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Quarter 3 2021

All Markets Issue 3: 2021

ITA President, Frank Perryman Shares Thoughts on Titanium Industry’s ‘State of the Union’ as it Emerges from Fog of Covid-19

Also In this issue: Titanium Industry’s ‘DNA’ in Commercial Aerospace Industry Offers Ability to Strengthen Post-Covid-19 Business Alliances Onward and Upward or Caution and Concern? Aerospace Weighs Forecasts, Grapples with Covid-19 Developments Tier4 Market Survey Projects Positive Outlook Despite Aerospace Supply Chain Uncertainties Tribute to Sam Froes, Powder Metal Technology Expert In Memoriam: ITA Past President David Robertson and ITA 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Russell G. Sherman

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CONTENTS Meet the ITA with Special Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Industry Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Editorial: ITA President, Frank Perryman Shares Thoughts on Titanium Industry’s ‘State of the Union’ as it Emerges from Fog of Covid-19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Titanium Industry’s ‘DNA’ in Commercial Aerospace Industry Offers Ability to Strengthen Post-Covid-19 Business Alliances . . . . . 12 Onward and Upward or Caution and Concern? Aerospace Weighs Forecasts, Grapples with Covid-19 Developments . . . . . . . . . 18 Tier4 Market Survey Projects Positive Outlook Despite Aerospace Supply Chain Uncertainties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 When Will the Aerospace Industry Rebound from the Covid-19 Global Pandemic? (Part 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Tribute to Sam Froes, Powder Metal Technology Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Colleague Announcements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 From the Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Buyers Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Advertiser Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

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MEET THE ITA Board of Directors Executive Committee

Frank L. Perryman

President and Chief Executive Officer Perryman Company ITA President 2020-2022

Mr. Perryman graduated from Millikin University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. In 1988 he co-founded Perryman Company with his father and brother. Since December of 2008 he has held the position of President and CEO of Perryman Company. Perryman Company is a fully integrated supplier of specialty titanium products. From melting through finishing, founded in 1988, Perryman Company is headquartered in Houston, Pennsylvania, with office locations in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, London, Zurich, Tokyo and Xi’an. Perryman is an integrated titanium producer from melting of ingot to finished products. The company’s product portfolio includes ingot, bar, coil, fine wire, net shapes, and hot rolled products. The Forge and Fabrication group offers medical device contract manufacturing in a range of materials including plastics and titanium. A titanium global leader, Perryman supplies and services customers in the aerospace, medical, consumer, industrial, recreation, additive/3D printing and infrastructure markets worldwide.

Dr. Markus Holz

Professor, ITA Academic Member Education Committee Co-Chair Titanium Europe Conference Chair ITA Vice President 2020-2022

Dr. Markus Holz is presently an industry consultant. Formerly President of AMG’s Engineering Systems Division and CEO of Vacuum Technologies GmbH from 2012 to 2019. He joined the ALD Management Board in October 2011. Dr. Holz graduated in Aerospace Engineering in 1986 and earned his PhD in 1992. Following his 10 years of service in the German Airforce, Dr. Holz began his career with ThyssenKrupp in 1992, where he assumed several executive positions mainly in the stainless steel and special metals branch. In 1999, Dr. Holz became Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Titanium GmbH (formerly Deutsche Titan GmbH) and in 2002 he was appointed Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Titanium S.p.A. (formerly Titania S.p.A.). Furthermore, he was responsible for Tubifi cio di Terni, Italien, from 2004 through 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was CEO of the ThyssenKrupp Titanium Group (Germany and Italy). In January 2010 he joined the Managing Board of Hempel Special Metals, Oberhausen, Germany. He is Honorary Professor at University of Applied Sciences Anhalt Teaching Operations Management. 6

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Martin Pike

Vice President - Commercial ATI Specialty Materials ITA Secretary/Treasurer 2020-2022

Martin Pike is the Vice President - Commercial for ATI Specialty Materials with responsibilities which include international product management, sales, and long-term agreements with customers. Martin joined ATI in August 2001 and held several positions with increasing responsibility including Titanium Rolled Products, Product Manager and Director of Sales. Prior to joining ATI, Martin worked in manufacturing where he held various commercial positions including Regional Vice-President of Sales. His educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Donald E. Larsen

President, KineTic Engineering ITA Past President 2020-2022

Donald E. Larsen is currently President of KineTic Engineering a consulting firm that provides expertise across the Titanium industry. Prior to this he spent over 30 years at Howmet Aerospace/Arconic retiring in 2018 as Vice President, R&D, General Manager Advanced Manufacturing for Arconic. In this role, he was responsible for leading R&D and production teams working on priority titanium technology projects, including 3D printing and advanced manufacturing activities. He also served as a liaison to the Arconic Technical Center (ATC) and Arconic’s Whitehall Technology Center. Don retired in Q3 of 2018 and temporarily took on the role of Interim Plant Manager Ti-Ingot Operation and Director of Special Projects. Don joined the Howmet Aerospace in 1988 and served in a number of roles focused on the research, development and production of titanium products. He has also held operational and sales and marketing roles with the company. Don has a master’s degree in metallurgical engineering from The Ohio State University, and is the holder of 11 U.S. patents. He has published more than 30 technical articles in the field of titanium.

ITA Directors

Albert Bruneau

Edward Sobota Jr.

Phil MacVane

Sam Stiller

Brett Paddock

Michael Stitzlein

John J. Scherzer

Graham P. Walker

Joseph D. Scott

Jennifer Simpson

President Neotiss High Performance Tube

Vice President, the Americas PCC Metals Group Global Sales

President and Chief Executive Officer T.I. (Titanium Industries, Inc.)

Vice President – Medical Markets Carpenter Technology Corporation

CEO VSMPO-Tirus, U.S., Inc.

President TSI Titanium

Vice President – Commercial Howmet Structure Systems

President Tricor Metals

Business Consultant Kymera Reading Alloys

Executive Director, Ex-Officio Board Member

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ITA Committee Chairs

Safety Education

Robert G. Lee

Women in Titanium

Holly Both

President Accushape Inc.

Vice President of Marketing Plymouth Tube / Plymouth Engineered Shapes

Medical Technology

Industrial Applications

Vincent Rocco

Robert Henson

Vice President: Eastern Sales & Operations VSMPO-Tirus US

Manager, Business Development VSMPO-Tirus, US

Ti Today Contributors

Michael C. Gabriele

Tom Captain Managing director of Captain Global Advisory, LLC

Jeff Staub Executive vice president, industry leader, aviation, aerospace and defense at Maine Pointe LLC

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Frank Perryman Shares Thoughts on Titanium Industry’s ‘State of the Union’ as it Emerges from Fog of Covid-19 (Editor’s note: As the world continues to emerge from the extended “fog” Covid-19, we invited Frank L. Perryman, the president of the International Titanium Association’s executive board, to share his insights and observations on the titanium’s industry’s “state of the union.” He responded in the question-and-answer format that follows.) What is your assessment of overall titanium industry business conditions as we move into a post-Covid-19 period? How much has the industry been damaged by the Covid-19 lockdown, and what will it take to recover? Managing through the Covid-19 pandemic was very challenging for virtually all businesses across the world. Like all industries, the titanium industry was certainly impacted. Depending upon the specific sector, companies in the titanium industry have experienced anywhere from 30 to 70 percent and even higher reductions in business. But it didn’t come to a complete stop. There is still a strong heartbeat. We are very fortunate that the key end market OEM’s kept a reduced level of volume moving through which allowed all participants to adjust to new lower levels. The titanium market is a very big wheel that’s not so easy to slow down. It is also a big wheel that’s difficult to get fully turning again. This will take time, but we will return. I believe our industry is strong and resilient. I am confident that we will recover and ultimately be better than before the pandemic. The ITA executive board will need to 10

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continue to provide high-value services and information to our members so they can make the most educated decisions. Business analysts and industry consultants are weighing in on the state of “vulnerable” global supply chains, in the wake of Covid-19. What’s your assessment on the titanium industry’s supply chain, especially when it comes to doing business in the commercial aerospace sector? Show me an industry and supply chain that was not in a vulnerable state. This was a gut punch to everyone. Those companies that were 100-percent commercial aerospace were affected more than those with a diversification in markets. Aerospace will be coming back. This was a true test of supply chain relationships. In many cases the pandemic provided the opportunity to work closer with your supply chain to fully understand what everyone is faced with and develop solutions to best fit the conditions. Control what you can and adapt to the rest.

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The titanium market is a very big wheel that’s not so easy to slow down. It is also a big wheel that’s difficult to get fully turning again. This will take time, but we will return. I believe our industry is strong and resilient. – Frank L. Perryman The titanium industry always follows business trends in the aerospace industry. What are the key signals that you’re tracking regarding the titanium industry’s aerospace business forecast for the near term. For example: earlier this year United Airlines announced plans to buy 270 single-aisle aircraft. For decades we have followed the aerospace industry’s delivery rate. With the new reset it is the build rate that is the key indicator. The United Airlines order is a great shot in the arm for the industry, but not an immediate effect. Every order helps, this one helped a lot. Both airframe OEM’s have had more good indicators lately and everything is pointing in the right direction. It just takes time to recover. Today we hear that many industries are having difficulties filling skilled, high-tech, high-end positions. Using this post-Covid-19 period as a new starting point, is the titanium industry planning to launch outreach efforts to attract (and retain) the next generation of business associates?

As an industry we have been working on that for many years through initiatives at the ITA. This would include programs and opportunities such as tuition grants, poster sessions, mentorship opportunities and Women in Titanium. Covid-19 shouldn’t be the reason you’re trying to attract new young talent. As a growing industry we need to always push this effort. As we always have, the ITA will continue to maintain this as an ongoing initiative. Finally, on a more personal note, perhaps you can mention what Perryman has accomplished in recent years to diversify its operations and maintain a leadership position in the titanium industry. Covid-19 has been a major setback to all of us. Companies that have planned and executed properly are in a position to grow out of this difficult period. This is beginning to occur now at Perryman. Our vision and strategic execution is back on track, and we see additional investments coming soon. n (Frank L. Perryman is the president and chief executive officer of Perryman Co. As mentioned above, he also serves at the president of the ITA, with a term that expires in 2022. He graduated from Millikin University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. In 1988 he co-founded Perryman Co. with his father and brother. Founded in 1988, Perryman Co. is headquartered in Houston, PA, with office locations in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, London, Zurich, Tokyo and Xi’an, China. Perryman is an integrated titanium producer from melting of ingot to finished products. The company’s product portfolio includes ingot, bar, coil, fine wire, net shapes, and hot-rolled products. The Forge and Fabrication group offers medical device contract manufacturing in a range of materials including plastics and titanium. Perryman supplies and services customers in the aerospace, medical, consumer, industrial, recreation, additive/3D printing and infrastructure markets worldwide.)

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Titanium Industry’s ‘DNA’ in Commercial Aerospace Industry Offers Ability to Strengthen Post-Covid-19 Business Alliances By Jeff Staub, Maine Pointe LLC

he relationship between the commercial aerospace sector and the titanium industry is well understood with success and pain mutually celebrated and endured. Roughly 80 percent of global production of titanium is consumed by aerospace and defense, with estimates of more than 60 percent of that driven by commercial engines and airframes. Even with the introduction of composite fan and fan cases, nickel alloys moving forward in the high-pressure compressor module, and the slow adoption of additive manufacturing threatening to improve the aggregate buy to fly ratio, titanium demand will be driven in large part by new commercial aircraft and commercial aircraft renewals [engine upgrades and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)] for the foreseeable future. Although domestic air travel has transitioned into recovery after surviving the worst of the pandemic (knock on wood) and the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, there are lingering impacts within the commercial aerospace supply chain that will not be resolved so quickly. The erratic utilization rates of commercial airlines world-wide is still limiting predictability of production rate increases of single and twin-aisle aircraft. As an operations strategy and implementation management consulting firm, focus has shifted across our commercial aerospace clients away from cost transformation and is now being driven by workforce 12

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capacity/capability, throughput (including rate-recovery readiness), and supplier risk management especially at the sub-tier levels where visibility is limited. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 supplier business planning processes are frequently not clearly cascaded down to sub-tier suppliers, which create paralyzing ambiguity in the face of theoretical rate increases. This shift in focus for the C-Suite

supply base well into 2022 and likely 2023 even after demand recovery stabilizes and contrary to projections of healthy long-term commercial air traffic. While temporary relief from the relentless drumbeat for cost reduction may be a welcome reprieve for the commercial aerospace supply base, it is also worth noting that OEMs and Tier 1 system providers are not going to be comfortable with being

(executive level managers) signals an increase in supplier power (leverage), in large part due to their own vulnerability, as mitigating threats to schedule and cash flow take precedence over cost reduction for OEMs and Tier 1 system providers. These forces, coupled with shifts in engineering focus (accelerating mobilization for decarbonization, commercialization of space, urban air mobility, etc.), renewed interest in the stability of the defense industry, and a belated international recovery will extend this period of high supplier power in the commercial aerospace

uncomfortable for long. Already, the potential energy is building to swing the pendulum back and recapture demand power (customer leverage). While it will take time to enact, the business case for approaches like developing multiple sources, vertical integration, and value engineering/ technology insertion that traditionally stall due to cost risk are being shaped to reinstate the stability the industry needs for efficiency and effectiveness. In this moment of unique and temporarily increased supplier power, it is the ideal moment to drive increased partnership and align

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incentives with OEMs and Tier 1 system providers. Due to increased risk at the OEM level, raw material suppliers that have the agility to respond to rate changes and clearly show their systems, processes and people are ready to deliver quality product on time will weather the storm with OEMs and Tier 1 system providers as key partners. Longterm agreements are already part of the titanium industry’s “DNA” with the current business environment, enabling the ability to revisit and strengthen those relationships well beyond pricing and volume. Increasing proactive communication with customers at a minimum will create a more balanced view and better demand signal for the titanium value chain. In addition, we see five incremental areas of collaboration worth exploring: • Integrated business planning: Lead time and capacity are two of the primary, consistent challenges associated with the titanium supply chain. Coordinated short-, mid-, and long-term forecast accuracy and order planning with mutual accountability can help de-risk capacity/asset strategies and reign in excessive lead times. Building trust and transparency across value chain steps is never easy, but it is the area where waste festers and provides an opportunity for winwin scenarios. • Digital engineering: The sophistication of system simulation has evolved significantly over the last decade and integrating OEM and supplier systems is a viable path to optimize cost, performance, and manufacturability of products virtually. Joint research, development, and new product 14

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Raw material suppliers that have the agility to respond to rate changes and clearly show their systems, processes and people are ready to deliver quality product on-time will weather the storm with OEMs and Tier 1 system providers as key partners. Long-term agreements are already part of the titanium industry’s “DNA” with the current business environment, enabling the ability to revisit and strengthen those relationships well beyond pricing and volume. – Jeff Staub introduction provides a path to maintaining high supplier power in a competitive landscape by being integral to establishing the next generation of products. Letting the voice of the customer provide an external rallying point for integrated working teams and giving engineers a chance to collaborate builds real partnership.

• Automation and productivity: The most common barriers to investing in productivity improvements through automation are uncertainty about adoption success and realizing a reasonable payback period. Risk and benefit sharing of automation and productivity investments can accelerate adoption and provide a mutual incentive to

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ensure demand stability and derisk payback periods. Additional opportunities around data sharing and real-time status sharing with a joint “Control Tower” can remove bureaucracy and drive efficient communication.

when delays and reduced rates are managed proactively. Combining contractual data with publicly available subscriptions and data can provide the value chain an opportunity to sense and pivot ahead of unpredictable risk.

• Technology roadmap: Decarbonization, electrification, and additive manufacturing are examples of high-profile initiatives in the commercial aerospace sector, each with its own set of challenges and maturity levels. Getting integrated with the customer to understand, influence, and collaborate on strategic priorities provides an opportunity to be well positioned for future programs. While fuel efficiency has long dictated appetite to progress technologies, we expect industry leaders’ actions to decouple from finite changes in kerosene cost and be more heavily influenced by corporate social responsibility and regulatory drivers.

A portion of the commercial aerospace industrial base was fortunate enough to be insulated from the worst of the pandemic and 737 MAX grounding through end market diversification, but for most it has been a harrowing experience resulting in scars for this generation of middle and senior leadership that will never fully disappear. It is not surprising to find the depth of COVID-19 challenges and resulting financial strain are magnified further upstream into the value chain where manufacturing represents a larger percentage of value-add activities given the fixed nature of asset intensive operations vs. the engineering services provide by OEMs and tier 1 suppliers. Across the entire value chain, few of us will have come through this without questioning our careers, aspirations, and purpose. This collective step back will reshape our operating models (organization, capabilities, processes, tools, and systems) after more than a decade of unrationalized, evolutionary growth coming out of the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. Human nature dictates there will be an appetite and need to recover after an extended period of heightened workload and anxiety. Unfortunately, this is not the home stretch, but a moment to reload and opportunistically reset market position and solidify long-term

• Supply Chain illumination: The aerospace and defense market has been no stranger to consolidation and the COVID-19 and 737 MAX pressure on fragile players will likely result in an extended period of continued merger and acquisition activity. This landscape makes the threat of an OEM or Tier 1 system supplier aggressively pursuing a key sub-tier supplier and squeezing mid-tier suppliers credible. Providing sub-tier visibility may be counter intuitive; however, that risk can and should be mitigated to ensure interconnectivity and single points of failure can be addressed mutually with benefits realized across the value chain

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customer relationships. For those that have been able to stave off exhaustion, protect their best people, and maintain their core principals through the darkest months, there is an imperative to double-down on that investment and take advantage of this moment of supplier power to partner with key customers to establish longterm aligned incentives. n (Editor’s note: Jeff Staub is the executive vice president, industry leader, aviation, aerospace and defense at Maine Pointe LLC Jeff Staub (website: www. mainepointe.com), a global supply chain and operations consulting firm. He has more than 15 of industry and consulting experience across the end-to-end, plan-buy-makemove, operations value chain, with deep expertise in post-merger integration, network strategy, “ four-walls” improvement, supply chain management, and functional excellence. Maine Pointe is based in Boston, with office locations in Canada, China and Europe.)

