Carpenter Technology - Latrobe Operations
Large load · 2626 LIGONIER STREET, Latrobe, PA
Carpenter Technology's Latrobe operation, formerly Latrobe Specialty Metals, is a specialty steel melt shop in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Its Title V operating permit 65-00016 was issued April 30, 2026 and lists an electric arc furnace, AOD refining, an electro-slag remelt and 13 vacuum arc remelt furnaces. A fiscal 2026 analysis on panabee.com says most of Carpenter's production occurs at Reading, Latrobe and Athens. Carpenter bought Latrobe Specialty Metals in 2011 for $558 million and kept the Latrobe name as a unit of the company.
Overview
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Title V operating permit for Latrobe Specialty Metals/A Carpenter Co, number 65-00016, lists the melt shop equipment. Emission unit 101 is an electric arc furnace (Furnace B) rated at 15 tons per hour of steel. Unit 102 is AOD vessel refining at 30 tons per hour, and unit 104 is a No. 10 electro-slag remelt at 20 tons per hour. Unit 133 is a set of 13 vacuum arc remelt furnaces rated at 5 tons per hour. The permit was issued April 30, 2026, took effect May 15, 2026, and expires April 30, 2031.
Profile
- Production footprint and labor
- A fiscal 2026 results analysis on panabee.com states that the majority of production occurs at Reading, Latrobe and Athens, which it describes as a concentration risk. It notes that the 450 production employees in Latrobe operate under a collective bargaining agreement expiring in July 2027, which it flags as a potential supply disruption for aerospace customers. Aerospace and defense is described as 65% of revenue. The same analysis says a disruption at any one of these large-scale facilities would materially constrain consolidated output.
- Ownership history
- Carpenter agreed to acquire Latrobe Specialty Metals for $558 million in 2011, paying Latrobe's owners about $338 million in Carpenter stock (8.1 million shares) and an additional $170 million in cash to retire debt and cover transaction costs. At the time Latrobe's five production facilities included the main plant in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, plus Franklin, Pennsylvania, and Wauseon, Ohio. After the sale the business kept its name and operates as a unit of Carpenter Technology. The Latrobe plant was described as the reason Carpenter was interested in the deal.
Facility
- Activity
- Electric arc furnace steel melting
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Related records
Timeline
- Jan 1, 2011
- Carpenter agreed to buy Latrobe Specialty Metals in a $558 million deal (year only).
Latrobe Steel sold to Reading company for $558 million
- Apr 30, 2026
- PA DEP issued Title V operating permit 65-00016 for Latrobe Specialty Metals/A Carpenter Co, effective May 15, 2026.
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