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Research

A legacy of leadership. Wieland Rolled Products NA research and development.

Over the past century, we’ve witnessed such rapid, non-stop technological advancement that we tend to take progress for granted. But innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. It’s the product of countless ideas, trials and labor hours – and more often than not, the full support of a visionary organization.

Wieland Rolled Products NA is a case in point. Since our inception in 1916, we’ve built a legacy of leadership in the development of copper alloys and related materials technology that remains unmatched the world over. Our commitment to research has always been key and remains as strong today as a century ago.

That is readily apparent at the Wieland Rolled Products NA Materials Research Laboratory, which is located within our facility in East Alton, IL and staffed with expert metallurgists. Working with pilot plants, testing labs, and other developmental technologies, they excel at quickly translating ingenious ideas into commercially successful alloys, products, and processes.

Materials research areas of concentration

• Casting Development
• Alloy Development
• Electrical Interconnects
• Test Development
• Materials Characterization
  • Metal Forming
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Surface Related Measurement
  • Microstructural / Metallographic
  • Bulk Property Measurement Test
  • Chemical Analysis (Optical Emission and ICP)