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Save time and money with stainless, nickel and cobalt alloy blanks delivered to your exact starting dimensions. United Performance Metals' comprehensive inventory and processing capabilities allow ...
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United Performance Metals Jim Garitson Customizes A Harley Davidson Wide glide

In retrospect, Jim Garitson (United Performance Metals, Slitter Operator) recognizes that his love of metalworking started when he was young, and was solely out of necessity. Growing up modestly ...
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Angel's Baseball Outing

United Performance Metals and Aerodyne Alloys hosted an evening of baseball and camaraderie at last week’s Angel’s game. Matching up against the Chicago White Sox, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim too...
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Supporting Wigs for Kids

For over 30 years, Wigs for Kids has been providing Hair Replacement Systems and support for children who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, Alopecia, Trichotillomania, burns and ot...
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Safety Topic: Four Elements of Combustion

Any program on fire prevention and safety is based on a clear understanding of how materials ignite. In order for a fire to occur, four elements are required; Oxygen, Heat, Fuel and Chain Reaction. The elem...
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Safety Topic: Slips, Trips and Falls - Winter Safety Tips

Slips, trips and falls are the number one reason for an industrial injury in the United States. Below are some tips for walking outside when it is cold and snowy or icy: Plan ahead and give yourself suff...
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Safety Topic: You and Safety Awareness

Safety Awareness is like almost everything else we do . . . it is learned, not instinctive. We aren’t born with awareness for safety concerns. We learn through various means. Some learn by doing, others b...
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Safety Topic: Overconfidence

It's good you feel confident about your job. You take pride in your ability to do your work quickly and well. However, there is such a thing as overconfidence - when you forget about the hazards and fail to ...
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Safety Topic: Pushing Safety

On occasion or perhaps even every day, we're called on to push something. Typically it's safer to push than it is to pull a load; however doing either can be dangerous to your body. Many soft tissue injurie...
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Safety Topic: Spring Cleaning Safety

As the weather starts to change many homeowners start to think about spring cleaning. Here are some safety tips: Household and pool chemicals, paints, and poisons should be properly marked and stored unde...
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Safety Topic: Lift It Twice

Most of you have heard the general rules of safe lifting. Remember to “Get a firm grip on the load, keep it close, bend at the knees, use your legs to lift the load, and keep your spine in the natural positi...
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Safety Topic: Treat That Cut

The shelves of drugstores and supermarkets are loaded with a variety of bandages and other first aid items, so it’s surprising how many people still get infections from untreated wounds. Small cuts and abras...
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UPM Has a “Nose” for Helping Kids!

On this special occasion, staff members of United Performance Metals put on a happy face…and a big, red nose. Red Nose Day began in 1988 as a fundraiser to end child poverty around the world. To date, Red ...
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A Shout Out to Our Big Sister!

Today’s all access, hyper-paced world brings upon us a barrage of work, emails, social obligations and time commitments each and every day. With so much information coming at us, along with personal and fam...
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Congratulations to the Scholarship Recipients of 2016!

We’re pleased to announce this year’s scholarship recipients: Joseph Bunton, Son of Steve Bunton who holds an operations position for United Performance Metals and Chris Ivers, son of Marjorie Ivers, who hol...
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