NGK Berylco
Our Strengths
A Global Presence
The NGK Group operates three main production sites dedicated to special metals worldwide: in Couëron, France for the European market, in Nagoya, Japan for the Asian market, and in Sweetwater, Tennessee, USA for the American market.
NGK Berylco Europe is supported by three sites located in France (near Nantes), Germany (near Frankfurt), and the United Kingdom (near Manchester). A network of long-standing distributors further strengthens our presence across Europe in countries such as Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Poland.
Made in France, Made in Europe
NGK Berylco Europe operates from three key European locations: in France near Nantes, in Germany near Frankfurt, and in the United Kingdom near Manchester. This presence is complemented by a historic network of distributors in Spain, Italy, Poland, and Turkey.
For European users of beryllium copper, choosing NGK Berylco France means choosing a long-standing expert in beryllium copper alloys, with transformation carried out in France and across Europe.
This ensures greater responsiveness while also supporting the creation of skilled jobs in France and Europe, contributing to the economic and technological development of European industry.
In today’s global context, it is a strong signal in favor of European sovereignty, helping to reduce dependency on critical raw materials from major non-European powers.
Inventory for Greater Responsiveness
NGK Berylco France ensures excellent responsiveness thanks to its permanent stock of strips, rods, and wires in a wide range of thicknesses and diameters, allowing for rapid fulfillment of production needs, special requests, or simply quick sampling.
Our committed and experienced teams, together with our stock located on-site in Couëron, near Nantes, France, enable us to offer excellent responsiveness, the shortest possible delivery times, and local service.
Meeting Technological Challenges
Berylco alloys combine a unique set of properties that make them indispensable and ideal materials for the manufacture of high-precision, complex-shaped components used in a wide range of fields and applications:
- Interconnects in electrical and electronic industries (IT, telecommunications, aerospace, automotive, etc.)
- Contact blades in electromechanical, appliance, and automotive industries
- Instrumentation components (diaphragms, capsules, etc.)
- Springs and elastic parts
- Wear and friction parts
- Special anti-sparking and explosion-proof tools
- Injection molding tools, etc.
Meeting tomorrow’s technological challenges—linked to ever-growing demands for cost efficiency, quality, comfort, miniaturization, safety, environmental responsibility, tight tolerances, flawless surface finishes, formability, and high performance—requires the use of suitable materials such as beryllium copper.
Safety, Reliability, Performance
| High tensile strength High hardness | For mechanical parts: keyed shafts, cams, gears, balls, and bearing cages requiring high wear resistance. |
| High elastic limit | For clips, washers, springs, diaphragms, bellows, and driveshaft suspensions requiring excellent fatigue resistance. |
| Excellent fatigue strength | For contactors, relays, switches, and all springs subjected to prolonged vibrations. |
| Wear and abrasion resistance | For molds, injection parts, bushings, valves, etc. |
| Stress relaxation resistance | For automotive, aerospace, space, and cryogenic applications. |
| Electrical and thermal conductivity Non-magnetic | For electrical, electronic, watchmaking, instrumentation, and welding equipment applications. |
| Excellent corrosion resistance Formability | For industrial environments (especially petrochemicals), marine, and oceanographic uses. |
| Non-sparking | For safety tools and use in explosive atmospheres. |