Advanced Alloys

Firstly, at this time, we would like to send you our best wishes and hope that your business fitness and personal health are holding up in these very uncertain circumstances. There is not a lot of good news around (you may have noticed!) but one ray of sunshine is the fact that copper is one of the very best materials for killing off the Coronavirus (COVID-19.) The virus can survive for only about 3-4 hours on copper.  By contrast, it can last 24 hours on cardboard and 3-4 days on plastic and steel.  This means that, by the time our copper reaches you, there should not be any virus on it. It also means that any copper that you hold in storage will be free of the virus – assuming it has been there for more than four hours. On a more general point, all our staff have been fully trained on the procedures necessary to minimise the risk of spreading the virus.  Like you, we are closely monitoring and following the Government guidelines for any employees still attending...

As a supplier to key sectors, we will do all we can You will be aware that copper is a critical material in sectors that are key to the continued functioning of our country during this period. Copper is an important raw material in areas such as health, in food production, in communications, in heat exchangers, and so on. As a multifunctional holder and supplier of copper, we are well aware that you, our customers, rely on us and our supply of the right copper products in the right quantities at the right time. We know that your work – and our support of your work – is critical to sustaining these crucial sectors in the difficult days ahead. We therefore want to assure you that we are doing all we can to remain in a position to fulfil your needs now and into the coming weeks. We would also like to assure you that we are doing this whilst following government guidelines, and whilst safeguarding our customers, suppliers, partners and staff, whom we would particularly like to ...