Albert Paul Gagnebin (1909-1999) was an American metallurgist who became president then Chairman of Inco Limited.
[1] Gagnebin started work at the International Nickel Company's laboratory in Bayonne, New Jersey.
[1] Over the course of a few years, he and co-inventors Keith Mills and Norman Pilling developed ductile cast iron,[2][3] which they had observed by chance.
[1][5][6][7] In 1952, the American Foundrymen's Society honored Gagnebin and Millis with the Peter L. Simpson Gold Medal for their finding.
[12] In March 1969, he cemented the COFIMPAC accord with the French government for INCO to begin to exploit a property in New Caledonia.