Custom Carbon and Graphite Machining Blog

28 Feb

Graphite Manufacturing Issues with Supply

As a graphite company, Semco pays a lot of attention to trends in graphite manufacturing. Of great interest to any company in the graphite field is the expected ramp up of electric vehicle production both domestically and internationally. The fastest growing car company in the world exclusively makes electric cars (do we need to say who it is?), and most major auto manufacturers have plans to transform their petrol-burning fleets to electric vehicles. When they begin putting those plans into action (as many already have--see the new electric Ford F-150s, for example), the need for battery components will ramp up,...

01 Nov

Semco Carbon Celebrates 50 Years in Business

Semco Carbon is proud to celebrate 50 years in the carbon graphite business. That’s 50 continuous years of providing expert graphite fabrication and making sure to deliver to our clients the highest quality graphite components. This milestone (50 years! We keep saying it but we can’t believe it!) is a testament to our commitment to machining quality graphite components and to our dedication to keeping our customers happy. More than anything, it is a testament to our employees and their hard and consistent work.In light of this 50-year milestone, our annual company picnic took on a bigger significance this year....

29 Oct

ISO-9001-2015 Certification is Official

A few months ago, we wrote in this blog about a certification process Semco was going through that would help illustrate to current and future clients our dedication to excellence in manufacturing graphite applications and other carbon products. Here is how we described our thinking about ISO-9001 certification: “This certification (done through the International Organization for Standardization) will attest to the quality of our organization and highlight our commitment to the highest level of graphite manufacturing and to producing the highest quality carbon products. It will, significantly, allow us to compete for contracts where ISO certification is a requirement.” ISO...

18 Oct

Recruiting Graphite Fabrication Talent

At Semco, we have invested in, and put to use, state-of-the-art machinery for graphite fabrication. We use high-tech machines to perform inspections inside large graphite components. In nearly every aspect of graphite engineering and graphite fabrication at our facility, a machine is involved. Since we are not living in the Matrix, there are, of course, highly trained and skilled humans operating all of these machines. No matter how technologically advanced the graphite engineering might become at Semco, our company’s heart will always be its employees. We could not design one graphite component or machine a single crucible or mold without...

27 Sep

Shipping Costs in Graphite Manufacturing

To ensure a reliable supply of material for our graphite manufacturing operation, we are always searching for qualified raw material vendors. In recent years, new overseas vendors have become competitive by developing excellent track records for material quality. To offer reliable graphite fabrication to our clients, we rely on vendors who we know will deliver excellent raw material. We have, therefore, cultivated relationships not only with domestic vendors, but also with some of these international vendors, especially ones based in China. By 2019, Semco achieved in our raw material purchases a healthy balance between domestic and import vendors. Working with...