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Selected items from the pages of the monthly magazine of ASM International: Metal Progress (1930-86) and its successor, Advanced Materials & Processes (1986-present).

60 years ago ...

June 1947: One of Armco's war-born developments is chromium-nickel stainless steel strip as thin as .001--rolled in coils up to 13 inches wide!

This makes possible many improved products for home and industry. Uses are diversified--from thermostat diaphragms to flexible metal hose, weather-stripping and pen points; from heddles and drop wires in textile looms to shi

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