Custom Carbon & Graphite Machining

16 Nov

Continuing China Tariffs and Tight Labor Market

Semco is a graphite company deeply connected to the national and world economies. As the American economy heats up, and the American consumer’s appetite for things like the graphite solutions that we offer increases, some issues we have signaled in the past are amplified. While demand grows, supply chain disruptions, lack of shipping containers, and green initiatives in China have stretched our ability to continue some of our relationships with Chinese vendors of graphite raw materials. The Trump administration’s tariffs, instituted a few years ago, seem to be here to stay under the Biden administration. This is unwelcome news for...

05 Nov

The Importance of Maintenance in Graphite Machining

At Semco, carbon graphite is king. That material that makes up all our graphite components is the star of our graphite fabrication story. A less discussed, but critically important, subject in our story of graphite fabrication is graphite machining maintenance. The high quality of the graphite components we manufacture depends on the proper functioning of our machines. Semco is dedicated to keeping these machines running efficiently and producing quality graphite parts from carbon graphite. Hence, we have implemented scheduled maintenance for all our equipment done on site by our knowledgeable employees. Occasionally, when our state-of-the-art, complex machines have breakdowns that...

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...