Kennametal Inc.(KMT)
HQ US12% share
US tungsten-carbide tooling and wear-component maker (cutting tools, mining bits, wear parts).
manufactured · input
Sawmill cutting tooling
Carbide-tipped band saws, circular saw blades, chipper knives, and planer knives; replaced frequently; large mills spend $500K–$2M/yr on tooling.
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Source countries
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Companies
1
Goods affected
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Claims on record
What depends on it
Goods that need this input
1 essential American goods rely on sawmill cutting tooling somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Source countries
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| ITItaly | 37% |
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 15% |
| JPJapan | 6% |
| CNChina | 6% |
| THThailand | 6% |
| MXMexico | 4% |
| GBUnited Kingdom | 4% |
| ATAustria | 3% |
| CACanada | 3% |
| TWTaiwan | 3% |
| NLNetherlands | 3% |
| SESweden | 2% |
Who makes it
Supplier companies
4 companies produce sawmill cutting tooling.
Sandvik AB(SAND.ST)
HQ SE
Leading specialty-steel maker; its strip steel (e.g. 13C26) is a reference material for razor and surgical blades — same metallurgy serves industrial knives and medical cutting.
Simonds International
HQ US
Maker of band saws, circular saw blades and knives for sawmills and the wood/metal-cutting industries.
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.(600549.SS)
HQ CN
Major Chinese integrated tungsten producer (APT, powder, carbide) — part of the China-dominated tungsten supply chain.