alloy HIDURAX SPECIAL and the significant copper bearing alloy, HIDUREL 5, which was a major engine bearing on the Spitfire aircraft.
During the 1970's the company employed over 500 people in metals manufacture with a scope which included casting, rolling, forging and fabrication, as well as a successful valve design and production division.
Langley Alloys has gained a considerable technical reputation for the large number of alloy inventions, which it has engendered throughout its history. These have been in the fields of copper, stainless steel and nickel alloys, the most notable being for the first fully forgeable super duplex stainless steel, FERRALIUM. Through extensive licensing agreements, Langley's alloys have been made available on a world-wide basis to the major defence, chemical, oil & gas and aerospace industries.
In September 2009, having outgrown the previous manufacturing site in Stoke-on-Trent, Langley Alloys invested in new customised premises in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The new facility provided increased capacity to allow the business to double in size over the next 3 years.
In December 2009, Langley Alloys continued their expansion plans then they acquired National Metal Distributors (www.nationalmetaldistributors.com) based in Washington State, USA providing a foothold in North America on which to grow the sales of Super Duplex alloys.
Materials supplied by Langley Alloys consist of a range of corrosion resistant alloys comprising nickel alloys, stainless steels and copper alloys, including its own trade-marked materials. The variety of product forms include forging ingots, forgings, rolled products, machined articles. Non-destructive test facilities are also available for radiography, ultrasonic testing and liquid penetrant examination.
