About 100 jobs will be relocated when Carpenter Technology Corp., the second largest manufacturer in Berks County, moves its headquarters to Philadelphia.

Headquartered in Wyomissing for 125 years, with its manufacturing plant in Reading, Carpenter produces and distributes alloys, including special alloys, titanium alloys and powder metals.



According to its press release, Carpenter anticipates that its new Philadelphia location ultimately will be home to about 100 positions, while nearly 2,300 manufacturing and nonmanufacturing jobs will remain in Reading.



The remaining 1,000 employees are spread throughout Carpenter’s subsidiary companies in western Pennsylvania, Bucky Rudolph, Carpenter’s director-corporate communications said this afternoon.



“Manufacturing is critical to our community, and Berks County is very fortunate to be the longtime home of Carpenter Technology’s largest operations,” Andrea Funk, CEO of Cambridge-Lee Industries LLC in Ontelaunee Township, said this morning. From 2008-2010, Funk was Carpenter’s director-operations planning and reporting.



“While it is disappointing to hear Carpenter’s headquarters will be relocating to Philadelphia, we are happy to continue to be neighbors to the 2,300 employees that will remain here,” she said.



Carpenter is reviewing office locations in Philadelphia, with the goal of completing the move in late 2016, the company said.



In its press release, Carpenter said moving its headquarters to a major metropolitan market will make it easier to grow in the specialty metals environment, while providing better access to transportation, customer markets, universities and broader talent pools.



Company-wide, Carpenter will not shed any jobs as a result of the move, it said.



It said it plans to establish a shared-services facility in Reading with a number of positions moving near the Reading manufacturing facility from the existing corporate location in Wyomissing.