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Onward and Upward or Caution and Concern? Aerospace Weighs Forecasts, Grapples with Covid-19 Developments By Michael C. Gabriele

arlier this year, as the rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations started gaining momentum, the commercial aerospace industry enjoyed an increase in ticket sales—a welcomed business development when compared with the crash of 2020 and potentially good news for the hard-hit supply chain, especially the titanium industry. However, in recent months, there have been growing concerns about the return of the pandemic via the highly contagious Covid-19 “Delta variant” and how it might, once again, disrupt the aerospace sector (and the hospitality industry). Economic uncertainty remains high, supply chains continue to experience difficulties and some government officials have quietly considered the possibility of restricting international flights. What’s the best way to assess current business conditions for the commercial aerospace market and its effects on the titanium industry? Based on a variety of news reports and industry analysis, looking ahead to the fourth quarter and moving into the first half of 2022, the “safe” answer is that the situation is improving but remains in transition, with aspirations that the pace of recovery for the aerospace business will continue to steadily gain traction, to benefit the titanium industry’s showcase end-use market. Providing an overview on the state of the global commercial aerospace industry, the Montreal-

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based International Air Transport Association (IATA; website: www. iata.org), in a Sept. 1 press release, reported that both international and domestic travel demand “showed significant momentum in July 2021 compared to June, but demand remained far below pre-pandemic levels. Extensive governmentimposed travel restrictions continue to delay recovery in international markets.” The IATA noted that comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results “are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19,” and drew comparisons with data from July 2019, which followed a normal demand pattern.” ‘Government Decisions Not Driven by Data’ The IATA indicated that total demand for air travel in July 2021 (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was down 53 percent compared to July 2019. “This is a significant improvement from June (2021), when demand was 60-percent below June 2019 levels. International passenger demand in July was 73.6 percent below July 2019, bettering the 80.9 percent decline recorded in June 2021 versus two years ago. All regions showed improvement and North American airlines posted the smallest decline in international RPKs." Willie Walsh, director general of the IATA, explained that the July results “reflected people’s eagerness to travel during to the Northern

Hemisphere this summer. Domestic traffic was back to 85 percent of precrisis levels, but international demand has only recovered just over a quarter of 2019 volumes. The problem is border control measures. Government decisions are not being driven by data, particularly with respect to the efficacy of vaccines. People traveled where they could, and that was primarily in domestic markets. A recovery of international travel needs governments to restore the freedom to travel. At a minimum, vaccinated travelers should not face restrictions. That would go a long way to reconnecting the world and reviving the travel and tourism sectors.” “As the Northern Hemisphere summer travel season draws to a close it is clear that too many governments missed the opportunity to apply a risk-based approach to managing their borders,” Walsh continued, quoted on the IATA website. “The growing number of fully vaccinated travelers and the prevalence of testing provided the chance to restore international connectivity and bring much needed relief to economies that are heavily reliant on travel and tourism. Instead, governments continued to behave as if it was the summer of 2020. Economies and the labor force will pay the price for decisions that were made not based on science, but on political expediency. Governments have rightly urged their populations to be vaccinated; now governments need to have confidence in the benefits of

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vaccinations—including the freedom to travel.” The IATA is the trade association representing 290 airlines or 82 percent of total global air traffic. Airlines Order Single-Aisle Jets Aside from interpreting air travel RPK percentages, there have been positive developments for the commercial aerospace industry this year, most notably the move by United Airlines to order 270 new single-aisle/ narrow-body jets. The Wall Street Journal, in its June 29, 2021 online edition, reported that United “made its largest-ever plane order, adding Boeing and Airbus jets to fuel its postpandemic growth plans. The order— the largest by a U.S. airline since American Airlines ordered 460 new aircraft in 2011—is the latest sign of U.S. airlines growing confidence that travel is on course to snap back after being decimated by the coronavirus pandemic last year. United lost more than $7 billion last year and accepted billions of dollars in government aid to continue paying workers.” The order includes the purchase of 200 Boeing 737 MAX jets and 70 Airbus SE A321 neos, “a deal valued at more than $30 billion,” according to the Journal report. Two months after the United Airlines transaction, Delta Air Lines booked an order for 30 Airbus A321 neo jets. The online Airbus newsroom reported that the new aircraft come in addition to the airline’s existing orders for 125 existing orders for the aircraft, “bringing the outstanding orders from Delta to a total of 155 A321 neos.” Delta will begin receiving shipments of the new jets in early 2022. The A321 neos will be powered by nextgeneration Pratt & Whitney PW1100G turbofan engines. “Many of Delta’s A321 neos will be delivered from the 20

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Airbus’ production facility in Mobile, AL,” according to the Airbus report. These bookings for new jets should boost the titanium industry. Aboulafia Weighs in on Trends These recent orders for singleaisle jets coincide with the outlook offered by aerospace industry analyst Richard Aboulafia (website: https://richardaboulafia.com), the vice president of analysis at the Teal Group Corp., Fairfax, VA (website: www.tealgroup.com). Aerospace Manufacturing and Design magazine (website: www. aerospacemanufacturinganddesign. com ) held a webinar, broadcasted on May 27, which featured Aboulafia’s “Aircraft Market Outlook, Second Half 2021.” His analysis and projections are frequently cited in charts and graphs presented by speakers at TITANIUM conferences, which are organized and sponsored by the International Titanium Association. Among the many points he covered in his online presentation, Aboulafia underlined his observation on the “secular shift” toward the production of single-aisle aircraft (and away from twin-aisle aircraft) in the fleet planning of Boeing and Airbus. This trend towards single-aisle jets isn’t new and has been noted in recent years by Aboulafia and other aerospace industry analysts. Boeing and Airbus, in separate forecasts issued in 2018, said single-aisle jets would dominate commercial aerospace orders through the year 2038—representing up to 70 percent of new aircraft deliveries. Aboulafia, in his presentation, pointed out that the industry’s recovery from the 2020 Covid-19 crash will be driven by single-aisle jets. He said Airbus and Boeing are poised to come “roaring back fast,” with an emphasis on singleaisle planes demonstrating signs of

health. “The trend is towards singleaisle jets, and much is riding on this for the supplier base.” Aboulafia also confessed to being an optimist, saying that he sees a commercial aerospace recovery, back to near-2019 air traffic peak levels, in late 2022 rather than early 2024, as many other analysts have predicted. “The stage is set for a comeback sooner than expected. People have an awful lot of money saved up, and they’ve stored their vacation days.” Separately, in a candid interview with Barron’s newspaper, published in March 2021, Aboulafia spoke about Boeing’s need to refocus its efforts on engineering—a notion than has an extended effect on the supply chain and the titanium industry. “They (Boeing) need to rethink where engineers fit in the company org chart. It’s really shocking to have an engineering company that basically doesn’t have engineers on its board. Boeing needs to empower engineers within the chain of command, reinforce engineering capabilities, and add more engineers to the board and the leadership team. Last year, Boeing’s engineering spending fell by over 25 percent. If it keeps losing market share and its engineering spending falls commensurately, it’s really tough to recover from that dynamic.” In July, the news service Reuters reported that Boeing would cut production of its 787 Dreamliner and is reviewing the status of its 737 MAX, “a double hit to the U.S. plane maker’s Covid-19 pandemic recovery.” According to Reuters, Boeing’s 737 MAX and 787 have been afflicted by electrical defects and other issues since late last year. Boeing delivered 156 jets of all types over the first seven months of 2021, compared with 157 jets for all of 2020. Last June, The New York Times reported that Boeing’s

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long-range 777X would require an additional two years of testing before it wins regulatory approval. The 787 and 777X are major platforms for titanium, used for frames and engine components. Outlook from Deloitte Services Deloitte Services LLP, New York, a global business consulting company and one of the “Big Four” accounting firms, in an online outlook report, stated that the aerospace and defense industry’s revenue would recover in 2021, compared with 2020, but that recovery will likely be uneven across the two key sectors. “The commercial aerospace sector has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to a dramatic reduction in passenger traffic, in turn affecting aircraft demand. As a result, the commercial aerospace sector is expected to recover slowly, as travel demand is not expected to return to pre– COVID-19 levels before 2024. The defense sector is expected to remain stable in 2021, as most countries have not significantly reduced defense budgets and remain committed to sustaining their military capabilities. However, given the disruption in the complex global supply chain, some defense programs could face minor cost increases and schedule delays in 2021.” Commercial passenger traffic may not return to pre-pandemic levels before 2024, which would negatively affect order books and deliveries for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). “In 2021, global commercial aircraft deliveries are estimated at 950 aircraft, a decline of 41 percent from 2018—the peak year for deliveries,” according to the Deloitte report. “Though the commercial aircraft order backlog stood firm at about 22

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13,421 at the end of December 2020, it was down 8.7 percent from the peak backlogs of about 14,700 at the end of 2018. Apart from commercial aircraft, deliveries for rotorcraft are also expected to remain nearly 15 percent below pre-pandemic levels in 2021, at 750 units. As new orders are likely to remain subdued in 2021 and airlines continue with order cancellations, aircraft backlog could decline further. Moreover, OEM rate reductions would continue to adversely affect the extended commercial aerospace manufacturing supply chain, especially the mid- to lower-tier suppliers, which may struggle due to lower earnings and cash flows.” Deloitte forecasted that the overall global aerospace industry will continue to focus on transforming supply chains into more resilient

and dynamic networks, which could be done using strategies such as on-shoring, vertical integration, and increased cyber defenses. “To further strengthen supply chains, OEMs and suppliers should leverage digital tools, including automating internal processes and streamlining workflows, implementing smart management systems, and using data analytics. Also, collaboration with regional players to build capabilities and shift manufacturing capacity when needed could make the aerospace and defense supply chain more robust and help the industry manage business disruptions. Many companies are also using an ecosystem approach to strengthen their supply chains. In a recent survey conducted by Deloitte, 72 percent of industry

executives said they are investing in supply chain ecosystems to leverage external alliance partners.” For many, it’s still difficult to fathom the size and scope of the disruption in the commercial aerospace sector in 2020, due to the global pandemic. Pricewaterhouse

Coopers (PwC; website: www. pwc.com), based in London, another member of the Big Four accounting firms, in its online “Global Aerospace and Defense Annual Industry Performance and Outlook” report, stated that, for 2020, the aerospace and defense industry reported $697 billion of revenue, down 8 percent from 2019, and $25 billion of operating profit, a decrease of 61 percent, primarily due to the impacts of COVID-19 on commercial aerospace, as revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) plummeted by 66 percent. The four largest Tier 1 suppliers to commercial jet manufacturers (Raytheon Technologies, GE Aviation, RollsRoyce and Safran), reported an aggregate operating profit loss of $1.4 billion for a decline of $16.3 billion.” n (Editor’s note: The International Titanium Association (ITA) does not generate its own industry forecasts. As demonstrated in this article, the ITA gathers and reports on publicly available information, forecasts and trends issued by independent financial analysts, consultants, news organizations and industry stakeholders. Readers are encouraged to assess business analysis from a variety of sources.)

Tier4 Market Survey Projects Positive Outlook Despite Aerospace Supply Chain Uncertainties By Michael C. Gabriele

arlier this year, Chris Olin, the lead analyst for Tier4 Research, LLC, Avon OH, issued his Specialty Materials Update/Second Quarter Market Survey for the titanium industry, which provides insights on business trends and forecasts for the near term. Much of the information in the survey relates to projected business conditions in the aerospace supply chain. Olin tracked and analyzed key data points and trends that he deemed to be positive leading indicators for his “specialty materials peer group” (titanium, nickel based alloys, cobalt alloys and specialty stainless steel grades), which indicate a favorable outlook for for upstream producers, distributors, and premium forgers/ fabricators through the balance of 2021 and going into the first half of 2022. Despite current levels of uncertainty and a few expected caveats, the survey revealed an overall “positive market outlook” for the near term. Titanium Market Outlook The consensus calendar year 2021 upstream supplier growth forecast of down 12-13 percent looks to be in-line with our western world mill demand forecast of 145 million to 150 million pounds (down 13 percent versus calendar year 2020), according to Olin. “However, there could be some aerospace demand leakage over the next two quarters if the Boeing 787 production disruption turns out to be more problematic than expected. “We plan to review our 24

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full-year assumptions after getting a firmer read on the Boeing build rate schedules.” Olin said that, despite recent negative headlines regarding a disruption in 787 aircraft production, “we are sticking with a bullish thesis on the specialty materials group following a review of better-thanexpected quarterly survey results. Communications with industry contacts confirmed much stronger demand/pricing trends in the second quarter of 2021, improving channel sentiment and upward forecast revisions, approaching catalysts, and more manageable inventory situations. Key data points collected over the past few months suggest there is an upward bias to consensus forecasts (looking out three to four quarters), with emphasis placed on companies levered to jet engine OEM demand and the premium alloy product categories (nickel-based alloys, cobalt-alloys, and specialty stainless steel). Earlier this year, several news organizations, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune.com and Reuters, reported Boeing halted deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner due to production difficulties. It’s uncertain how this situation will play out in the months ahead. Excess channel inventory While the average shipment comparisons reported by the entire survey group did reflect a modest sequential improvement, titanium performance dropped 6 percent in the

first quarter of 2021, year over year, which included an upstream supplier drag of down 12 percent. “Once again, our contacts cited aerospace supply chain destocking as the main factor behind the lagging recovery. Most titanium suppliers anticipate negative growth in calendar year 2021 and do not anticipate a market recovery before the first quarter in 2022. We believe the latest 787 news complicates the situation and could push the recovery timeline about two months to the right. While formal targets are uncertain, aerospace suppliers expect the 787 Dreamliner build rate to drop to three or four per month (through the end of 2021). Contacts would not label this event as a game-changer but said it may add another layer of channel noise.” Four Survey Data Points The survey data gathered by Olin provided the foundation a for positive market outlook, which he summarized in four points. First, there was an 850-basis point improvement in the consensus growth outlook for premium alloys in calendar year 2021 following a series of favorable headlines and OEM updates. Second, producer lead times improved by three to four weeks (on average) since the first quarter 2021, led by a positive six to seven-week upswing for nickel-based alloy and specialty stainless steel products. Third, survey contacts indicated they are seeing broad-based end-market demand strength, including distinct improvements in medical, power

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generation, jet engines, the Airbus supply chain and aerospace fastener customer sourcing. Fourth, there is an early upswing in spot pricing for benchmark titanium mill products. The results from Olin’s quarterly specialty materials survey work provided “an increasingly favorable outlook for the companies within our coverage universe levered to premium alloys and specialty stainless steel production. Despite conceding to renewed titanium alloy and composite material volume uncertainties related to negative 787 production headlines, we believe key data points collected from the channel over the past few months indicate an upward bias to

consensus forecasts (looking out three to four quarters), focusing on the jet engine suppliers.” The Bottom Line The latest channel intelligence has seemingly confirmed the premium alloy group entrance into the initial stages of recovery, according to Olin. “We now expect management teams of upstream-levered companies to confirm a reversal in underlying alloy demand and provide a favorable market outlook. There was a pronounced improvement in channel sentiment throughout the month of June and specialty material contacts provided us with data points 26

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Aerospace and defense mill-shipment comparisons turned positive during the second quarter of 2021, following five consecutive periods of volume contraction, with many contacts pointing to a pronounced rebound in Boeing supply chain, Airbus supply chain, jet engine OEM, and aero fastener sourcing. – Chris Olin

that generally supported our bullish thesis for the peer group. Emphasis was placed on a pronounced rebound in short-cycle orders, the enhanced commercial aerospace demand visibility (along with improving customer communications), and upward mill price momentum.” Olin added that the projected positive market outlook included the increasingly favorable aerospace demand outlook, a rising mill pricing environment and expectations for a higher 737 build rate. “However, we plan to revisit some of the near-term modeling assumptions considering the disappointing 787 production news and Federal Aviation Administration statements.”

Survey contacts reported higher transaction values for titanium and premium alloy products in relation to the first-quarter 2021 averages, driven by the favorable demand environment and upward cost pressure. Spot quotes for the benchmark product categories have already increased by 2 to 4 percent since March (on average) and were generally expected to hold in a steady up remain in a similar trajectory for the rest of 2021. Mill Shipments Turned Positive Aerospace and defense millshipment comparisons turned positive during the second quarter of 2021, following five consecutive periods of volume contraction, with many contacts pointing to a pronounced rebound in Boeing supply chain, Airbus supply chain, jet engine OEM, and aero fastener sourcing. At the same time, a

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growing number of suppliers are benefitting from a modest improvement in industrial-related activity or greater spot-purchase frequency. Olin asked his survey contacts about the sequential demand momentum (for actively tracked end-users) in an attempt to get better understand the current catalysts and future opportunities. “Five customer groups were frequently referenced as stronger or gaining momentum: medical; aero fasteners; jet engine OEM; Airbus supply chain, and power turbine. Perhaps more importantly, no customer group was collectively reported to be turning negative or trending lower versus the first-quarter levels.” Flashback to 2020 By way of comparison from the dark days of Covid-19, the grim July 2020 Titanium Status Report 28

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put together by Olin found that the titanium peer group was navigating through the most challenging market environment ever seen. The Covid-19 global pandemic disrupted supply chains and severely undercut major industrial markets including commercial aerospace. “At this point, we assume the specialty material providers in our focus group are trending 500-600 basis points below consensus expectations (from a sales perspective), with implemented cost reduction efforts unlikely to counteract the top-line pressure anticipated over the next two quarters,” Olin said. n (Editor’s note: Tier4 Research LLC (website: www.tier4research.com) is a “bottom-up” aerospace research provider focused on timely analysis of the entire supply chain, with an upstream channel focus (or “Tier4” peer group), specialty materials

markets, and other niche suppliers. The proprietary surveys are driven by feedback collected from the high-level industry Chris Olin contacts. Olin has compiled over 21 years of experience, a vast network of industry contacts, and the propensity to provide opinionated research on lesser-covered companies in the aerospace industry’s vast supply chain. The company offers a subscription-based service for industry participants interested in quarterly updates, market intelligence, and industry data.

