Element Six

Element Six is a company specialised in providing synthetic diamond, cubic boron nitride and other superhard materials for industrial use. Part of the De Beers Group, Element Six employs over 1,900 people and its primary manufacturing sites are located in the UK, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, and the US.

For the chemical element, see Carbon.
Element Six
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryDesign, development, and production of synthetic diamond and tungsten carbide supermaterials.
Founded1946
FounderErnest Oppenheimer
HeadquartersLondon
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Bruce Cleaver, Chairman

Siobhan Duffy, Chief Executive Officer

Erica Leathers, Chief Financial Officer

Karl-Georg Hildebrand, Executive Director – Operations

Victoria Matthews, Executive Director - HR & Communications
ProductsIndustrial Diamond, Cubic Boron Nitride, Carbide, Ceramics, Synthetic Diamond, CVD Diamond, Synthetic Polycrystalline Diamond, Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride
ServicesDevelopment of advanced engineering industrial and technology material solutions
Revenue US $0.5 billion (2011)
OwnersUmicore, De Beers
Number of employees
Over 1,900
Websitewww.e6.com

Element Six advanced engineering materials are used in abrasive applications such as cutting, grinding, drilling, shearing and polishing, while the extreme properties of synthetic diamond beyond hardness are applied in a wide array of industrial and technology applications such as optics, power transmission, water treatment, semi-conductors, sensors and quantum information processing.

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