Just the best stock from a consensus of experts. Find out more and how to subscribe. Brush Engineered Materials Inc. As you may know, the company s early interest, and to this day still a large part of the company, involves the element beryllium. Beryllium, which is number four on the periodic table, is the lightest structural metal known to mankind.
Beryllium is six times stiffer than steel and a third lighter than aluminum.
These properties make beryllium useful in a number of high-tech applications. For a long time, the company was focused exclusively on beryllium materials, either the pure metal form or the ceramic form. Early on, the largest market served was defense aerospace. Later, alloys that contained beryllium were added. Today Brush Engineered Materials is a leading international producer and supplier of high-performance engineered materials.