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When Will the Aerospace Industry Rebound from the Covid-19 Global Pandemic? (Part 3) By Tom Captain

Existential Impact As previously mentioned, this pandemic, now going on 18 months in duration, has had an existential impact, never experienced before in the commercial aerospace industry and its broader ecosystem. From airline passengers, to the airports, airlines, aircraft producers, aircraft suppliers, the hotels, restaurants, catering companies, and aircraft repair, maintenance and spare parts companies, the pandemic has created 30

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economic and employment hardship. Global airlines have lost almost $100 billion, and still counting, and wiped out all their cumulative profits made since WWII, a statement worth repeating to fully grasp the impact. Passenger travel went from over 8.5 trillion RPKs (revenue passenger kilometers) to less than 10 percent of that level within a span of 30 days. It’s as if the world stood still. Aircraft sales orders plummeted from a high of 2,900 in the recent past to 330 orders in 2020. Airline production went from a high of 1,600 aircraft recently to 440 aircraft produced in 2020, as the chart below depicts:

In those markets, airports have become congested again and aircraft capacity has reached pre-pandemic load factor rates. Domestic airlines and the airports that serve them are having difficulty in staffing up fast enough to serve this incredibly resurgent demand. The picture is much different on the international front, with cross border and trans-oceanic flights still only 15 percent of its pre-pandemic levels. This is due to onerous government cross border restrictions still in place, such as 14day quarantines, pre-travel Covid-19 testing requirements or outright bans on travel between certain countries.

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n the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, we offered in TITANIUM TODAY a sobering forecast for a difficult recovery in the aerospace industry, and similar prospects for titanium and other raw materials suppliers. As of this writing, the Economist magazine estimates there have been 14 million pandemic fatalities worldwide, and only 5 percent of those aged over 12 are fully vaccinated. Many parts of the world are still in the grips of rising infections and additional deaths. On the positive side, key economic drivers of the global economy, particularly in the United States, China, and European Union countries, have succeeded in vaccinating over half of its citizens, and reopened their economies. However, with every hopeful advance, there are unfortunate negative trends such as with the rise of the Delta variant, people not willing to get vaccinated, mask mandates being re-instated, and borders being closed again.

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Assessing Aerospace’s Rebound However, passenger travel is recovering, especially in the domestic markets. As of this writing, domestic airline passenger enplanements have almost returned to their prepandemic levels, about 75 percent globally, and even better in the United States and China domestic markets.

The following chart from the Montreal-based International Air Transport Association (IATA) illustrates the uneven recovery we are experiencing in air travel: The rebound in major domestic markets, driven by increased vaccination rates, reduced infections and fatalities, success of Covid-19

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safety protocols and loosening or elimination of government restrictions has clearly had a positive impact on the aerospace eco-system. As mentioned earlier, from airport and airline personnel to aircraft producers and their suppliers, activity is ramping back up. For titanium and other raw material suppliers to the aerospace business, this is good news. Aircraft production rates are starting to ramp back up, meaning that suppliers are starting to receive orders for parts again. Pratt & Whitney, as well as GE and Safran—producers of the CFM engines—are seeing a dramatic uptick in jet engine maintenance activity. “Airlines are spending money ahead of the recovery,” Greg Hayes, the CEO for Raytheon Technologies, said. Raytheon said that commercial MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) sales increased 41 percent by June 30, 2021. GE Aviation’s maintenance and spare parts revenues increased 50 percent. Many of those spare parts are made from titanium. That’s good news for that supplier base. 32

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The recovery of the airline and aerospace ecosystem is reliant on passenger’s trust that they will not contract Covid-19 while traveling. This, in turn, was dependent on vaccination rates and expectations of travel requirements, including safety protocols such as mask wearing, negative tests, and government travel restrictions. Progress is being made on each of these fronts. – Tom Captain Demand for Travel, Increased Vaccinations There continues to be an almost insatiable appetite for air travel, and the recovery from the pandemic is dependent on this demand. We observe there is an instinctual desire

of mankind to meet face to face, for domestic, business and leisure reasons. Mankind is wanderlust, having the desire to experience the world and to connect face to face with business associates, friends and family domestically and internationally. This has been the trend since the advent of

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commercial airline operations. We are reminded that passenger travel volume has risen from about 1 trillion to 8.5 trillion RPK’s in the period from 1980 to early 2020, despite shocks to the system such as the SARS epidemic, Middle East wars, H1N1 virus and the Ebola epidemic during that time period. The demand for travel is quite resilient and despite economic, conflict and health reasons, the long-term demand for air travel continues to grow. However as previously mentioned, government allowance and passenger trust in safe travel will depend on vaccination rates increasing. Consider for a moment that it is estimated that only 6 to 20 percent of the global population has ever traveled by air. Consider also that millions, if not billions of people will enter the middle class, as global economies advance and wealth is created for its citizenry. Due to these two factors, we expect demand for travel will continue unabated for decades if not centuries to come; another cause for optimism for this industry and its supply base. Reviewing Forecasts As described in Parts 1 and 2 of this author’s forward look, published in TITANIUM TODAY, the recovery of the airline and aerospace ecosystem is reliant on passenger’s trust that they will not contract Covid-19 while traveling. This, in turn, was dependent on vaccination rates and expectations of travel requirements, including safety protocols such as mask wearing, negative tests, and government travel restrictions. Progress is being made on each of these fronts. However, there is a significant

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portion of the 7.5 billion people on earth who have not been fully vaccinated, some by choice and some due to vaccine availability. Significant efforts to cajole or require where necessary, the remaining population to obtain the vaccine are underway. Humanitarian efforts to provide vaccinations to underserved populations such as in Africa are underway. Thus we expect vaccination rates will significantly increase, maybe to the often cited 70-percent level required for herd immunity. While vaccination efforts continue, the unexpected return of domestic travel so soon is certainly a cause for optimism for aerospace suppliers. Both the increase in aircraft production rates as well as increased aircraft MRO activity, bodes well for the aerospace manufacturing industry and the parts and the raw materials supplier base. In Part 2, we forecasted that by late 2021, airline passenger traffic would experience a significant increase and stated that vaccines were the key for passengers to feel safe to enable increased passenger traffic. We are still on track with that forecast. We also forecasted that the global airline industry would experience a 50-percent return to RPK levels by late 2021. We forecasted a near recovery of previous RPK volume in the late 2022 timeframe and we forecasted aerospace OEM and aerospace supplier network production volume to pick up mid to late 2023 for the suppliers. Upon reflection, we are probably ahead of that forecast due to the success of vaccination rates, the quick rebound of domestic air travel in important global regions, the

resulting uptick in both new aircraft production rates as well as increased levels of maintenance of older aircraft. Thus, here in Part 3, we now forecast aircraft sales and production to return to its pre-pandemic levels by early 2023, about 16 months from this writing (in August 2021). On the other hand, we are concerned about the long-lasting damage that the pandemic has had on the industry, with layoffs, bankruptcies, inability to afford innovation, loss of key skilled personnel and financial stress. It remains to be seen if there will be unrecoverable damage and negative consequences. Time will tell. We remain optimistic with the long-term forecast of 40,000 new aircraft to be produced over the next 20 years. As we return to growth, the aerospace supply chain should become healthy again. It is already happening. n (Tom Captain is the managing director of Captain Global Advisory, LLC, headquartered in Mercer Island, WA, and is a 40year industry Tom Captain veteran and expert in the aerospace, defense and space sector. He is the retired vice chairman of a Big Four consultancy where he led their global industry practice. Captain currently serves on the boards of several industry-related organizations.)

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Tribute to Sam Froes, Powder Metal Technology Expert By Michael C. Gabriele

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he future appears bright for the various facets of titanium powder metallurgy technology. This includes the pre-alloyed/HIP (hot isostatic pressing), metal injection molding (MIM) methods, and especially additive manufacturing (AM). With the dramatically growing market for additive manufacturing and consistent property performance of an increasing number of AM titanium components, the use of metal powders for the manufacture of structural components is expected to become more acceptable than before. This will, in turn, assist in the further development of titanium powder metallurgy.” “The bottom line is that a low-cost powder with good flow/packing is needed. On the other hand, research on titanium powder metallurgy has seen increasing momentum over the last two decades, with a number of promising developments or initiatives in the research base at present. Some breakthroughs may well occur in the next decade or so, leading to increased applications of powder metallurgy titanium components.” So wrote industry sage, researcher and prolific author Sam Froes in the 2015 edition of the technical journal “Titanium Powder Metallurgy.” In many ways, this article summarized his contributions to the understanding of powder metallurgy technology and its applications. Francis H. (“Sam”) Froes, Ph.D., passed away on May 19 at the age of 81 at his home in Tacoma, WA. Yahn and Son Funeral Home published his 36

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obituary. Froes was involved in the field of titanium powder metallurgy for more than 40 years. He worked for Crucible Steel Co., where he was leader of the Titanium Group. He went on to be the program manager for a U.S. Air Force contract on titanium powder metal in Dayton, OH, and then spent time at the USAF Materials Lab, where he was supervisor of the Light Metals Group. He later relocated to Moscow, ID, where he was a director and

department head of the Materials Science and Engineering Department of the Materials Lab. Sam was a longtime consultant of the ITA. Among his observations and forecasts in the 2015 Titanium Powder Metallurgy journal, Froes wrote that AM “has reached a level of maturity that allows the production of parts for end users for most applications. As an enabling technology, AM should show rapid growth for the manufacturing of

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various types of complex titanium components. Many new opportunities are expected to emerge as times goes on. Additive manufacturing makes imagination the major limitation. Innovative design will continue to drive the growth of AM of titanium components with novel functionality or properties.” Separately, he predicted that expanded applications for titanium MIM “should come from the use of lower-cost spherical powder and more widespread acceptance of this technology in industries such as aerospace and auto. MIM has been used for making titanium medical components. This market is expected to continue to grow.” Froes gave the keynote presentation at the first Titanium Development Association (TDA), which was held in Keystone, CO, in November 1984. (The TDA was the precursor industry trade group that evolved into the International Titanium Association.) He cosponsored four symposia for TMS (the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society) on “Cost Effective Titanium,” featuring numerous papers on powder metal. He is a Fellow of ASM International, the world’s largest materials information society, a member of the Russian Academy of Science, and was awarded the “Service to Powder Metallurgy” by the Metal Powder Association. His body of work during his distinguished career includes publishing more than 800 papers, holding more than 60 patents, editing 15 books and co-authoring numerous comprehensive technical papers. Over the years, various business groups and research organizations throughout the world, including the Ukrainian Academy of Science, the Air Force Academy, Simon Bolivar University (Venezuela), the Korean Institute of Metals, the University of 38

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Sam Froes gave the keynote presentation at the first Titanium Development Association, which was held in Keystone, CO, in November 1984. He presented keynote addresses in more than 40 different countries on the science and technology of titanium and its alloys. His body of work includes publishing more than 800 papers, holding more than 60 patents, editing 15 books and co-authoring numerous comprehensive technical papers. Western Australia, Kobe Steel, and the Beijing Institute for Aeronautical Materials, invited him to present lectures at their conferences. He presented keynote addresses in more than 40 different countries on the science and technology of titanium and its alloys. An alumnus of the University of Sheffield, England, Froes earned an MSc and Ph.D. in Physical Metallurgy and was an internationally recognized scholar in the field of titanium science and technology. He served with distinction as an Institute Director and Department Head (Materials Science and Engineering) at the University of Idaho, where he was awarded a prize for outstanding research in 2004. His achievements have been recognized with numerous awards, including being elected as a Fellow of ASM, receiving the award of Service to Powder Metallurgy from the Metal Powder Association and the Ben Gurion Medal for his

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David Robertson 1938 - 2021 David Garth Robertson was born on March 31, 1938. On Saturday, September 11th, 2021, he passed away at the age of 83, one day after the 63rd anniversary to his wife Kathy. Dave was a proud parent of three children, 8 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Dave spent his life with his high school sweetheart, often traveling the world, experiencing the opera in Italy, Shakespeare in the UK, museums in St. Petersburg, Russia, Mt. Fuji in Japan and Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Munich, Germany and more. Creating lifelong friendships in countries all over the world, his friends stayed close throughout his life. Dave was born in Shelby, MT, to Alexander and Verdella Robertson. He graduated from Whitefish High in 1956 and received his degree in business from the University of Montana in Missoula. Dave spent his career in the field of metallurgy, with a focus on titanium. He was known for his work in Russia, for the donation of life-saving medical supplies to their country, and for his presence with the International Titanium Association. Dave loved to sail, fly, golf and ski, both here in the states and in his travels abroad. He was known for his engaging storytelling, quick wit, and his passion for telling a good (or bad) joke. When he wasn’t traveling for work, you could find him on the ski run with his wife working for Ski Patrol. His father, Alexander, an Irish immigrant, his mother, Verdella, and his brother Denny preceded Dave in death. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his three children, Lorraine, Michael, and Robyn, and his two sisters Arlen and Kathy. A limb has fallen from the family tree, that says please don’t grieve for me. Remember the best times, the laughter and song. The good life I lived when I was strong. (Unknown Author) In lieu of a funeral service, the family will hold a Celebration of Life in the early summer of next year, 2022. Please share your memories or condolences on the tribute page at https:// www.jgfuneralhome.com/

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Russell G. Sherman, 1926 – 2021 Russell G. Sherman, a metallurgical engineer who pioneered the volume production technique and heat treating of titanium fasteners for the aerospace industry, died on July 20, 2021 in Santa Monica, CA. He was 95 years old. Recruited to work in the burgeoning aerospace industry in 1960, Sherman drove his family from West Hartford, CT to Santa Monica Canyon where he lived for the next 61 years. Russ met his first wife, Geraldine Jacobs, in the 5th grade. They were married in 1949 and over the next ten years welcomed three daughters, Karen (Cubby), Amy, and Sara. In addition to Cubby Sherman, Amy Sherman Smith, and Sara ShermanLevine, he is also survived by Ramona Chavez, a daughter in every way that matters, as well as two granddaughters, Alexandra Geraldine Smith and Louise Randolph Smith . After Gerry’s death in 1978, Sherman remarried in 1984 . In marrying Shirley Weiman, Sherman acquired two loving stepdaughters, Julie Weiman Blumenthal and Liza Weiman Hanks . He is also survived by grandchildren Sarah Blumenthal, Kate Hanks, and Sam Hanks . After Shirley’s death in 2012, Sherman met Jeanne Jacoves and they were together until her death six years later . At age 92, Sherman was blessed to find Kit Dreyfuss with whom he spent the final years of his life . Family, friends, and colleagues remember Russ as an unpretentious, intellectually and socially engaged man who loved a lively discussion on issues of the day . He read four newspapers a day for most of his life and inspired others to learn more about the world around them . His Sunday brunches were feasts of food, discussions, debates and laughter .Sherman brought together people in lasting groups . He co-started the famous and on-going Santa Monica Canyon 4th of July allday games and BBQ celebration; he started the Southern California chapter of Independent Metallurgical Engineering Consultants of California (IMECA); he stated a bridge game at Rustic Canyon Park that met weekly for 50+ years until COVID protocols closed the park . Players describe it as the friendliest, most supportive bridge game anyone had ever played in because that’s how he was . He loved hosting foreign guests in his home through the Los Angeles Foreign Visitors Council . He also was widely travelled . He loved Jazz, played many years of tennis, and spent decades of holidays camping on the beaches of Baja California in his adored vintage VW camper . The family has established the Russell G . Sherman Student Scholarship Fund at the Los Angeles Chapter of the ASM International (American Society of Metals) . To make a contribution, make checks payable to “ASM International Los Angeles Chapter” and mail it to Michael Hahn, ASM Chapter Secretary, 4929 Macafee Rd Torrance, CA 90505

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ADVANCED OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES INTRODUCES MICROSCOPE SUITABLE FOR TITANIUM QUALITY CONTROL ON FACTORY FLOOR Advanced Optical Technologies, online article (“Titanium Imaging Albuquerque, NM, has unveiled Advances”; www.sandia.gov/ a microscope for non-destructive labnews/2020/05/07/tabletopcrystallographic orientation laser/) published by Sandia measurements for titanium National Laboratories, also based and other metals, which can in Albuquerque, which reported provide real-time, high-speed that Sandia’s testing verified that quality control information Advanced Optical Technologies’ in a production environment CPCI system has applications Advanced Optical Technologies’ CrystalView CPCI system for forged, cast or additive in the aerospace, automotive, manufactured parts. energy and medical industries and Malini Hoover, the chief executive officer additive manufacturing. The Sandia LabNews of Advanced Optical Technologies, said the article stated that “due, in part, to the technology, a patented system known as results of Sandia’s study, Advanced Optical crystallographic polarization classification Technologies received further funding to imaging (CPCI), with a trade name build the system for the U.S. Air Force, where “CrystalView,” can deliver the “visualization it primarily will be dedicated to titanium of material microstructural properties crystallography.” New Mexico Economic correlated with failure and corrosion Development and Office of Economic probabilities in high-strength/highAdjustment grants, with support from the CrystalView TiAl6V4 performance parts for aerospace, energy, New Mexico Manufacturing Extension microscopic C-Axis image electronics, auto, and medical applications, Partnership, also provided funding for fabricated by either traditional or additive Advanced Optical Technologies to develop manufacturing.” the CPCI system. The CrystalView technology offers orientation The Sandia LabNews article quoted Hoover, who imaging for grain-boundary and microtexture analysis, said that the CPCI technology “could potentially process development, quality control, failure analysis, characterize titanium while a part is being produced, and and other applications with non-cubic metals such as the larger field of view makes it easier for experts and titanium, cobalt, zirconium, and most of their alloys, manufacturers to make critical decisions rapidly. It also according to Hoover. She explained that a titanium could be used to analyze aircraft parts in service during billet, sheet or finished part can be placed in front of the maintenance checks. The sensor is portable enough to set CrystalView microscope to image the surface with an up outside the plane and provide crystallographic images eye-safe laser. The microscope can be used on the factory of parts in real time, improving flight safety. Currently, floor as part of a facility’s manufacturing operations to there is no way to check crystallography on the ground inspect and analyze in-process parts during maintenance during maintenance.” checks. She envisioned CrystalView would be well suited Hoover confirmed the CrystalView system is now on for analyzing titanium components used in aerospace the market as a fully commercial product, with potential production. sales targeting titanium manufacturing operations as well “Because the sample doesn’t need to be inserted into as national labs and research universities that characterize a small chamber, it doesn’t need to be cut,” Hoover said. metal crystallography. CrystalView will be on display via “The original piece of titanium remains whole. This the Oct. 5 virtual TITANIUM USA 2021 conference and makes CrystalView’s crystallographic non-destructive exhibition, organized and sponsored by the International testing feasible at more stages of titanium processing. Titanium Association. CrystalView allows you to visualize microstructure, Advanced Optical Technologies (website: https:// expand field-of-view to improve statistics, streamline advanced-optical.com), founded in 2004, is a womanquality control, and reduce cost.” owned company that offers multi-dimensional material Research and development work on the CPCI characterization for a more complete understanding technology began in 2016—the same year that Hoover of complex materials and devices and develops custom became the chief executive officer of Advanced Optical sensors, as stated in a company press release. Technologies. She referred to information in a May 2020 42

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PLYMOUTH TUBE CO. ACQUIRES GERMAN DEFENSE PARTS AND PROTECTION SYSTEMS MANUFACTURER

WARRENVILLE, IL (July 1, 2021) – Plymouth Tube Company announced today that the company has completed its purchase of a defense parts and protection systems manufacturer located in Schwerte, Germany from the administration managing the insolvency of Hoesch Schwerter Profile GmbH (HSP).

