HICKMAN, WILLIAMS & COMPANY – PROFILE

Hickman, Williams & Company was formed in 1890 in Louisville KY as a partnership to provide raw materials to the foundry industry.  It is now a major sales & service organization marketing ferroalloys, inoculants, nickel, pig iron, foundry coke, carbon additives, injection equipment, ceramic metal filters & other materials to the foundry & steel industries as well as other associated industries. 

Hickman, Williams & Company serves its customers from twelve offices & sales locations in North America .  In another eight locations, operating plants process & package carbon & alloy products to customer specifications.  Materials are stored in strategically located warehouses throughout North America for convenient availability & prompt shipment. 

Early in its history, Hickman, Williams & Company was structured to accommodate broad employee ownership.  Today, almost every employee is also an owner, and no ownership is held by anyone outside of the company.  This structure provides assurance that the company can meet its primary goal of service to customers’ & principals’ needs without external influence.  Employee ownership also encourages individual performance & enterprise.

Over its many years of operation, Hickman, Williams & Company has become the premier supplier of a broad range of products & services to the foundry industry.  In addition to its own manufacturing & processing facilities, the company has built long term alliances with important principal suppliers.  The company recently purchased Melting Materials Inc., Alloy & Metal Processors Inc., and Alloys & Carbon Inc. (AMP/MMI) in Birmingham AL .  This acquisition will increase the company’s capacity to process carbon products & ferroalloys.  In addition, the company has a new sales agency agreement with Tonawanda Coke & Erie Coke, and will supply customers with foundry coke from these facilities.

Service to the customer is key to Hickman, Williams & Company’s success.  This is clearly demonstrated in the company’s commitment to quality control.  A management ISO team has established an ISO 9001:2000 compliant system for all company locations.  An audit team conducts regular audits of all locations to ensure compliance.

Another aspect of customer service is technical assistance.  With this in mind, the company formed a Technical Services & Support Group whose mission is to assist customers in the use of foundry alloys, particularly magnesium ferrosilicon & inoculants.  The group includes qualified foundry metallurgists with many years of combined experience.  They will work with customers to solve production problems, improve productivity & reduce costs. 

PRODUCTS:  Abrasives, Ferroalloys, Nickel, Inoculants, Carbon Additives, Foundry Coke, Fused Silica, Injection Systems, Ceramic Metal Filters, Pig Iron, Silicon Carbide, Copper Chops,  Briquetted Alloys, Specialty Metals & Alloys.