Akrapovic, with three factories, employs 600 people making high-quality titanium exhaust pipes for motorbikes and sports cars.

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And the strength, lightness, high melting point and ability to resist corrosion of titanium make it an ideal material for building aircraft parts, supercars and medical implants but it can cost 50 times as much as steel.

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On one recent morning he quoted Edmund Burke to a group of high-school students and Winston Churchill to workers at a titanium-processing plant.

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If you want something that has a high coverage capability, a very strong, durable white pigment, titanium dioxide is your choice.

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The LF-CC is finished in a new, 'Fluid Titanium' exterior colour, a metallic finish with exceptionally high brilliance which combines sharp, bright highlighting with dark shaded surfaces to reinforce the powerful forms of the bodywork's sculpted surfaces.

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It has a high 0.6% management fee and big bets on highfliers like Holly Corp. and Titanium Metals.

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