President & CEO Drew VanPelt remarked, “We are excited to add Plymouth Schwerter Technik’s innovative capabilities to Plymouth’s product and service portfolio. We expect the combined businesses will provide our customers with a broader array of solutions to meet their evolving needs.”

Previously a division of HSP, Plymouth has renamed the business unit Plymouth Schwerter Technik. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Please contact Holly Both, Vice President of Marketing or Fede Barreto, Chief Financial Officer, with any questions related to this acquisition at 630-393-3550.

Acquisition of this business establishes a European footprint for Plymouth and further expands the company’s capabilities. Extruded metal shapes manufactured by the hot extrusion process are combined with a wide range of materials and forms – aluminum, stainless steel and nickel alloys, titanium and composites – to create components and system solutions which provide penetration resistance.

About Plymouth Tube Co. Plymouth Tube Company is a privately-held, familyowned, precision manufacturer. Our products include tubing, extruded shapes and cold drawn shapes spanning specialty carbon, alloy, stainless steel, nickel alloy and titanium. Headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois with seven plants in the U.S. and one in Europe, Plymouth is known for offering industry leading service levels and unique technical innovations.

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INTERNATIONAL TITANIUM ASSOCIATION PICKS MICHAEL MARUCCI AS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF ITS EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The International Titanium Association (ITA) has tapped Michael Marucci, chief technology officer at Kymera International, as the newest member of its executive board of directors. Brett Paddock, the ITA’s nominating committee chairman, and the president and chief executive officer of Titanium Michael Marucci Industries Inc. (Rockaway, NJ), recently made the announcement, welcoming Marucci to the board. Marucci joined Kymera in March 2020 in conjunction with Kymera’s acquisition of Reading Alloys Inc. He is responsible for new product and technical business development at Kymera, leading a team of engineers and scientists in the United States and Germany, focused on bringing novel material solutions to market. Among his extensive professional accomplishments, Marucci served as the inaugural president of the Metal Powder Industries Federation’s Association for Metal Additive Manufacturing. He is a long-term member of ASM International and the American Powder Metallurgy Institute’s technology board and conference program committee. In January 2013, GKN Powder Metallurgy selected Marucci as an “Engineering Fellow for Powder Metallurgy,” and in September 2017 ASM awarded him a “Silver Medal” for co-developing and commercially launching several products for powder metallurgy. Titanium industry executives supported Marucci’s nomination to the ITA board, with a ringing endorsement coming from Graham P. Walker, who currently serves as a business consultant for Kymera Reading Alloys. Marucci will replace Walker as a member

of the ITA board. “Mike succeeded me in my former position at Reading Alloys, and since then his scope of responsibilities has grown (at) Kymera International,” Walker wrote in a July 2021 letter to Paddock. “He holds both Masters and Bachelors Engineering degrees from Drexel University (Philadelphia). I believe Mike would be a productive and valuable contributor to the ITA’s board of directors.” “I have had many dealing with Mike and gotten to know him on both a business and personal level,” Henry S. Seiner, vice president, business strategy with Timet Corp., wrote in support of Marucci’s nomination. Seiner is a former president of the ITA board. “He has brought both reason and compassion to all our interactions and has the integrity and aptitude for problem solving which make him an ideal candidate for the board. As Graham Walker rolls off, I believe it important that the raw materials community continue to be represented on the board and that Mike is well suited to fill this role.” Vince Rocco, vice president, sales and operations, VSMPO-Tirus US Inc., stated that he’s worked with the new ITA board member for over four years, ever since Marucci’s arrival to the titanium industry. “I find him to be a consummate professional who can make a positive contribution to the ITA. In my opinion, he would provide unique insights.” Kymera International (website: www. kymerainternational.com), is based in Durham, NC. Frank L. Perryman, president and chief executive officer of Perryman Co., Houston, PA, currently serves as the ITA’s board president. Jennifer Simpson is the executive director of the ITA (website: https://titanium.org), which is headquartered in Northglenn, CO.

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RYERSON ACQUIRES SPECIALTY METALS PROCESSING CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI), a leading valueadded processor and distributor of industrial metals, announced today that it has acquired Specialty Metals Processing (“SMP”), a toll processor located in Stow, Ohio. SMP processes stainless steel, aluminum, titanium and nickel alloy products in a variety of industries including aerospace. SMP’s expertise in buffing, grinding and polishing finishes adds to Ryerson’s value-added processing capabilities to provide better customer experiences. “We are pleased to welcome SMP to the Ryerson Family of Companies as a recognized leader in toll processing,” said Eddie Lehner, Ryerson’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This strategic acquisition builds upon our value-added capabilities and further strengthens our excellent stainless products franchise while reinforcing our mission of providing great customer experiences across our network of intelligently connected industrial metals service centers.”

Mike Burbach, Ryerson’s Chief Operating Officer, added, “SMP is renowned for its expertise in flat roll polishing and will enhance Ryerson’s stainless processing capabilities providing a more complete and integrated value-added experience for our stainless customers. We are delighted to have SMP join the Ryerson Family of Companies.” Bob Wilson, SMP President, stated, “SMP is happy to have joined the Ryerson Family of Companies and to bring our value-added services to customers across the network. We are excited to watch our brand and business grow.” About Ryerson Ryerson is a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. Founded in 1842, Ryerson has around 3,900 employees in approximately 100 locations. Visit Ryerson at www. ryerson.com.

T.I.’S MICHIGAN SALES & SERVICE CENTER RELOCATES TO NEW LARGER FACILITY Facility enhances T.I.’s product offerings and value added service capabilities

chain health”, said Brett Paddock, President and Chief Executive Officer of Titanium Industries.

Rockaway, New Jersey, July 22, 2021 – Titanium Industries (T.I.) announced today that its Plymouth, Michigan sales and service center has relocated to a larger distribution facility around the corner from the previous location.

As economic conditions continue to improve and the aerospace, medical, industrial, defense, oil & gas and many other markets rebound, T.I. is committed to meeting that demand head on. The new facility has seamlessly earned T.I.’s existing ISO and AS9100 certification with no interruption of service.

This new facility represents a strengthening of T.I.’s Midwestern presence supporting customers with a full line of inventory and value added services. As of July 2nd, 2021 operations and the local quality system have been certified and the team is ready to support customers and to process new orders. “The new facility will significantly expand on what has become a key region in our global footprint and is a clear sign of our commitment to world class service while concerns have grown over specialty metals supply

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Brett also added, “The Midwestern US location allows this facility to efficiently service customers throughout the US in addition to critical local customers who demand next day service. It will also have full export capabilities to support our global business with a growing line of specialty metals inventory”. Within its global footprint, T.I. operates 10 service centers, plus 5 sales offices, and is fully prepared to support all global customers as the pandemic wains.

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U.S. VANADIUM SECURES 5-YEAR SUPPLY OF VANADIUM FEED MATERIAL FOR PROCESSING INTO HIGH-PURITY VANADIUM PRODUCTS AND ULTRA-HIGH-PURITY VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY ELECTROLYTE HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Vanadium (“USV” or the “Company) is pleased to announce that it has secured five years of supply of vanadium feed material as USV continues to ramp up production of high-purity vanadium oxide and ultrahigh-purity electrolyte for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (“VRFBs”) at its Hot Springs, AR facility. USV recovers vanadium from this feed material, sourced from India, and process it into the world’s highest-purity vanadium oxides and downstream vanadium chemicals, including ultra-high-purity VRFB electrolyte. USV also processes vanadium feedstock streams from a variety of other sources. “We are pleased to have secured five years of supply of this high-volume and high-quality feedstock, as this will enable us to significantly expand our production operations while also further diversifying our vanadium feedstock supply chains,” said Mark A. Smith, Chairman and CEO of USV. “This material will help us serve the needs of titanium alloy producers and vanadium specialty chemicals markets, as well as help us to significantly ramp up our production of ultra-high-purity VRFB electrolyte that is in growing demand by the rapidly expanding VRFB industry.” Named as a “Critical Mineral” by the federal government in 2018, vanadium is used extensively as an additive to titanium-aluminum alloys used in jet engines and high-speed aircraft, both in the defense and commercial sectors, and it is a key additive to high-strength, low-alloy

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steel used in armor plate, axles, tools, piston rods and crankshafts, and mega-construction projects. In its ultra-high-purity form, vanadium is a critical component in the electrolyte that enables operation of VRFBs, which are rechargeable batteries that take advantage of the fact that vanadium ions in different oxidation states can efficiently store chemical potential energy. VRFBs allow for an almost unlimited energy capacity, can be discharged to very high percentages without damage, have very long cycle lives (at least 15,000-20,000 charge/discharge cycles), and can remain unused for long periods without permanent effects to the system. Because of their nearly unlimited energy storage capacity, high efficiency, zero emissions, very long cycle lives, and relatively low cost of available electricity on a lifecycle basis, VRFB energy storage systems are enabling consumers to utilize renewable energy systems for 100% of their actual power needs without having to rely on renewable energy credits and other accounting offsets. US Vanadium produces the world’s highest purity V2O5, V2O3, and downstream vanadium chemicals including VRFB electrolyte by recovering contained vanadium from a variety of post-industrial waste streams, which underscores US Vanadium’s commitment to maximizing sustainable practices in its operations. More information on U.S. Vanadium, and vanadium technologies in general, can be seen on U.S. Vanadium’s website: https://www.usvanadium.com.

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THE UNITI BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE: Kevin Cain, President, Uniti LLC, will retire from Uniti, ATI’s joint venture headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Matt Engott, currently Assistant General Counsel, Commercial and General Business will succeed Kevin as President, Uniti LLC effective September 1, 2021. Kevin joined Uniti as North America Sales Manager upon its formation in June 2003. In July 2005, he was promoted to General Manager of Sales assuming responsibilities for Uniti’s commercial activities in Asia in addition to North America. He served as Uniti’s Vice President, Commercial since September 2007 responsible for Uniti’s world-wide sales and marketing. Since March 2009 Kevin has been serving as Uniti’s President. Please join me in thanking Kevin for his many contributions to Uniti and wishing him and his wife, Patty a wonderful retirement. Matt joined ATI in June 2010 as a Senior Attorney. In January 2013 he was promoted to Commercial and Business Counsel. In June 2016 Matt was named Assistant General Counsel, Commercial and General Business. Prior to joining ATI he was an Associate at the Pittsburgh office of Jones Day. Matt has a Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan. With Kevin’s retirement, reporting directly to Matt will be: • Chris Wilson, Director, Technology, Uniti • Joyce Downey, Manager, Finance, Uniti • Nate Fairfield, Manager, Sales, Uniti • Dan Fritz, Senior Process Leader, Supply Chain, Uniti • Jodi Elro, Specialist, Sales & Marketing, Uniti • Alain Gonzalez, Managing Director Europe, Uniti • Dmitry Gromovich, Commercial Director Tubular Products, Uniti Please join me in congratulating Matt and supporting him in his new role.

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VESTED METALS CONTINUES TO SHINE IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

Florida-based metals distribution company makes ‘Inc. 5000 List’ for third year in a row ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida (September 1, 2021) – For the third year in a row, Vested Metals International, a St. Augustine, Florida-based company focused on raw material specialty metals and steel distribution, value-add processing, and metallurgical consulting, has been named one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in America. Spearheaded by president and founder, Viv Helwig, Vested Metals is currently listed at 1,361 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list, the nation’s most prestigious ranking for independent businesses. “We have had a 350 percent three-year growth rate since we were added to Inc. 5000’s list of fastest growing businesses,” explained Helwig. “We also went from No. 58 in 2000 to No. 35 in 2021 for the State of Florida. This is a testament to our hardworking team and their dedication as well as the growth in the industries we serve; medical, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets.” Aside from Vested Metals’ recent Inc. 5000 accolade, the company has recently been named #24 on Jacksonville Business Journal’s 2021 “Fast 50” with this being the third year in a row to place on the list as well as a winner in GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch. Helwig, himself, was named as a finalist of the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2021 Florida award. “Building one of the fastest-growing companies in America is not a straightforward journey and reaching that goal during a global pandemic demonstrates that,” said Isabelle Renault, President & CEO of St. Johns

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County Chamber of Commerce in St. Johns County, Florida. “Viv’s agile leadership, clear vision, and talented team led Vested Metals to reach that remarkable milestone. As a graduate of St. Augustine’s own Flagler College, Viv has opened a clear path for homegrown entrepreneurial talent to follow his lead.” Founded in 2014, Vested Metals International procures hard-to-find metals like titanium, cobalt alloys, copper, brass, and bronze used to manufacture everything from the fan blades of Rolls-Royce airplane engines to implant prosthesis used in spinal fusion surgery. The company has consistently been hiring new positions this past year and is always looking to add more talent to its team. Vested Metals has also expanded its specialty stainless steel bar offerings and added titanium plate to its portfolio as well as machinery such as a waterjet machine and a fully-automated production saw in its recently expanded facility. ABOUT VESTED METALS INTERNATIONAL – Vested Metals was founded in 2014 by Viv Helwig, a Jamaican native who grew up in Palm Bay, Florida and graduated from Flagler College. The fast-growing distribution company is headquartered in St. Augustine, Florida and sources hard-to-find alloys, grades, and sizes for niche applications and markets such as aerospace, medical, automotive, industrial, and power generation. For more information, visit vestedmetals.net

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WELDALOY SPECIALTY FORGINGS PROMOTES WORLD-RENOWNED METALLURGICAL ENGINEER DR. RAMACHANDRA (“DR. RAM”) CANUMALLA TO BE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER WARREN, Mich., Aug. 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -Weldaloy Specialty Forgings, a leading global provider of forgings to the space, aerospace, defense, electronics, oil and gas, and power generation industries, today announced that Dr. Ramachandra Canumalla has been named Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Weldaloy supplies critical forgings for government and private space and aviation programs worldwide and is recognized globally for its expertise in the aerospace industry. Dr. Canumalla, known as “Dr. Ram,” has more than 36 years of metallurgical engineering experience and has published over 90 academic papers and research reports. He is one of the world’s leading metallurgists in the aeronautics industry and was honored as the Metallurgist of the Year in 1997 by the Ministry of Steel and Mines, India. “Dr. Canumalla is a genuinely great man who values the research and the continued discovery and development in metallurgy and material sciences,” said Andrew Smith, Weldaloy’s COO. “His accomplishments, including chief metallurgist at major forge facilities, along with his time working at the raw material mills, gives him a complete perspective starting from the melting of the engineered alloys followed by thermomechanical processing aspects of Ingot to billet conversions and forging of the products, and thus unique ability to support Weldaloy’s customers.” Dr. Canumalla was Vice President of Technology at Weldaloy prior to COVID. His elevation to Vice President and CTO is a result of the growth the company has experienced as it continues to acquire more superalloy forgings.

