ELMET started operations in 1979, using the most advanced Silicon Carbide production in the world: Direct Current Electric Furnaces. In 1981, the process of electrically fused aluminum oxide was added to the manufacturing facilities of Jáltipan, Veracruz (Mexico), located 1,600 km from the city of Monterrey in Apodaca NL, where the company's administrative offices are located. Customer-oriented products were established to meet national and export requirements. Supported by advanced technical force and strict Quality Control, our products have been highly qualified by a wide range of users, national and international. SILICON CARBIDE PROCESSING PLANT As of the year 2000, there is a Silicon Carbide processing plant located in Antigua Carretera a Santa Rosa Km. 4 Apodaca, NL México, where the administrative offices are located. It has an installed capacity of 35,000 tons of Silicon Carbide briquettes for the foundry industry. Its application is in cupola furnaces.