Manufacturing Industry

RMI Titanium Offers New Ti Grade for Golf Equipment.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, September, 2001

RMI Titanium in Weathersfield, Ohio now offers a new type of titanium that's being used in a hot-selling golf club made by TaylorMade Golf.

The TaylorMade 300 Series drivers and fairway woods are the first clubs made by a U.S. manufacturer to use a unique titanium alloy, SP-700, which was introduced a few years ago. The clubs, which cost $400 each, were launched earlier in 2001.

Spurring demand among golf club makers is important because they have been using considerably less titanium in recent years. The titanium clubs that were introduced in 1995 were so revolutionary that many golfers rushed to buy them the first few years, but not as many are buying them now.

Titanium demand from the golf industry peaked at 10 million pounds a year,...

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