Headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, Global Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc. (“GBC”) is a leading, value-added converter, fabricator, distributor and processor of specialized copper and brass products in North America.  It engages in metal melting and casting, rolling, drawing, extruding and stamping to fabricate finished and semi-finished alloy products from processed scrap, copper cathode and other refined metals.  GBC’s products include a wide range of sheet, strip, foil, rod, tube and fabricated metal component products that it sells under the Olin Brass, Chase Brass and A.J. Oster brand names.  GBC’s products are used in a variety of applications across diversified end markets, including the building and housing, munitions, automotive, transportation, coinage, electronics/electrical components, industrial machinery and equipment and general consumer end markets.  It accesses these end markets through direct mill sales, its captive distribution network and third-party distributors.