Originally founded in New York City in 1896 as American Steel Wool Manufacturing Company, we are the oldest and one of the largest steel wool manufacturing companies in the world. Based in Chicago, GMT produces a number of innovative industrial, automotive and consumer products in addition to our core product lines in steel wool soap and polishing pads. Xcluder® and Xcluder® GEO is the latest innovation from Global Material Technologies.

We operate manufacturing plants in Chicago, India, South Africa, Ukraine, and China.