“I am very excited to be taking up this new position at Weldaloy,” said Dr. Ram. “I believe Weldaloy is uniquely positioned to serve industries requiring specialty forged products in state-of-the-art and advanced materials.” Dr. Canumalla will provide R&D collaboration with Weldaloy’s customers on new parts, processes and challenges, and partner with raw material suppliers to support commercialization of new alloys. “Canumalla’s new role at Weldaloy bolsters our ability to add value to our customers,” said Smith. “His expertise in various titanium and superalloys and other engineered alloys provides unique solutions for our customers to help them overcome challenges in the development of products and processes.” Dr. Canumalla received his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal; a master’s degree in Materials Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and his Ph.D. in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi. Dr. Canumalla had a three-year post-doctoral stint as Guest Scientist at the prestigious Helmhotz Zentrum Berlin (was Hahn-Meitner Institute for Nuclear Research), Berlin, Germany. He was an Exchange Scientist for about three years at the renowned NASA-CSU facilities, Cleveland, OH, USA. About Weldaloy Specialty Forgings Weldaloy is a leading provider forged products and materials to the leading private space initiatives, aerospace, defense, electronics, oil and gas, and power generation industries.

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ITA Welcomes New Members 2021: A.M. Castle & Co +1-800-289-2785 www.castlemetals.com A. M. Castle & Co. (OTCQB:CTAM) is a leading provider of metals, services, and supply chain solutions. Castle Metals’ has been the metals business brand since 1976. We distribute and process alloy, carbon, stainless steel, nickel, aluminum, titanium, cast iron, and red metals. Who We Are Operating in locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia, we work with international OEMs to better serve their multilocation production requirements and delivery needs. We also help the thousands of machine shops that service the OEMs or have their own niche end market. We leverage our long-standing metals expertise and focus on processing and other value-added services to meet the unique requirements of industries such as aerospace, defense, oil and gas, power generation and heavy equipment. What We Do By expanding our capabilities and services, Castle Metals is growing to serve the more complex requirements of customers who are outsourcing non-core functions. Our highly regarded H-A Industries, a state-of-the art heat-treat and bar processing facility, provides an extensive range of thermal treating and finishing services. In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of valueadded processing services for plate, sheet, tubing and bar products from locations throughout our network. Today, Castle Metals is continuing to expand. Our business has grown in Mexico, Europe and Asia through organic growth and Castle continues to make targeted acquisitions.

Alpha Resources LLC +1-269-465-5559 sales@alpharesources.com https://www.alpharesources.com/ Founded in 1978, Alpha Resources, LLC is a global leader in the manufacture and distribution of aftermarket consumables and creation of certified reference materials for use in atomic spectroscopy analysis, and is ISO17034, ISO17025, ISO9001:2015 certified.

AW Bell Pty Ltd. AWBell is a specialist in high-quality metal products made from advanced ferrous and non-ferrous materials. The company operates from its 13,000 square metre production facility in Melbourne, Australia and is an AS9100D accredited supplier of complex metal parts incorporating investment casting, sand casting, rapid prototyping using 3D printing, production machining and tier-one assembly technologies. The company is divided into three principal business units, being AWBell Foundry, AWBell Precision Machining, and also AWBell Machinery for design and building of equipment for the global foundry industry.

ATX Co., Ltd. Tel : +82-70-4652-5000 trade@atx.kr Email www.atx.kr CEO/ President Chai Hee Suk No.2 44Beon-gil,Beonyeong-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan-City, Gyeonggi-do, 15617, S.Korea. Fax : +82-70-4652-5555 Mobile : +82-10-9868-5256 A leading company in the Titanium industry with 30 years of processing technology, will work with you to create the best technology. A leading company in Titanium and Special nonferrous metal industry. 1. A leading company in Titanium and other high alloy industries. We are securing our technological capabilities based on Titanium and Special non-ferrous metal processing and application technology. Based on this, we are doing our best to become a leading company in knowledge-based manufacturing industry. 2. A company that makes its way into the world. We have been recognized by customers based on accumulated technology, stable quality, cost competiness with 30 years of experience. So, We will go beyond the domestic market to the global market. 3. A solid company that contributes to society. We will grow into a company with the best competitiveness, recognized by customers and contributing to society.

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+1- 800.936.0181 http://www.tungstensludge.com/ High Temperature Alloy Recycler & Processor. Contact Us Today & Sell Your Scrap! Top Alloy Recycler. Professional Team. Sell Your Scrap Today. Types: Hastelloy-C, Inconel, Monel, Molybdenum, Zicronium, Tantalum.

Grover Gundrilling +1-800-743-8189 sales@grovergundrilling.com www.groverprecision.com Grover Gundrilling was founded in 1983 by Rupert and Suzanne Grover as a family owned contract gundrilling company in Oxford, Maine. Since the beginning, our focus has been on partnering with our customers to understand their needs and help solve their problems—which is why some of our original customers are still with us over 35 years later. By combining deep technical knowledge with a dedication to serving our customers we have grown from a small shop serving a New England customer base to become a trusted supplier to Medical and Aerospace manufacturing companies throughout the world. Our experienced gundrillers, machinists, and engineering teams have collaborated to refine our proprietary methods to achieve the results our customers require. Products include the most precise tubing in the world offered in 12 ft lengths with internal diameters as small as 0.170” and Total Runout of 0.004”. Improve yields and go from tubing to finished components off of your screw machine or lathe. No more need for secondary gundrilling operations. No mill run of material or long lead times required. Markets served: Medical: We have the proprietary processes and technology to achieve highly precise tolerances in ALL the material types utilized in the Surgical and Implantable Medical Device Industry. Aero & Defense: From tubing and blanks to castings and even highly machined/finished parts, we specialize in producing the critical bore features required by the Aerospace and Defense industries. Power Generation: Decades of experience, a broad range of machinery, and custom, precision-engineered tooling position us as an ideal source for the drilling needs for many of the industry’s most challenging parts.

Harald Phil AB

+46 8 731 56 03 https://www.haraldpihl.com/ HARALD PIHL is a family company with a long history. The company was founded in 1912 and is still today, over 100 years later, managed by the third and fourth generation of the Pihl family. We have been in business for so long that we have established contacts all over the world. Our longstanding experience also guarantees a vast knowledge of metallurgy. When HARALD PIHL was founded in the beginning of the 20th century, the company traded with a wide range of alloys and metals. Today we are more focused on alloys with unique characteristics - alloys that meet very specific demands and can handle extreme environments. Europe’s largest stock of Nickel alloys and Titanium HARALD PIHL stock and trade sheet, plate, strip, bar, wire, tube, pipe and welding material. In our stock you can find Nickel based alloys, heat and corrosion resistant alloys, Titanium and Titanium alloys, Copper alloys and stainless steel among other materials, all in our purposefully built facilities 10 minutes north of Stockholm. Fast deliveries We are well-known for our fast deliveries, regardless in of where in the world you are. An order acknowledged before lunch is sent that same afternoon. Our excellent connection with our forwarders, means that you will have your goods in a few days time, almost as we were next door.

Hitachi Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science is a global company within the Hitachi High-Tech Group. The company is headquartered in Oxford, UK, with R&D and assembly operations in Finland, Germany and China and sales and support operations in a number of countries around the world. Our US office is located in Westford, MA. Our product range includes: • OES analyzers: Our OE750, PMI-MASTER, FOUNDRY-MASTER and TEST-MASTER range of optical emission spectroscopy analyzers are used by industries the world over for highprecision analysis. • Handheld analyzers: The X-MET8000 is used by thousands of businesses to deliver simple, rapid, non-destructive analysis for alloy analysis, scrap metal sorting and metal grade screening using precision XRF technology. Vulcan, powered by LIBS laser technology identifies metal alloys in just one second; hugely benefitting businesses processing high volumes of metal and TITANIUMTODAY

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ITA Welcomes New Members 2021: making Vulcan one of the fastest analyzers in the world. • Microspot XRF coatings analyzers: FT160, FT110A and X-Strata measure coating thickness of single- and multi-layer coatings including alloy layers and are designed to be incorporated into quality control or process control programs, as well as research laboratories. • Versatile Benchtop XRF analyzers: The Lab-X5000 and X-Supreme8000 deliver highly-trusted quality assurance and process control across a diverse range of industries such as petroleum, wood treatment, cement, minerals, mining and plastics. We specialize in high-tech analysis solutions, designed to meet the tough challenges of a rapidly evolving industrial sector. Today, we’re helping thousands of businesses streamline their costs, minimize risk and increase production efficiency. Our range of laboratory-based and robust high-performance in-field testing instruments deliver materials and coatings analysis that adds value throughout the production lifecycle, from raw material exploration to incoming inspection, production and quality control to recycling. Working in close collaboration with our customers, our in-house experts have developed customized testing methodologies for hundreds of industrial applications, delivering simplicity of operation for even the most demanding applications. Transforming the latest technological advances into analysis solutions that drive business success.

Titanium Equipment and Anode Manufacturing Company (TEAM) www.team.co.in TITANIUM EQUIPMENT AND ANODE MANUFACTURING COMPANY PRIVATE LTD popularly known as TEAM commenced its Production from 1977. The company has its credit of bringing many innovative and niche technologies over 43 years and for First time in India, specializes in handling exotic and special metals like Titanium, Nickel, Copper Alloy, Monel, Hastelloy,Copper Alloy and Special SS, Duplex, Super Duplex, Tantalum, Zirconium and Alloy Steels etc. TEAM has equipped itself in the design and fabrication of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, Condensers, Reactor Columns, Special MOC Pumps, Blower, Scrubber, Evaporator, Ultra Filtration Membranes,Skid Package and Custom built catering to Chemical, Petrochemical, Refineries, Fertilizer and Nuclear Power Industries. We are equipped with latest version of Software on Design, Clean Room and an efficient engineering.

US Vanadium LLC +1 501-262-1270 https://usvanadium.com/

MPS Technology MPS TECHNOLOGY SP. Z O.O. is part of the Metpromservis Ltd GROUP – a world leader in the production of FERO-TITANIUM. MPS TECHNOLOGY SP. Z O.O. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018. The company’s modern Headquarters, which was opened in December 2019, was fitted with the world’s most modern installation for the processing of titanium waste. The line was designed and manufactured to the special requirements ordered by the MPS Technology. The implementation was carried out in compliance with all of the rules concerning environmental protection. As a supplier of material to the largest steelworks and foundries, we are obliged to keep the highest standards. The company has implemented a quality management system - ISO 9001 and REACH.

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U.S. Vanadium produces and sells a range of specialty vanadium chemicals, including the highest-purity vanadium pentoxide (“V2O5“) in the world and ultra-high-purity electrolyte for vanadium flow batteries from its flagship facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas USA. The company is comprised of global leaders and investors in specialty chemicals and strategic materials, including in the mining, processing, purification, and sales and distribution of vanadium specialty chemicals. For more information, please go here: https://www.usvanadium.com/.

XLT Baoji Xilltong NongFerrous Metal Production Tel:+86 917 337 2281 Web:www.xlt-china.com Baoji Xilitong Non-Ferrous Metal Production Co., Ltd is mainly produce titanium and titanium alloy material: wire, bar, plate, forgings, ring and flange, fasteners, titanium machining parts, titanium cooper composite material, also we can supply customer customized service and new products design for our customers. We also have titanium and titanium alloy products over 300T in stock with complete specification, including titanium bar, titanium wire, titanium plate, titanium tube, titanium fasteners etc.

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Accushape™ Inc. +1-503-977-9348 www.accushapeinc.com accushapeinc@msn.com Accushape™ has fully integrated facilities for processing Titanium Sponge Granules, with custom screening, particle size and shape modifications, application development, pressing and sintering of parts, machining and metal finishing processes. Accushape™ is a member of the International Titanium Association.

Acnis do Brasil® + 55 15 3225 4044 silvio.ribeiro@acnisdobrasil.com.br www.acnisdobrasil.com.br Acnis do Brasil, founded in 2004, is the largest stockist of titanium, polymers and other special alloys in Brazil. Certified ISO13485 and ISO9001 we supply materials in medical, industrial and aerospace segments, in bars, sheets, tubes, flat bars, hexagonal and square bars, tubes, welding wire, forged parts and 3D printing powder. Acnis do Brasil is part of Acnis International group, located in Chassieu close to Lyon, France.

ACNIS® International +33 (0)4 72 14 55 00 www.acnis-titanium.com contact@acnis-titanium.com Since 1991, ACNIS® International is a leading stockholder and distributor of alloyed and non-alloyed titanium in all forms and sizes. With the acquisition of AEROMETALS & Alloys in 2014 ACNIS® International has strengthened its position in the aerospace field. ACNIS Group provides a unique cutting service in Europe, through its state of-the-art sawing, waterjet, laser and shearing machines. Among our wide product range, we offer bars, sheets, tubes, flat bars, hexagonal and square bars, tubes,welding wire, forged parts and 3D printing powders. We serve our customers from our head office in Lyon, France, but also from our 3 service centers located in Lyon (AEROMETALS & Alloys®), Brazil (ACNIS® Do Brasil) and China (ACNIS® Asia).

ADMA Products, Inc. +1-330-650-4000 www.admaproducts.com ADMA Products Inc. is AS9100 registered fully integrated manufacturer of ADMA Hydrogenated Titanium Powder, ADMATAL® net shape and near net shape powder metallurgy titanium and titanium alloy products. These products, produced by ADMA under its proprietary and patented “solid state” (nonmelt) consolidation processes, meet all critical specifications and standards, including Aerospace Materials Specifications (AMS). Components made from ADMA Hydrogenated Titanium Powder are characterized by high purity, refined microstructures, low oxygen content, excellent “weld-ability”, low energy input, almost 100% “buy to fly ratios”, low cost, and performance that is superior

to those of titanium ingot based products. ADMA additionally specializes in stainless steel, nickel, niobium, zirconium and other advanced materials produced by powder metallurgy processes.

Advanced Metal Industries Cluster Co. Ltd. +966 (12) 610 9057 www.Tasnee.com info@amic.com.sa Advanced Metal Industries Cluster Company, Ltd. (AMIC), HQ in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is an affiliate of Tasnee, one of the largest petrochemical companies in the KSA. AMIC is leading development of a fully integrated titanium value chain in the Middle East. In 2014, AMIC formed a JV with Toho Titanium Co., Ltd., now called Advanced Metal Industries Cluster and Toho Titanium Metal Co., Ltd. (ATTM), to build the first titanium sponge plant in the Middle East. The plant is located adjacent to Tronox’ Yanbu, TiO2 operations where TiCl4 a key sponge feedstock is produced and conveyed via pipeline. AMIC also operates an ilmenite processing plant with initial capacity of 500kMT titanium slag in Jazan, KSA. Building on the titanium sponge plant, AMIC is developing downstream capabilities strategically located in proximity to ATTM and first including melting and forging. AMIC will produce alloy and commercially pure titanium metal products to support the global aerospace, defense and industrial markets.

Advanced Optical Technologies +1-505-313-7068 https://advanced-optical.com contact@advanced-optical.com Advanced Optical Technologies (AOT) offers multi-dimensional micro- and nano-structural material characterization, mapping, and assessment for a more complete understanding of complex materials, devices, and scenarios, and develops custom sensors for defense and commercial customers.

Aerometals & Alloys® + 33 (0) 1 61 03 03 90 contact@aerometals-alloys.com www.aerometals-alloys.com Located close to Lyon, France, Aerometals & Alloys® is a leading stockholder of alloyed and non-alloyed Titanium in all forms and sizes. Additionally we stock bars 15/5PH and 17/4PH for aerospace application. Aerometals & Alloys® provides a unique cutting service in Europe, through its state of-the-art sawing, waterjet and shearing machines. Among our large product range, we offer bars, sheets, tubes, flat bars, hexagonal and square bars, tubes, welding wire, forged parts, 3D printing powders EN 9120 certified. Aerometals & Alloys® is part of Acnis International Group, located in Chassieu, France.

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Akrapovič www.akrapovic-foundry.com +386 1 787 84 04 foundry@akrapovic.com Akrapovič, located at the heart of Europe, is a leader in the manufacturing of premium exhaust systems for premium motorcycles and performance cars. The company is a pioneer in the innovative use of titanium and super-alloys, and is at the forefront of carbon-fiber components. With over 1,200 employees, we sell our products in over 80 countries. Akrapovič has established itself as a one-stop shop provider of titanium solutions. Our team has several decades of experience in titanium technology and we are the only exhaust manufacturer with an in-house titanium foundry. Through our foundry and machining capabilities with state of the art CNC machines, we are able to produce the finest titanium products for industries such as medical technology, food processing, sporting applications, industrial production as well as the automotive industry. Today we offer solutions to many clients from around the world even for the most demanding of applications. We have developed products with complex geometry and have manufactured lightweight components without compromising on the strength of the part. Our near net shape casting technology allows us to reduce the number of hours spent on machining a part and optimizes the use of the material. With high level of precision, we can reach low wall thicknesses, keeping high mechanical properties and excellent material consistencies.

ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH

+49 6181 3070 www.ald-vt.com info@ald.vt.de ALD Vacuum Technologies – High Tech is our Business ALD is a worldwide leading supplier of advanced furnace systems for melting, casting, coating and heat treatment of metals under vacuum. ALD furnaces are used for the production of especially pure and specially alloyed metals, materials and parts. Our customers are comprised of the leading manufacturers of materials used in aerospace, energy, semiconductors, medical and commercial markets for a variety of applications that require those superalloys, reactive and refractory materials as well as rare earth and powder materials. ALD Vacuum Technologies also is the industry leader in EB PVD Thermal Barrier Coating Systems and our Precision Casting Systems are used for super-alloy, Titanium and Ti Aluminide cast parts. Our expertise in heat treatment furnace technologies and sintering furnace technologies are utilized by leading automotive manufacturing companies as well as the tool manufacturing industries for highly critical parts in gear case and fuel injection systems and specialty tools. ALD has worldwide representation and services through wholly owned subsidiaries in North America, Japan, Russia, Mexico,

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India, Thailand, Poland, France and China. With more than 20 representatives across the globe, working together with nearly 400 employees at our corporate headquarters in Hanau, Germany ALD is able to provide timely and knowledgeable services and support. ALD is part of the AMG, Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., Netherlands, a public listed technology company with leading market position and interesting growth potential.

