Spotlight on Graduating Seniors

Jim Sparks, CTL Assistant for United Performance Metals has every reason to be proud. His daughter, Holly recently graduated from Fairfield High School Cum Laude, with a 3.4 grade point average. Holly spent...

UPM Exhibits at Fabtech Chicago

Two Employees Reach Milestone Years of Service

Two employees reached milestone years of service with United Performance Metals during the second quarter of 2012;     Dawn Clark, Senior Account Manager, 20 years of employment     Rob Huff, Machine O...

WWII Veteran William Magee Retains A Piece of Wartime History and Transforms It Into A Family Legacy

      When Airman William Magee's plane was hit during a bombing run in World War II, he parachuted to safety in the snowy hills of Southern Yugoslavia. Through the generosity of the Serbian partisans, Ma...

United Performance Metals Recognizes Employee Service

    Congratulations were extended to Justin Spoerl for reaching  5 years of service as an Account Manager for United Performance Metals during the third quarter of 2012.     

UPM's Own Home Run King

      With an early introduction to sports at age five, Trace Thomas, son of United Performance Metals’ Carol Thomas, Senior Account Manager, has had many accomplishments in just five years of playing so ...

UPM Employees Lead the Way in Community Involvement

      In the community of Hamilton, a program dedicated to creating leadership among individuals and area companies has been in place since 1990. Leadership Hamilton, developed by the Hamilton Chamber of ...

Dawn Clark and Family - Down on the Farm

      By Shannon Miranda   Like most other high school students, Katie Clark, 15, daughter of United Performance Metals' Senior Account Manager Dawn Clark, is involved in multiple activities. Being a ju...

United Performance Metals 2010 Scholarship Recipients

  By Shannon Miranda   United Performance Metals recently awarded Natalia Carvalho and Megan Freeman with the annual UPM Scholarship. United Performance Metals awards two recipients with the scholarship e...

Golf - A Game for Life

    By Shannon Miranda     If it's true that golf is a game you can enjoy for life, then Sammi Blackburn, daughter of United Performance Metals' Assistance Foreman Chris Blackburn, certainly has a head ...

Binegar's Salsa Spices Up Local Restaurants

        Everyone loves chips and salsa. It's a snack-time favorite that anyone can enjoy. Most people buy the typical, store-bought brand salsa, but Mike Binegar, Senior Account Manager at United Perform...

UPM Unites to Join Earthquake Relief Efforts

      By Shannon Miranda   Although many have seen the tremendous amount of recent support and restoration efforts for the victims of the Haitian earthquake this past year, support effort recently took ...

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 ...

United Performance Metals Earns Non Conventional Machining NADCAP Approval

          The laser cutting facility installed early in 2011 at United Performance Metals was recently audited and certified in accordance with the stringent requirements of the National Aerospace Defen...

Welcome Home from Summer Missions

UPM family members traveled far and wide for mission trips this summer.  Sr. Account Manager, Michael Binegar’s daughter Jamie just returned home from Ecuador, and Marketing Assistant, Kris White’s husband D...