Detailed History

CMP History

CMP Industries was founded in 1889 as the Consolidated Car Heating Company, as it manufactured products for the railroad industry.  George Westinghouse was one of the first Presidents and James Roosevelt (Franklin Roosevelt's father) was one of the original stockholders. 

The Albany and Schenectady, New York areas were particularly strong as a result of the commercialization of electricity during the late 1800's. General Electric world research center was founded in 1900 in nearby Schenectady where many early electric inventions were created, including: the electric toaster in 1905 and electric locomotive in 1908. The founders of the Consolidated Car Heating Company settled in Albany, New York to be in the midst of the electric revolution and to be situated near the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company and the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) who was expanding the use of heated rail cars in and around New York City.

George Westinghouse was the first President of the Consolidated Car Heating Company. 

Consolidated Car Heating Company changed its name to Consolidated Metal Products sometime in the early 1900's due to its diversification into metals machining and fabrication.

  The company was asked to make metal products to support both World War I and World War II.  Most of the entire building in Albany, New York was a belt-driven machine shop which made shell casings and metal equipment parts. As the company diversified into other metal products, the name was changed from Consolidated Metal Products to CMP Industries.

During this diversification, the company ventured into the automotive lift business which required the company to make its own specialty high-strength alloys.  This research and development work lead to the discovery of high-strength, corrosion-resistant alloys that were well suited to the dental industry.  In 1934, the company began to market a partial denture alloy system known as TICONIUM. The product line helped the company evolved into a "100% dental" company.

"TIC" magazine, published by the Ticonium Company, was started in 1942. It was published though 1987. They provided some insight about how the dental industry adapted over this time. Click HERE for back issues.

Since the initial discovery of Ticonium alloy, the company supplied other products used by dental laboratories to process Ticonium alloy. The success of Ticonium led to company to acquire other similar businesses in the dental lab industry. Between 1959 and 1996, CMP acquired seven manufacturing companies in the dental laboratory sector, including: Nobilium Company in 1982 (formerly from Chicago, IL), Niranium Company in 1984 (formerly from New York City, NY) and Demco Machinery in 1998 (formerly from California).

CMP Industries stock was publicly-traded at one time. It became a private company governed by a Board of Directors until 2010 when the company was purchased by a group of key employees. The company changed hands again in 2015 and the headquarters was moved from Albany to Los Angeles in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a changing market, CMP terminated business operations in mid-2022. A group of investors re-started CMP in late 2022 as an online resource for high quality alloys and accessories.