Alloy Works, Inc. 704-645-0511 ext. 118 JWoock@Alloyworks.com Todd.Tomczyk@timet.com AlloyWorks, a TIMET company, specializes in plasma cold hearth melting titanium aluminides, standard titanium alloys, and CP. AlloyWorks products are used to produce parts in aerospace, industrial, and military applications. AlloyWorks is AS9100, ISO 9001 certified and holds approvals from several leading engine companies.

Alloy Metals Company 562-941-1616 www.alloymetalsco.com Moe@alloymetalscompany.com; Steven@alloymetalscompany. com; Anju@alloymetalscompany.com Alloy Metals Company is a full service distribution center with offices located in Southern California, New York and Wichita, KS (opening 2019). AMC specializes in Titanium Bar, Sheet & Plate products. Offering quick turnaround and in-house cut to size parts, AMC is your one stop destination for your Titanium raw material needs. Industries Serviced: Aerospace, Oil & Gas, Nuclear, Medical and Industrial markets. Materials • 6AL-4V • 6AL-4V Eli • 6AL-6V-2SN • 6AL-2SN-4ZR-2MO • 6AL-2SN-4ZR-6MO • 8ALK-1MO-1V • 10V-2FE-3AL • 3AL-2.5V • 15V-3AL-3CR-3SN AMC is AS9100D/ISO9001:2008

Alloys & Elements +1 (323) 570-8914 info@alloysandelements.com www.alloysandelements.com At Alloys & Elements we specialize in the procurement, analysis, and processing of advanced alloys and metal scrap. We source scrap from manufacturing and trading companies worldwide and produce ready to melt packages for major alloy producers. Please go to our website www.alloysandelements.com

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American Prosthetic Components 1-800-772-7508 American Prosthetic Components is a manufacturer of prosthetic components.

americanprostheticcomponents.com

American Titanium Works LLC +1-603-398-3342 American Titanium Works LLC is completing plans to build a new, green-field, integrated, world-class titanium manufacturing facility in the southeast of the United States. ATW is targeting the defense, industrial, commercial, consumer and emerging markets with a range of products and services including alloy and commercially pure titanium plate, bloom, billet, slab, and ingot. Applications for our products will include defense ballistics and general military equipment construction, chemical processing equipment, oil & gas systems, pulp & paper production facilities, medical implants, and a wide and growing range of consumer goods.

AmeriTi Manufacturing Company 1-313-366-5300 www.AmeriTi.com AmeriTi Manufacturing Company is an integrated manufacturer of titanium metallurgical products. The company employs about 180 people, occupies about 12 acres of property, and is located in Detroit, Michigan, USA. AmeriTi processes all types of titanium scrap materials; and is a producer of ferrotitanium by induction melting, various titanium scrap products, titanium metal powder by the hydride-dehydride process, and titanium metal parts. The parts are produced by investment casting and metal injection molding. AmeriTi’s titanium metallurgical products are used by producers of titanium, steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and powder metallurgy. The titanium metal parts are used in firearms, medical instruments, tools, recreation, and a variety of other industries. AmeriTi uses titanium scrap products as its raw material. The recycled materials are purchased from around the world, including all forms of titanium scrap solids from various manufacturing processes, titanium scrap turnings from machining operations, byproducts from mill product producers, various off-grade materials, and titanium sponge. AmeriTi Manufacturing Company is an ISO 9001:2015 registered company with a firm commitment to quality and safety in all parts of the company’s business.

ARIES Manufacturing +1 704-289-8531 www.aries-manufacturing.com ARIES Manufacturing: ARIES Manufacturing, formerly marketed as The Cyril Bath Company and ACB Company, is part of an International corporation known as the ARIES Alliance. This group

of aerospace focused businesses provides innovative metal forming and joining solutions to the aerospace industry. The foundation of its technologies is stretch forming of aluminum alloy sheet for fuselage skins, as well as aluminum and titanium profiles for airframe structure components. The company’s stretch presses are equipped with the latest CNC control systems, designed and developed by its in-house software engineers. Our stretch forming customers include the leaders in commercial and business aircraft manufacturing, in addition to their complete supply chain network. ARIES Manufacturing has developed a very innovative Hot Stretch Forming process, or HSF®, to contour titanium profiles for airframe component applications. This high temperature forming process precisely stretch forms titanium extrusions to the exact part design contour. The hot stretch formed part is then machined and finished into a critical airframe component. This valuable forming process saves starting titanium weight by offering a near net profile solution; contoured in a controlled, repeatable process, with minimal residual stress. In addition, under ARIES Manufacturing, we hot form and superplastic form titanium sheets for applications in nacelle and pylon components. Our facility in Nantes, France operates 12 hot forming/Superplastic Forming presses of varying sizes. Additionally, we can laser or machine trim, spot weld, hot brake form, and perform assembly work. All of our hot presses are designed and built within our corporation businesses. Tel: +1 704289-8531 www.aries-manufacturing.com

ATI +1-412-394-2800 www.ATImetals.com inquiries@ATImetals.com ATI is a global manufacturer of technically advanced specialty materials and complex components. ATI is a market leader in manufacturing differentiated products that require our unique manufacturing and precision machining capabilities as well as our innovative new product development competence. Our capabilities range from alloy development to final production of highly engineered finished components, as well as producing powders and parts for use in next-generation jet engine forgings and 3D-printed aerospace products and finished parts. ATI produces specialty materials such as nickel, cobalt, titanium, exotic alloys and specialty steels. ATI offers our customers a unique supply chain solution that Creates Long-Term Value Thru Relentless Innovation®.

ATX Co., Ltd. We are the specialist in manufacturing and processing with Titanium and special materials. We have 30 years’ experience of processing technology in Titanium industry and Special non-ferrous metals. Our business fields are as below: At first, we produce thin titanium foil directly in Korea and also handle zirconium, nickel and other various special metals. TITANIUMTODAY

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry (Gr.1, Gr.2, F67 Thin Titanium Foil / Thickness : 0.05mm ~ 0.5mm) The second area is advanced-material application, we make the equipment for semiconductor and plating facilities. The third area is chemical and industrial plant equipment, we manufacture chemical storage tank, reactor, pressure vessel and plant equipment. Because we’ve had a good relationship with many material suppliers so we can manufacture equipment with a competitive price and a good quality. We can provide one stop service from materials to equipment using titanium, zirconium and special metals based on customer’s requirements.

Avon Metals Ltd. +44-1452-874500 www.avonmetals.com Avon Metals is a manufacturer of aluminum products and a recycler of specialty metals. We make high purity aluminum pellets/shot for the Titanium Industry. Specialty metals and scraps processed/traded included CP Titanium, 6/4 Titanium, Molybdenum, Zirconium, Tantalum, Vanadium, Chromium. We are buyers/consumers of off grade Vanadium-Aluminum type alloys in lump and powder forms.

BAHCO +1-800-446-7404 www.snapon.com/industrialbrands industrialbrands@snapon.com Bahco’s 3860 Multi Chip Carbide bandsaw blade has been developed specifically for cutting Titanium Alloys. The 3860 Multi Chip Carbide blade improves and optimizes Bandsaw operation with a World leader in Cutting Technology. In the 1980’s Bahco developed and Patented the first “Set Tooth” Carbide Bandsaw blade to provide fast, efficient cutting of exotic alloys and have led the way in this sector ever since. Bahco is a registered trade name of Snap-on Incorporated a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, diagnostics, and equipment, software and service solutions for professional users. Products and services are sold through the company’s franchisee, company-direct, distributor and Internet channels. Founded in 1920, Snap-on is a $2.8 billion, S&P 500 Company headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Our Mission The most valued productivity solutions in the world. Snap-on Incorporated P.O. Box 1410 Kenosha, WI 53141-1410, U.S.A. 262656-5200.

Banner Medical + 1-800-323-9732 www.banner-medical.com dstoettner@banner-medical.com Banner Medical Innovations (BMI) specializes in providing complete singlesource cold finished bar, plate, sheet and supply chain solutions for the medical, dental, and aerospace industries. We carry over 1 million pounds of raw and finished goods inventory to

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service our customers quickly. Our complete offering of stainless, titanium, aluminum, alloy, cobalt chrome and cannulated products coupled with unique value-added services sets BMI apart. Some of these unique value- added services include: • Custom supply chain management solutions • Complete traceability from melt source to finished product • In-house Ultrasonic (UT) Testing • Vendor managed inventory (service) and JIT programs • Line marking • Niton Gun material analysis • Near-net shape machining/Blanking • Precision saw cutting • Waterjet cutting Quality Throughout Each BMI facility is ISO 9001: 2008 certified. Medical production facilities are ISO 13485:2003 certified. Our Carol Stream facility is also AS9100C: 2009 certified

Baoji Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. +86 917 3382 075 www.baoti.com iedept@baoti.com; sunyuwei@baoti.com Baoji Titanium Industry Co., Ltd (Baoti) is the biggest manufacturer of titanium mill products and titanium alloys in China. An integrated production system that includes melting, forging, rolling, drawing and fabricating enables Baoti to manufacture various products such as titanium sponge, ingot, billet, bar, wire, plate, sheet, tubing, forging, casting of all grades of CP titanium and most titanium alloys as well as many down-stream products in accordance with AMS, ASTM, MIL, ASME, ISO, DMS, AWS, JIS specification. These products are widely used in every kind of industry ranging from aerospace and automotive to sports, medical, chemical and petrochemical industries. Baoti is an ISO9001 and NADCAP approved company.

BCS +33 (0) 4 72 21 42 90 contact@bcs-dentalalloys.com www.bcs-dentalalloys.com Since 1988, BCS is a leading stockholder and distributor of alloyed and non-alloyed Titanium, Cobalt Chromium… for medical device Among our wide product range, we offer ingots, bars, dental disc CAD CAM, 3D printing powders for medical device. We serve our customers from our head office in Lyon, France, BCS is part of Acnis International group, located in Chassieu, France.

Beamalloy Technologies, LLC https://beamalloy.net/ Arnold H. Deutchman, Ph.D. (614) 873-4529 x114 adeutchman@beamalloy.net Beamalloy Technologies, LLC specializes in coating precision engineered components made from titanium and any of its alloys to enhance their wear- corrosion-, and fatigue resistance.

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry Beamalloy’s ion beam enhanced deposition (IBED) surface treatments include hard coatings such as Titanium Nitride and Chromium Nitride deposited at temperatures do not exceed 250° F, so there is no danger of distortion of bulk hardness or dimensionality of finished components. IBED coating technology can enable the use of titanium as a base material for a range of applications where customers would like to use titanium, but surface wear properties can pose a limitation.

BHN Special Materials Ltd. www.bhn-materials.com oskar@bhn-materials.com +86 411 8924 9999 ext 8088 BHN special Materials Ltd. is a leading high quality master alloy producer in Dalian, P.R. China. BHN is certified according to EN9100:2018 and ISO 9001:2016. BHN provides the full range of Vanadium, Molybdenum, and Niobium containing binary alloys for the Titanium Industry for aviation, military, and medical application in China and abroad. The expertise of BHN is to supply tailor-made multinary master alloys well designed to simplify the customers’ manufacturing process to improve their competitiveness.

Bodycote +1-310-604-8000 dave.ochar@bodycote.com www.bodycote.com With more than 180 locations in 23 countries, Bodycote is the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services. Thermal processing is a vital part of manufacturing processes and includes a variety of techniques and specialized engineering processes which improve the properties of metals and alloys and extend the life of components for a wide range of industries, including aerospace, defense, automotive, power generation, oil & gas, construction, medical and transportation. Bodycote’s services consist of the following core technologies: heat treatment, metal joining, hot isostatic pressing, and surface technology. Ellison Surface Technologies, an industry leader in engineered surface coating solutions and special processes, is now part of the Bodycote family, creating Bodycote Surface Technology, providing customers with the highest quality and most capable thermal spray and engineered coating surface technology services.

To learn more about BHN, please visit our website at http://www. bhn-materials.com.

Bodycote provides vital post-processing solutions for metal additive manufactured components through its HIP and heat treatment services. To challenge what’s possible needs an exceptional partner, discover the vital difference: www.bodycote. com/aerospace.

BIBUS METALS

Buehler, an ITW Company

+41 44 877 54 11 www.bibusmetals.com info@bibusmetals.com BIBUS METALS Group is 100% Swiss and family owned, and since 1979 a leading distributor and stockholder of Titanium (CP and Titanium alloys) as well as Nickel based alloys in Europe and Asia. BIBUS METALS Group is a supplier for different applications in medical, chemical, aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, power generation industries and offers: Sheets/Plates, Wire/Bars, Tubes/Pipes, Strip/Foil, Welding wire, Screw/Nuts, Profiles The BIBUS METALS Group has Sales Organisations in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and China. The fully integrated Service Centres are located in Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and China to ensure reliable and rapid service for customers worldwide. Where necessary the entities of the Group are certified according ISO 9001 and EN/AS 9120 for aerospace. Quality, flexibility and tailored solutions are of great importance for the whole BIBUS METALS Group. For further information please email to info@bibusmetals.com

www.buehler.com Buehler is a division of Illinois Tool Works (ITW), and is based in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Buehler is a premier manufacturer of scientific equipment and supplies for use in materials analysis with offices in nine countries, sales distribution in over 100 countries, and over 45 Expert Solutions Centers. Buehler was founded in 1936 by Swiss immigrant, Adolph I. Buehler, who saw a need for metallographic sample preparation equipment and optical inspection instruments for the steel and automotive industries in the Midwest USA. Buehler is well established as the world’s leading supplier of materials preparation and hardness testing equipment, consumable supplies. The company innovates products based on customer research. Most recently the company introduced the robust AutoMet semi-automatic programmable grinder / polishers for high throughput environments. The company also manufactures ISO certified hardness reference blocks that help customers meet Nadcap audits. A dedicated team of leading material scientists provide custom application solutions to the aerospace, automotive, medical device and other industries. Buehler’s service team dispatches repair and software technicians and loaner equipment to keep plants running 24/7 throughout the USA. Buehler employees and operations are committed to delivering quality and environmentally responsible products guided by ISO 9001 Quality Management Principles and ISO 14001 Environmental Managements Systems.

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Butech Bliss

Centro-Metalcut

+1-330-337-0000 www.butechbliss.com sales@butech.com

Phone: 815-885-1300 Email: cmsales@quantumdi.com Address: 7550 Quantum Court Caledonia, IL 61011 Centro-Metalcut is an industry innovator in the design and manufacturing of the highest quality cutting and grinding equipment. Centro-Metalcut Abrasive Saws and Conditioning Grinders can accommodate large diameters, a variety of materials including high alloy and specialty steels and can be designed for single or batch-cutting/grinding. From start to finish, CentroMetalcut provides custom design, engineering, fabrication and installation to fit your specific application.

Located in Salem, Ohio, Butech Bliss is home to one of the largest manufacturing facilities in the metals industry. They not only design, manufacture, and repair capital equipment, but Butech Bliss also engineer and field service the processors that roll, forge, melt, flatten, stretch, shear, and extrude many metals. When combined with their 50 plus engineers, 500,000 sq. foot of manufacturing space, 100 plus machining centers, full fabrication and assembly departments, 200 ton crane capacity and a dedicated rail spur, it is clear that Butech Bliss can handle any project. Butech Bliss’s produces many copper components for VAR, ESR, PAM, EBM re-melting equipment; Rolling Mills, Forging, and Extrusion Press upgrades; as well as Coil, Plate, and Sheet processing equipment for all metals. Butech Bliss is comprised of Butech Inc., E.W. Bliss (Bliss-Salem), Loewy Machinery, and Lombard Industries.

Carpenter Technology Corporation 1735 Market Street, 15th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 +1 610-208-2000 www.carpentertechnology.com info@cartech.com Carpenter Technology Corporation is a recognized leader in high-performance specialty alloy-based materials and process solutions for the most critical manufacturing challenges in the aerospace, medical, transportation, energy, defense, industrial, and consumer markets. Founded in 1889, Carpenter Technology has evolved to become a pioneer in premium specialty alloys, including titanium, nickel, and cobalt. Helping customers by transforming their manufacturing and material challenges into innovative, holistic, and scalable solutions, Carpenter Technology continues to revolutionize material solutions to provide our customers a competitive advantage while investing in the future of innovation with material and end-use manufacturing capabilities within additive manufacturing and soft magnetic electrification.

CEFIVAL SA CEFIVAL +33 1 39 37 12 25 www.cefival.fr commercial@cefival.fr CEFIVAL manufacture special sections and tubes with hot extrusion process to obtain near net shape profiles. The engineered shapes are studied and manufactured according to customer’s requirements in a wide range of solid and hollow sections. Our manufacturing process improves the buy to fly ratio. Main grades are titanium, inconel, stainless and carbon steel, super alloys, nickel alloys and other on requirement. Main application fields are aeronautics for aircraft ring engines ( CFM56, GE90, GP7000, CF680, SM146, Gen X) and structural parts (such as seat tracks, floor and wings stiffeners, door hinges…), power generation for nuclear (ia drive rods) and conventional applications, architecture, defense, medical and food industry. Cefival is NADCAP certified.

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CSM-Tech Co., Ltd. 0086-21-58770128 www.nonferrous-metal.com; www.csmhuaxia.com helen@nonferrous-metal.com; csm@nonferrous-metal.com China Huaxia Special Metal Limited is one of the largest manufacturers of titanium, nickel & nickel alloy, stainless steel/ duplex & supper duplex with forms at sheet/plate, seamless tube/ pipe, bar/rod, wire, welded pipe, seamless & welded fitting, flange, valve, clad material etc. With the logo CSM (China Special Metal), we hope to be the best one of special metal manufacturer in China. CSM always treat the quality as our life, CSM invest the quality and future. CSM material have been widely used in oil & gas industry, chemical industry, construction industry, sports industry etc. period here, many big companies in these field have approved CSM material. CSM took the pride in CSM titanium sheet used in 2012 London Olympic Village decoration, CSM has the mission to be the enterprise to improve the position of Chinese titanium products in the international market.

