Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd. (AT&M), which is initiated by China Iron & Steel Research Institute Group (the original national level large scale scientific research institute- Central Iron and Steel Research Institute) and other enterprises like Tsinghua Unisplendour Group, is a high tech limited liability company. It is authorized as the national high tech enterprise by Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and Chinese Academy of Science, and also authorized as high and new tech enterprise by Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission.

AT&M was established in December, 1998, and located in the Zhongguancun Science Park in Beijing. It accomplished the issuing and listing of 60 million of A stock on Shenzhen Stock Exchange in May, 2000. By the end of December 31th, 2012, the registered capital has reached 0.863 billion through equity allocation.

ATTL of AT&M, whose predecessor is Refractory Alloy Laboratory of Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, was founded in 1958. As one of the earliest units devoted to the refractory metal material in domestic market, Refractory Branch owns the largest sized and the most advanced manufacture facilities in the domestic refractory metal fields. Now, treating the refractory metal materials like tungsten, molybdenum, rhenium, sputtering target materials, and hot isostatic pressing etc. As the main research direction, Refractory Branch constantly provides services to the global high-end market.

The total staff of ATTL is 1300, among which, a core team with 14 doctors, 66 postgraduates, and 81 undergraduates is contained. Refractory Branch has applied more than 30 patents with 17 ones have been authorized.

Meanwhile, Refractory Branch owns the biggest size and the most advanced research, manufacture and inspection equipment in refractory field. The main equipment including 850 hot isostatic pressing machine, 1250 hot isostatic pressing machine, cold isostatic pressing machine, plasma spraying equipment, vacuum induction sintering furnace, controlled atmosphere heat treatment furnace, high temperature sintering furnace, ultrasonic testing, universal testing machine, three coordinate measuring instrument, TC600C oxygen-nitrogen analyzer, C600C carbon analyzer etc.