Industrias Nacobre, S.A. de C.V. began operations in 1951 as a division of the Anaconda Co. and remained affiliated until 1985. In 1982 Nacobre opened the new tube plant and in 1983 opened their current wire and rod plant. In 1986 Copper & Brass International Corp., was opened in Houston, Texas to represent Nacobre in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.