CONUAR S.A. (FAE DIVISION) +54-11-63261300 www.conuar.com.ar fae@conuarfae.com FAE Division of Conuar is an Argentinean producer qualify for supplying hydraulic Ti-3Al-2.5V tubing for A320 family being the first Latin-American company in getting a tier one contract with Airbus. One of its main activities, apart from aerospace, is the manufacturing of seamless commercial pure titanium and titanium alloy tubes, straight or U bend for heat exchangers and instrumentation. The nuclear business is the origin of the company and the Zirconium cladding tubing for the nuclear fuel elements constitutes the main product of the company. It also produces nickel alloys 690 & 800 tubes for nuclear steam generators up to 35 meter lengths. Conuar is certified according to UNE EN 9100: 2016, ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015, OHSAS 18001: 2007

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Consarc Corporation +1-609-267-8000 www.consarc.com sales@consarc.com Consarc Corporation, an Inductotherm Group Company, is a manufacturer of vacuum furnaces for the titanium forging and casting industry. Consarc custom designs and manufactures Reactive Vacuum Arc Remelting (RVAR) furnaces for primary electrode melts of compacted sponge titanium and titanium alloys, and secondary melt furnaces for remelting fully dense electrodes. Consarc also designs and manufactures fully customized Induction Skull Melting (ISM) systems for melting titanium in a refractory free environment for casting or ingot withdrawal. Consarc is ISO 9001 certified, and with operations on 5 continents, is well equipped to tackle fully customized furnace projects globally.

Continental Steel and Tube Company +1-954-332-2290 sales@continentalsteel.com www.continentalsteel.com/Titanium/default.asp Continental Steel and Tube Company is one of the world’s leading value-added volume suppliers of quality metals. With an outstanding global reputation, our team of expert sales associates can supply a comprehensive inventory of metals to meet any application requirements. Continental Steel supplies a wide range of metals including, titanium, stainless steel, nickel, steel, aluminum, hot/cold rolled, galvanized, and stainless and electrical steel in carbon and alloy grades. Our long list of Titanium Grades includes CP4 Gr1, CP3 Gr2, CP2 Gr3, CP1 Gr4, Gr7, Gr5 (6AL-4V), Gr9 (3Al-2.5V), Gr 11, Gr 12, Gr 19 (Beta C) & Grade 23 (6Al-4v ELI). Our materials are available in coil, sheet, plate, tubing, pipe, bar, fittings, angles, squares and other custom shapes. Our pipes and tubing are available in welded, DOM and seamless form. Call us for all Hard-To-Find items.

Coogee Titanium Pty., Ltd www.coogee.com.au Coogee Titanium is a division of Coogee Chemical, a longestablished privately held chemical business headquartered near Perth, Australia. Titanium R&D is based in the Melbourne, Australia area. Coogee has leveraged their chemical engineering expertise to advance a Kroll-like process for the continuous production of titanium and titanium alloy powder to production. A production facility with Gen 4 equipment is being built in Kwinana, Western Australia, Coogee Chemicals’ headquarters and a major operations facility. The production plant will focus on the production of Ti 6-4 low oxygen powder for additive manufacturing, MIM, and other advanced manufacturing applications. Alloy development will remain in Melbourne.

CSIRO Metal Industries Research Program +61 3 9545 8644 https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/MF/Areas/Metals leon.prentice@csiro.au The Metal Industries (MI) Research Program is engaged in applied research across the metal value chain, specialising in novel metal production techniques, interfaces/corrosion, energy systems, metal forming, and additive manufacturing / 3D printing, particularly for Titanium and its alloys. Strong Multiphysics modelling techniques are combined with practical experimentation to understand and develop advanced solutions for Australia and the global industry. MI undertakes independent and collaborative research, and partners with industry and academia around the world. MI also provides consulting services, use of specialized facilities, and additive manufacturing training to Australia’s Manufacturing Industry, including through its ‘Lab22 Additive Manufacturing Innovation Centre’. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s primary national research body, with over 5,000 researchers active over a wide range of fundamental and applied research challenges.

Design Group 253-926-0884 www.bwdesigngroup.com Design Group brings a broad and extensive depth of engineering and operating experience in titanium and other specialty metals to work for you. Design Group professionals have direct industry experience in the titanium industry with process engineering and design, regulatory compliance, industrial automation, process qualification, and systems integration. Our capabilities include all facets of a metals production operation, including sponge production, sponge processing, scrap handling, scrap processing, blending, melting, casting, forging, extrusion, rolling, flattening, machining, finishing, and other metalworking operations. We can help prepare operations to become qualified under the most rigorous quality systems in the aerospace, nuclear, industrial, and medical industries. Design group can provide a wide variety of services including Facility Audits, Feasibility Studies, FEED Studies, and Detailed Engineering for new process and manufacturing facilities, including the integration of your control and data systems for reporting, chronological documentation and MIS reporting. Design Group operates from over 40 global offices in the US and India providing Engineering and IT consulting to the world’s leading companies through the efforts of over 1,400 engineering and technical specialists. Design Group provides professional engineering, architectural and construction management services to metals clients throughout the world. Design Group is uncompromising with respect to quality, confidentiality and safety. We focus on developing long-term client relationships through proven execution. We recognize that requirements frequently change throughout the project life cycle, and adapting to change is a core strength of the firm. Our goal is to provide maximum value for our client’s investment. Design Group provides solutions ranging from conceptual planning of future initiatives, engineering evaluations, augmentation of our client’s engineering staffs and the design and construction of complete manufacturing facilities. We are focused on delivering engineered solutions for the most challenging business needs. TITANIUMTODAY

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Direct Alloys 1-315-724-2876 www.directalloys.com sales@directalloys.com Direct Alloys LLC is AS9120/ISO9001 specialty metals distributor and brokerage. We offer a free online clearinghouse for mills, forgers, fabricators, distributors, and end-users to anonymously list their prime certified excess mill product inventories. Please visit the www.directalloys.com website to view our listings. In addition, Direct Alloys stocks specialty alloy and titanium forging billet in grades such as Waspaloy, 718, 901, 625, X750 and titanium to standard industry specifications.

Duferco SA +41-91-8225600 www.dith.com Duferco SA is the worldwide distributor of the vanadium products manufactured by HBIS Chengsteel. HBIS Chengsteel is an integrated steel and vanadium producer. HBIS Chengsteel vanadium products range include FeV50%, FeV80%, standard and high purity vanadium oxides and vanadium carbide nitride (VCN).

Edge International +1(937) 395-7222 www.edgeintl.com metals@edgeintl.com Edge International, located in Dayton, Ohio, is an ISO 13485-certified stocking distributor of raw materials, specializing in medical grade Cobalt-alloys, Stainless Steels and Titanium for the manufacture of implants and instruments for the orthopaedic, spine and trauma markets. Edge works with its customers to provide cost-effective solutions and concentrates on the medical market to ensure the highest level of compliance, quality and service. Value-added services include precision grinding to size and tight tolerances, precision sawing, non-standard grades and sizes, and just-in-time inventory programs. Edge conducts business internationally, supplying to customers around the globe.

ELG Utica Alloys, Inc. Mailing Address: 239 West Service Road, Hartford, Connecticut 06120 Delivery Address: 233 Weston Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06120 Phone: +1 (860) 522-3123 dashes instead of parenthesis Email: office@elguticaalloys.com Website: http://www.elguticaalloys.com/aboutus ELG Utica Alloys is one of the world’s leading specialists in sourcing, processing, recycling and supplying Titanium, Nickel and Cobalt alloys. Specializing in servicing aerospace, oil and gas, power generation, and engineering. With over 50 years experience, operating under the tightest quality standards, utilizing the latest equipment, offering unparalleled service, while being supported by over 40 sister yards worldwide. ELG

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is providing services to clients, leveraging expertise in materials, while adding significant value to their revert cycle. ELG Utica Alloys is a division of ELG Haniel GmbH. Haniel has over 250 years of experience bringing services and value to customers around the globe. As, world-leading trader and recycler of stainless steel, high-performance alloys and metals, carbon fiber, and prime materials.

Flight Metals, Inc. 800-225-0407 sales@flightmetals.com www.flightmetals.com Flight Metals is your best source for specialty metals and hardto-find requirements. Flight Metals maintains certification to ISO9001:2015 as well as many first-tier aerospace industry approvals. While maintaining an emphasis on Titanium, Flight Metals also stocks Nickel, Cobalt, Aluminum, Stainless and Alloys Steels in various forms including round bar, rectangular and square bar, plate, sheet, tube and wire. We provide value-added processing including cutting, heat treat, grinding, straightening, testing, ultrasonic, to make sure your job gets finished correctly. We are one of the largest distributors of Titanium 6Al-4V Solution Treated and Aged (STA) Condition in flat bar, round, and plate. Flight Metals also maintains inventory of hard-to-find Titanium grades including Titanium 6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo, Titanium 8Al-1Mo1V, Titanium 3Al-2.5V, Titanium 10V-2Fe-3Al, Titanium 6Al-6V2Sn, Titanium 15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al, and Titanium 5Al-2.5Sn.

Forecreu +33 470 644337 www.forecreu.com contact@forecreu.com Extrusion, Rolling & drawing of hollow bars in specialty metals, mainly used in the orthopedics, cutting tools, nuclear, energy and aerospace. HSS, tool steels, titanium alloys, maraging and PH alloys, as well as Hf & Zr alloys.

Fort Wayne Metals +1-260-747-4154 www.fwmetals.com info@fwmetals.com Fort Wayne Metals is a leading manufacturer of precision titanium wire-based products for medical, aerospace, industrial, and consumer markets that are helping make lives better around the world. Driven by a spirit of innovation, we use state-of-theart equipment and advanced drawing techniques that allow us to produce some of the smallest diameter titanium wire on the market. Fort Wayne Metals has worked with titanium for over 20 years and in that time, we have established proprietary processes that allow us to produce material with a surface finish that is among the smoothest in the industry. Commercially pure titanium and titanium alloys are available in straightened and cut bar, coil, strands and cables, flatwire, and wire form. Our titanium products are used in everything from orthopaedic devices to eyeglass frames and aviation springs to

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry fasteners. Fort Wayne Metals is FDA registered and ISO 9001, AS 9100D, and ISO 13485 certified. We’ll continue to push boundaries to find better solutions for our customers. Available diameters: Wire: 0.03 mm [0.001 in] to 1.6 mm [0.06 in] Coil: 1.02 mm [0.04 in] to 12.7 mm [0.5 in] Bar: 2 mm [0.1 in] to 76.2 mm [3 in] Available grades: Commercially pure titanium (ASTM F67 • ASTM B348 • ASTM B863 • ISO 5832-2) Grades 1-4 Alloyed titanium Ti-6Al-4V ELI (ASTM F136 • ASTM B348 • ASTM B863 • ISO 5832-3) Ti-6AI-7Nb

FRIGGI AMERICA +1-519-421-9291 www.friggiamerica.com info@friggiamerica.com FRIGGI AMERICA., provides premium steel, titanium, and aluminum cutting solutions to the North and South American market. With over 70 years experience in the design and manufacturing of machinery, we offer a complete line of horizontal and vertical band saws, and high-speed carbide saws. The horizontal saws range from 18”-80” capacity and for large blocks we offer our Gantry models that will cut up to 140”. Unique with the Gantry is the rotating guides to allow for vertical, and angle cutting while greatly reducing material handling and setup. Perfect for the aerospace industry is our newest addition - the SVC Radius-Vertical Saw. The SVC Radius will strip, cross-cut, as well as do angles and curved radius cuts. The goal is to get as close to near net shape prior to final machining to reduce cost, time, and material handling. Then our complete line of high-speed carbide saws will cut titanium & exotic alloys with industry best cutting rates. The many features we have available offer the client the most flexibility, and versatility available on the market, while reducing costs. Discover the possibilities.

GfE Metalle und Materialien GmbH +49 911 9315 299 www.gfe.com alloys@gfe.com

GfE, founded in 1911 and being part of the AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V., is a leading manufacturer and global supplier of high-performance metals and materials with about 600 employees at three production sites in Germany and North America. We offer a wide range of high-quality alloys that meet the highest technical requirements for different specialized sectors, mainly aerospace, super alloy industry and shipbuilding. Furthermore, titanium as high-purity HDH powder is produced by

GfE for thermal spray coatings. Its specific characteristics offer an advantageous material for porous layers on medical implants. Our product spectrum is completed by inter-metallic Titanium Aluminum light weight alloys, known as gamma Titanium Aluminide alloys. Its present applications include low pressure turbine blades (LPT) for civil aircraft engines, turbocharger wheels for the automotive industry as well as spherical powder made from Ti and TiAl alloys for additive manufacturing. GfE is certificated in accordance to ISO 9001, EN 9100, ISO 14001, ISO 50001 as well as ISO 45001 and operates an accredited laboratory according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025.

Goldman Titanium, Inc. 716.823.9900 www.goldmanti.com info@goldmanti.com Goldman Titanium, Inc. purchases and processes scrap titanium in order to supply the highest quality finished product to our customers. As a pioneer in the titanium industry, our company was first established in 1958, and we have continuously expanded our business over the years. Titanium is the only metal we handle, making us experts in our field. Goldman Titanium’s Quality Management System is certified to AS9100D with ISO 9001:2015, complying with the rigorous requirements of the aerospace and defense industries. Our company‘s products have been approved by major U.S., European, and Asian melters, as well as by master alloy producers, steel and stainless steel producers, and ferro titanium producers.

Grandis Titanium +1-949-459-2621 www.grandis.com titanium@grandis.com GRANDIS TITANUM is an ISO 9001:2008 certified worldwide supplier of titanium products like Titanium Bars, Sheets, Plates and Wire for the Industrial, chemical and Additive Manufacturing / 3-D printing industries. Company maintains warehouses in Los Angeles and Rotterdam, and USA sales offices in California, Ohio and Oregon. We also have sales offices in South Korea, China, Russia, Belgium and Italy.

Hempel Special Metals AG +41 44 823 88 24 www.hempel-metals.com info@hempel-metals.com Hempel Special Metals Group is distributor for Titanium, Nickel Alloy and Zirconium from stock. Our companies with Service Centers are located in Switzerland, Germany, UK, Poland and Hong Kong/China and sales representatives in Italy, and Ireland. We have competence centers for the chemical process, the oil & gas, the aerospace, the medical and the watch industry. Beside all standard titanium grades, we stock special grades (Grade 4, 5, 5-ELI, 7, 9) in bars, sheet/plates and tubes. Our services include individual TITANIUMTODAY

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry stocking, cutting, sawing, plasma, laser- and water jet cutting, individual bar marking and machining. We supply material tailor made and in packages for special projects. On our Metal Exchange Econoxx.com you can buy and sell titanium a.o. material. Our Service Centers are qualified according to ISO 9001; EN 9100/9120 and ISO 13485.

Hetran-B Inc +1-570-366-1411 https://www.hetranb.com/ Hetran-B is a pioneer and leader in providing technology and precision machines for the metal processing and finishing businesses.

Hi Tech Alloys, Inc. +1-925-937-3836 Incorporated in 1982

Hogue Metallography Services Include: • Metallographic Services • Sample Preparation - metals and non-metals • Documentation - macro and micro • Interpretation of Microstructures and metallographic • Failure Analysis • Industrial Problem Solving • Litigation • Laboratory Design • Equipment selection • Selection of optimum consumables • Layout Consulting may be performed on site, in the field, or at my laboratory. Training Courses Offered.

HORIE Corporation +81-256-66-2237 www.horie.co.jp a-tanabe@horie.co.jp Horie Corporation is the world leader at surface engineering of Titanium such as precision coloring, etching, grain controlling and the solution provider to complex titanium fabrications. Horie has developed its original titanium technology using Horie’s electro-chemical technology and surface treatment technology. Our titanium knowledge provides our customers with unequaled solutions in titanium. Horie will continue to develop many new products and search the unlimited possibilities and beauty of titanium.

Howmet Aerospace www.howmet.com Nick Moga, 330-207-1374 Howmet Aerospace, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

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is a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. The Company’s primary businesses focus on jet engine components, aerospace fastening systems and titanium structural parts necessary for mission-critical performance and efficiency in aerospace and defense applications, as well as forged wheels for commercial transportation. Howmet Aerospace is transforming the next phase of more fuel-efficient, quieter aerospace engines and sustainable ground transportation. The Company’s businesses reported annual revenue of over $7 billion in 2019. For more information, visit www.howmet.com. Follow @howmet: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Independent Forgings and Alloys Ltd +44-114-234-3000 www.independentforgings.com sales@independentforgings.com IFA is a premium supplier of high integrity titanium forged products to quality markets globally. Our specialist forgings include seamless rolled-rings, forged discs, forged shafts and forged bars which are used as the near net shape raw material for subsequent finish machining to a wide range of components. We have created a fully integrated metals service centre which has grown to be a leading provider of quality open-die forgings used for safety critical components to operate in severe service conditions. We participate in the high technology markets of Aerospace, Energy, Oil and Gas and Power Generation (including Nuclear) and high-end Advanced Engineering. Our flexibility and scale of operations means that we can provide both highly specialised “one-off” forgings as well as volume production and meet customer deadlines for delivery. Hirework, or toll forging, of customer owned material is also offered. Located in Sheffield, UK for over 250 years, our plant is an ISO 9001, AS 9100 D, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, Lloyds Register of Shipping & NADCAP Metals Manufacturing, Heat Treatment, Testing and Inspection accredited facility, ensuring we meet exacting customer quality expectations. We firmly believe that “forging partnerships” between IFA and our clients is vital for the 21st century and its demands.

