Wiggin History

A timeline of milestones in the history of Special Metals Wiggin and Incotest.

• Mid 1800: Henry Wiggin & Company formed
• 1929: The Wiggin Companies became part of the International Nickel Company
• 1941-1971: Pfeil development of Nimonic alloys at Inco Alloys Wiggin Facility
• 1962: H. Eiselstein development of Ni3Nb leads to new alloys such as Inconel 718 (11)
• 1998: SMC acquired Inco Alloys International
• 2006: SMC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Precision Castparts Corporation

Incotest History

• 1983: First approved to conduct external testing by NAMAS
• 1983: First UKAS materials testing Approval
• 2000: Turbomeca Approval
• 2001: RR, General Electric, & Pratt & Whitney Approval
• 2001: First UKAS Calibration Approval
• 2002: First European Test House to gain full NADCAP approval
• 2002: Snecma Approval
• 2004: ITP Approval
• 2008: MTU Approval
• 2009: NADCAP, UKAS & RR for Crack Propagation