H.C. Starck
H.C. Starck is a Goslar-based tungsten group, acquired in December 2024 by Mitsubishi Materials Europe B.V. Its tungsten processor, H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH, makes tungsten powders and compounds and recovers tungsten from scrap, and the group has production sites in Germany, Canada and China. In 2026, Mitsubishi Materials decided to invest about €50 million to raise scrap processing at Goslar from about 5,000 to 7,000 tonnes per year.
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- Relations mapped
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- Sites
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- Sources
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- Products
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Supply chain
Supply chain at a glance
Named companies are relations backed by a public source. Dashed boxes count the other relations Datafalk has mapped.
Footprint
Where H.C. Starck operates
3 known sites, shown at country level. Addresses and roles are in the full profile.
- Sites in Canada
- Sites in China
- Sites in Germany
- Headquarters in Germany (Goslar)
Sourced relations
Public supply chain relations
Relations publicly stated by one of the parties, each with its sources. Datafalk maps 5 relations in total.
Supplied by
Masan High-Tech Materials
Masan High-Tech Materials completed the sale of H.C. Starck to the Mitsubishi Materials group in December 2024, and the parties entered into a long-term offtake agreement for ammonium paratungstate and tungsten oxide.
as of 2026-08-29
Subsidiary of
Mitsubishi Materials Europe B.V.
On 17 December 2024 Mitsubishi Materials Europe B.V., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, completed its acquisition of H.C. Starck Holding (Germany) GmbH from Masan High-Tech Materials, which had agreed to sell 100% of it for USD 134.5 million.
as of 2026-08-29
Parent of
H.C. Starck Tungsten
The signing release lists H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH among the companies of H.C. Starck Holding (Germany) GmbH sold to the Mitsubishi Materials group.
- [1]hcstarck.com
as of 2026-08-29
Profile
Company overview
History
The company traces its origins to a metal and ore business founded in Berlin in 1920, which acquired a majority stake in Gebr. Borchers AG in Goslar in 1935.
hcstarck.comMain products
H.C. Starck's website lists tungsten chemicals, tungsten metal, tungsten carbide, tantalum and niobium carbide, starck2charge and starck2print as its product groups.
hcstarck.comKey figures
In 2026, Mitsubishi Materials decided to invest about €50 million to raise tungsten scrap processing at the H.C. Starck Tungsten plant in Goslar from about 5,000 to 7,000 tonnes per year, with completion expected in 2028.
news.metal.comShareholding
H.C. Starck Holding (Germany) GmbH, the holding company of H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH, is owned by Mitsubishi Materials Europe B.V., a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Materials Corporation Group.
hcstarck.comActivity
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH, headquartered in Goslar, Germany, produces high-performance tungsten powders and tungsten compounds made to customer specifications.
chemanager-online.com
Output
Products and materials
- Ammonium paratungstate (APT)
- Cast tungsten carbide powder
- Tungsten carbide powder
- Tungsten metal and tungsten carbide powders
- Tungsten metal powder
- Tungsten oxides (blue and yellow)
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What Datafalk has on H.C. Starck
This page shows what is public. The full profile goes further:
- 1 supplier relation
- 1 customer relation
- 2 parent company relations
- 1 subsidiary relation
- 3 sites with addresses and roles
- 2 open questions identified by Datafalk analysts
- Confidence level and evidence behind every relation
- Complete list of 10 sources
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Sources
This profile draws on 10 sources. Compiled from open sources and Datafalk research. Not exhaustive. Data as of 2026-08-29.