Metals

One of PENTA's specialties is in the primary and secondary metals industry where our experiences on both a corporate and personnel basis are exceptionally diversified. Our senior technical specialists and other key personnel have more than a hundred years combined experience in the metals industries, including aluminum, magnesium, steel, titanium, brass, and carbon. Clients from all over the world have used our services for projects ranging from preliminary studies to complete metals production facilities.

PENTA has provided services to metals clients in the United States, Mexico, South America, the Middle East, Europe, and elsewhere. Clients include Aleris, Allvac, ALCOA, Midrex, Ormet, ALCAN, Hydro, Logan Aluminum, Nemak, Norandal, Novelis, Century Aluminum, and others.

PENTA has established itself successfully within the metals industries by providing high quality, cost effective design and engineering services with an emphasis on service and responsiveness to our clients. Some of our services include the following:

• Technical and feasibility studies and evaluations
• Project scoping and cost estimating
• Process/Plant Design and Layout
• Equipment specification and selection
• Procurement, equipment inspection, and expediting
• Construction Contract Administration
• Commissioning and start-up assistance
• Operational Audits
• Forensic Engineering

PENTA's personnel have specified, purchased, engineered, constructed, tested and started-up a wide variety of metals industry process equipment for plant expansions, modernizations and grass roots facilities. Specific areas include the following:

• Raw Materials Handling and Receiving
• Carbon Manufacturing Facilities
• Primary Production Facilities
• Melting and Casting
• Recycling Facilities for Scrap, Dross and Waste
• Extrusion
• Rolling
• Utilities and Infrastructure
• Environmental
• Development/Design of Proprietary Process Equipment