In 2007 , RTI won a $ 900 million agreement to supply titanium components for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner . During the global downturn beginning about 2008 , the company struggled to stay profitable despite weakness in industries which buy titanium and related products such as the commercial aerospace and energy industries , although a reporter described the business as " relatively strong " when then-presidential contender Barack Obama toured an RTI plant in February . Later that year , she moved the firm 's headquarters from Ohio to Pittsburgh 's western suburbs . She was nominated along with former football Hall of Famer Dan Marino to be a trustee for the University of Pittsburgh . In 2010 , RTI provided steel pipe to assist with cleanup efforts for the Gulf Oil spill . Later in the year , the firm was profiled in CNN Money as being one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in the United States
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