Changing Our Focus to Serve You Better

Founded in 1989 as an independent sales agency to promote General Carbide products in the UK, General Carbide|UK has evolved into a fabrication, grinding and assembly shop serving the oil and gas production sector by manufacturing carbide and steel wear-resistant valve assembly components used in North Sea drilling operations. We also use our 12,500 square-foot facility in the East Midlands to supply manufacturers with a variety of metal forming punches, dies, fastener tooling and wear parts. General Carbide|UK is an affiliated company of U.S.-based General Carbide Corporation, which has its headquarters near Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

General Carbide manufactures more than 50 grades of tungsten carbide tooling for a variety of cutting and metal forming applications, including:

• Ammunition manufacturing tooling
• Blanks for boring bars
• Can-making
• Electronic stamping die manufacturing
• Fastener and powder metal/compaction
• Steel & wire manufacturing
• General industrial wear parts for industries such as concrete & roof tile, metalforming, oil & gas components, rotary cutting dies, and tooling for stamping

• News

• GC Acquires Manufacturing Partner in the UK
• 9 June 2010 – Press Release
• General Carbide (Greensburg, PA), a leading manufacturer of carbide preforms used in a variety of tooling applications, has acquired full ownership of the business and assets of General Carbide Europe Limited of Daventry, Northants, UK, now called General Carbide|UK Limited. | Read More »