Inductotherm Corp. +609-267-9000 www.inductotherm.com sales@inductotherm.com President: Bernard Raffner Director - Technical: Bert Armstrong Capital Sales: Yogesh Trivedi PRODUCTS and SERVICES - Inductotherm manufactures a complete line of induction heating and boosting systems for titanium slabs, billets, blooms, bars and rods prior to rolling. Other products include vacuum induction melting, holding, pouring, heating and coating equipment for thermal applications in air or controlled atmospheres for the metals industry. Coreless and channel furnaces with capabilities up to 500 tons; power supplies up to 42,000 kW; automated pouring systems with vision control; computer controls and charge handling systems.

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Industrial Metals International Ltd.

Jiangsu Hongbao Group Co., Ltd

+1-631-981-2300 www.industrialmetals.com

+86-512-58715276 www.hongbao.com export@hongbao.com

IML is a supplier of bar, sheet, tube, wire, rings and forgings in aluminum, titanium, nickel stainless steel, alloy and bronze products. In business for over 40 years, IML is approved by companies such as Rolls Royce, Boeing, Airbus, UTAS, GE, and Pratt and Whitney. Located near JFK Airport in NY, IML is able to offer same day shipping to countries worldwide with no minimum order charge for stock items.

INTECO melting and casting technologies GmbH +43-3862-53110-0 www.inteco.at inteco.austria@inteco.at INTECO is a privately owned Austrian engineering and consulting company founded in 1973 being specialized in metallurgical process technology and the related equipment for melting, refining, casting, atomization and solidification of highperformance steels, super-alloys and titanium. INTECO is able to design and supply single units as well as whole production plants for the metallurgical industry including the know how transfer for superior product quality. With more than 15 years of experience as a premium supplier to the titanium industry, project and technology consulting for entire titanium production lines, titanium VAR and skull melting furnaces as well as customized production and process management systems can be offered.

Invera +1-610-325-0124 www.invera.com peterd@invera.com Invera is the leading supplier of ERP software for the metal distribution industry. Our STRATIX software provides advanced functions for sales, inventory control, production, shipping and outside processing of specialty metals. Metal Specifications, Mill Test Certs and third party certificates can be controlled within STRATIX and as required emailed to customers upon shipment. Full product traceablity enables companies to have complete control and accountability of all material purchased, processed and shipped to customers. Invera also provides INVEX for eCommerce and Customer Web Service options over the internet. Coupled with the INVEXCRM applications companies can optimize the sales process by recording quotes, activities and tasks. STRATIX-ONE a Decision Support & Management Dashboard provides executives and managers with real time sales, operations and financial information.

Titanium Pipes & Tube Manufacture—Jiangsu Hongbao Goup Co., Ltd Jiangsu Hongbao Group Co., Ltd (Jiangsu Hongbao High-precise Pipe & Tube Co., Ltd) is located in Zhangjiagang City in P. R. China. In 1993, Hongbao set up the titanium products factory for sponge melting and seamless tubes production, who can be considered as the pioneer in China in this area. For more than 25 years’ growth and supported by professional technical team and facilities. Hongbao now is specialized in developing and manufacturing Titanium and Titanium alloy ingot, Titanium and Titanium alloy seamless tubes, copper alloy tubes and high-strength oil well tubes, which have been widely used as key components for seawater desalination, salt making, soda ash, PTA, petrochemical oil wells and warship equipment etc. Hongbao has passed the quality and management system certifications, such as ISO 9001, IATF16949, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, Lawrence Certification and Norwegian DNV Factory Certification etc. The products are exported to the countries and regions worldwide, such as U.S.A. Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Eastern Asian etc. With the stable quality, timely supply, suitable price and fine service, Hongbao receives unanimous praise from our customers.

John Cockerill +1-330-332-4661 www.johncockerill.com Industry.americas@johncockerill.com John Cockerill designs, integrates, modernizes and maintains equipment for industries like energy, defense, metals, environment, and transport and industry in general. Present on all five continents, John Cockerill numbers more than 5,500 experienced employees who combine technological expertise and the management of international projects. As such, John Cockerill has supplied innovative heat treatment technologies, combining field proven reliability and cutting edge technology for every application since 1923. Grounded on the experience of well-known brands like Electric Furnace Company (EFCO) and French ATI Furnace, John Cockerill provides heat treatment products to process a wide range of materials in a multitude of sizes, shapes and thermal cycles. Based on its great historical knowledge and evidenced by numerous worldwide references, heat treatment products supplied by John Cockerill comply with local, national and international safety and quality standards, including: NFPA 86; NEC (NFPA 70); UL508a; AMS 2750; NADCAP.

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KASTO, Inc. 1-724-325-5600 www.kasto.com sales@us.kasto.com

major applications is surface conditioning of titanium oxides and forming lubricant removal. Surface conditioning prior to pickling and chemical milling promotes uniform surfaces and metal removal. Processes to remove vitreous lubricants and molybdenum disulfide are available.

KASTO, Inc is the world’s only COMPLETE supplier of Metal Cutting Machinery offering all available Metal Sawing methods. These include Band Saws, Plate & Block Saws, Cold Circular Saws & Hacksaws. Customers benefit from un-biased recommendations about which Metal-Cutting Equipment is best for their application. We also offer complete Storage and Retrieval Systems!

Kolene designs both process equipment and process chemicals to provide single-source cleaning systems.

Keywell Metals, LLC

Kymera International

www.Keywell.com TEL : +1-412-326 2852 Germ. : +49-179-931 3440 E-Mail: dorlov@keywell.com Keywell Metals, LLC is the industry leader in specialty steel recycling and a worldwide purchaser, processor and seller of titanium scrap metal for ingot formulation, alloy additions and ferro-titanium production. In addition to the complete range of processing capabilities, Keywell Metals, LLC operates the largest and most modern fully equipped on site analytical laboratory in the scrap metal industry. Every product shipped from Keywell Metals, LLC is fully certified and guaranteed to meet Customer Specification.

Kings Mountain International (KMI) +1-704-739-4227 www.kmiinc.net sales@kmiinc.net Kings Mountain International (KMI) is an ISO9001:2015 / AS9100D certified precision grinding company. KMI processing includes: • Flat / Tapered / Contoured precision thickness machining • Tolerances to +/-.001” (.0005” upon request) • Sizes up to 110” x 360: larger sizes upon request • Weight control for Aerospace applications • Thin sheet grinding to .010” • Surface Finishes from 250 RMS to 12 RMS and finer • Polishing of sheet and plate to #3,#4 or #8 mirror. Nondirectional also available Benefits: • State of the art measurement instrumentations • Experience with all types of metals • Plate / Sheets arrive clean, damage free and ready for fabrication Industries we serve: • Aerospace / Defense/ Energy / Commercial Aircraft / Architecture

Kolene Corporation +1-313-273-9220 www.kolene.com Kolene specializes in designing and developing metal cleaning processes utilizing fused or molten inorganic salts. One of our

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Kolene Corporation was founded in 1939 in Detroit by John Shoemaker. It continues today as a privately held company with 3rd and 4th generation Shoemakers active in the business.

+1-610-693-5822 https://www.kymerainternational.com/ mike.wilkes@kymerainternational.com Kymera Reading Alloys is one of the world’s premier manufacturers of high-quality master alloys and titanium powders . Our products are approved for use in critical aerospace and medical applications that require the most stringent quality requirements and demand the highest purity . MASTER ALLOYS Reading Alloys produces a wide variety of master alloys comprised of vanadium, molybdenum, niobium, chrome, and aluminum among other elements . Critical applications include: • Rotor grade titanium • Aerospace and non-aerospace grade titanium • Vapor phase aluminizing (VPA) • Commercial metals • Super alloy metals applications HIGH PURITY TITANIUM POWDERS Reading Alloys manufactures high purity hydride-dehydride (HDH) titanium powders: • Thermal Spray/Medical Powders - Ti sponge, Cp Ti, and Ti 6Al/4V • Ti powders for Powder Metallurgy (P/M) applications • Ti powders for sputtering targets • Advanced Coating Alloys Al/Cr, Al/Co, CODEP ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT APPLICATIONS Our medical grade titanium coating powders offer major advantages in orthopedic implant applications. • Blocky and angular, spongey, or equiaxed morphology to promote osseointegration • Custom particle sizes • Conformance to ASTM F67 and F1580 In addition, a series of gas-atomized specialty powders for hard-facing, brazing, and thermal sprays further compliment the product offerings. ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES Reading Alloys is known for its superior expertise in the following processes: Aluminothermic smelting, Induction melting, Vacuum sintering, Toll melting, Cold isostatic press (CIP) and Hydride/ dehydride (HDH). Our quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100C and we have a fully accredited lab that is NADCAP certified.

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry Reading Alloys, AMETEK SMP Eighty Four, Fine Tubes, Superior Tube, Hamilton Precision Metals and AMETEK SMP Wallingford – all leading manufacturers of advanced metallurgical products, such as powder, strip and tube – form the AMETEK Specialty Metal Products division.

LCMA has the ability to fulfil (spelling) almost all needs of its International customers and is continuously adapting to market changes.

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+1-800-219-9095 www.labtesting.com sales@labtesting.com Laboratory Testing Inc. (LTI) is a leading Nadcap and A2LA ISO/ IEC 17025 accredited, independent material testing laboratory specializing in metals testing for input materials, prototypes and finished products. We offer complete lines of destructive and nondestructive testing services, including chemistry, high- and low-cycle fatigue, fracture toughness, fatigue crack growth, tensile, ultrasonic, and much more. Our Machine Shop prepares all specimens and samples for testing, and runs on two work shifts for reliable, fast turnaround. Specimens are also prepared to order for customers who do their own testing. LTI was founded in 1984 and is one of the largest full-service testing laboratories in the USA with a team of over 190 employees that includes engineers, chemists and other technical experts. Our 144,000 sq. ft. facility near Philadelphia, PA services the aerospace, power generation, medical, transportation and other industries and is fully capable of handling and testing materials of all shapes, sizes and quantities.

Our wish is for YOU to be able to benefit from our experience. We look forward to serve with our products and knowledge.

+43-316-890-368 www.ll-resources.com Marc.gutschy@ll-resources.com LL-resources is an independent, global mineral resource commodity management, trading and consulting establishment. We are running our own productions for Ferro Titanium, both in Sweden as well as in Russia. We offer our partners the total value chain solution (ore body to market) by maximizing value and minimizing risks. By firmly applying to our corporate governance, high quality standards and procedures & responsibility scheme we are in the position to guarantee professionalism, innovativeness and top quality to our diverse pool of small and midsized corporations as well as global players.

Lomon Billions + 86-391-3126903 www.lomonbillions.global Our company has been manufacturing titanium dioxide for 30 years and we recognize that it is important to continuously improve our knowledge, processes and manufacturing expertise – delivering technical excellence is our objective.

LTI is compliant with ASME NQA-1, ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 and is on the approved supplier list of hundreds of prime contractors, industry agencies and customers. Testing is performed to ASTM standards and industry specifications.

We understand that it is critical to fully support our customers technically. We also believe that it is important to improve current products and develop new ones so that we can be sure that we are meeting our customers’ needs – now and in the future.

In June 2017, LTI purchased the FTA brand of non-linear fracture toughness and fatigue crack growth testing software systems. A year later, LTI acquired TAC Technical Instrument Corp. (TACTIC), a company that develops and sells immersion ultrasonic inspection systems and accessories. A new cutting-edge NDT facility was opened in August 2020 which houses nine TACTIC ultrasonic testing systems and two hydrostatic testing lines.

That is why we have invested for the future by building a 12,000 m2 purpose built technology center, which was opened in 2014. We have installed state-of-the-art analytical and application testing equipment and our team of technical experts are there to support, and work hand-in-hand with, our customers.

Call us or visit www.labtesting.com for a fast quote.

Lomon Billions manufactures and operates to international standards and it fully conforms to, and is certified with, ISO 9001:2008.

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LOTERIOS S.p.A.

+ 352 26 55 43-1 www.lcma.lu Mr. Otis Claeys – CEO: claeys@lcma.lu

+39-02-9648281 www.loterios.com

LCMA is since very long an established partner on the international market for for semi-finished products in C.P. titanium and titanium alloys for aeronautical, medical, industrial and petro-chemical applications. We have acquired the know-how, skills and competences (spelling) and are well informed about the needs, different standards and specifications. The close cooperation with other entities of our Group makes us cover almost the entire product portfolio for all sectors.

LOTERIOS is a leading fabricator of titanium pipe, fittings, shell and tube heat exchangers and vessels as required.

Makino +1513-573-7200 www.makino.com Makino understands the aerospace industry has unique machining needs in the production of complex precision aerospace parts. Makino has the machines, processes, and engineering solutions TITANIUMTODAY

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry that allow large OEMs, tier-one and tier-two suppliers, and job shops to produce accurate structural and turbo machinery parts faster, with less variability at the lowest cost.

Scrap, it will either be used in our Ferro titanium production or recycled back to the metal industry.

The Makino T-Series was designed specifically for the challenges of titanium machining. The T-Series 5-axis machining centers are unique in the industry with key technologies to support longer tool life when cutting titanium. A high-torque spindle, highly rigid machine structure and unique active damping system reduce cutting vibrations and assure stable machining during heavy roughing operations, The T’s large work piece envelope and unique 5-axis kinematic design create unique ideal five sided access for high speed machining of large aluminum and titanium components.

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Makino machining centers dramatically reduce costs by minimizing cut time, and changeover time. Our automated cells employ stateof-the-art pallet handling and storage systems that enable you to efficiently produce parts around the clock. Contact us today! 513573-7200

+1-724-888-2172 www.MetConLLC.net

Medart, Inc. and MPT +1-724-752-2900 www.medartglobal.com sales@medartglobal.com

+33680562848 alain.honnart@metalvalue.eu METALVALUE provides strategic consulting services, R&D programs and invests into selected industrial companies.

MetCon, LLC MetCon provides conditioning and finishing services for both intermediate and finished products, including bloom, billet, bar, plate, sheet, and machined or fabricated components employing a patented “Green” electrochemical technology. Product yields and costs are dramatically improved when compared to conventional processing. The technology can also provide alpha case removal, precise gauge removal, and ultra-bright micropolishing. MetCon is based in Monaca, PA, 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

MPT is a world class bar and wire finishing service provider with capabilities to handle special metals for peeling, turning, straightening, grinding, and coil to bar processing. MPT will work with our customers to develop best practices for new materials if they require these services. Other services we can provide include Non-destructive testing, and bar chamfering. We work hard to get the materials back to the customer in a timely manner and we work to the tightest specifications in the industry with our ground bar meeting H6, H7 or H8 tolerances depending on the customer requirements. No job is too large or small.

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Medart designs and manufactures centerless bar peelers, coil to coil peelers, coil to bar peelers, straighteners, fastener wire payoff systems, take up systems, plane straighteners and engineered material handling equipment. Purpose built processing equipment for the titanium industry.

Supplying all grades of FeTi 70 % and sourcing titanium scrap and low grade sponge for our ferro titanium production.

Mega Metals, Inc. +1-602-258-6677 www.megamtls.com Mega Metals LLC., is a globally recognized high quality processor of Titanium Turnings and Solids. We are certified by major mills and casting houses for prepared aerospace grade material. Our philosophy is to unite the highest quality in customer service with the highest quality of our materials, in order to serve the expanding international demands of the metals recycling industry.

Metals & Alloys UK Ltd +44-(0) 114 354 0117 www.metalsandalloys.co.uk Aaron James: aj@ferroti.com We are a trusted manufacturer of Ferro titanium and supplier of Titanium scrap and Noble alloys. Specializing in Titanium, we buy and sell all grades of Titanium scrap. All incoming scrap is sorted and prepared at our UK facilities. Depending on the quality of the

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+32 56 234400 www.metraco.be Metraco is a ferro alloys and non-ferrous metal trading group of companies established in 1993 with offices in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Specialised in ferro titanium, titanium sponge, manganese metal and noble alloys.

Supplying steel grade sponge directly to steel mills and master alloy producers worldwide. We are always in the market for sourcing titanium scrap (both turnings and solids in most grades).

Mid-West Machine +1-205-663-0732 www.vulcangroup.com sales@vulcangroup.com Mid-West Machine™ provides metal conditioning equipment and systems for the Steel and Titanium industries. This includes both bonded wheel and coated abrasive belt grinders. We offer Traveling, Stationary, Gantry, Overhead, and Ingot End Grinders as well as material handling equipment for processing slabs, billets and rounds through the grinders.

Monico Alloys +1-310-928-0168 www.monicoalloys.com info@monicoalloys.com Monico Alloys specializes in the processing of titanium scrap in the

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry form of solids and turnings. Monico is a Global Mill processor for Titanium Scrap metal ISO 9001:2008 and approved by every major titanium melter. Monico Alloys prepares bulk-weldable solids, feedstock, cobbles, and turnings to rotor quality specifications. Monico Alloys remains the industry leader by utilizing only the latest scrap processing technology. Monico Alloys offers a wide variety of Titanium Alloy inventory which includes CP, 6-4, 6-2-42, 6-6-2, 3-2.5, and others.

Multi-Etch LLC +1-928-634-5307 www.multietch.com info@multietch.com Multi-Etch is a low-acid (pH 6.8), far safer etchant for titanium and other metals, with a less toxic waste stream, when compared with hydrofluoric and nitric acids. Preparing titanium with MultiEtch enables anodizers to produce brilliant colors and welders to achieve solid welds. Multi-Etch is also used to brighten titanium mill products and tumbled titanium parts, and to erase anodizing mistakes. Industries regularly using Multi-Etch include aerospace, medical, dental, bicycles, knives, jewelry and other arts, marine, architectural, and industrial.

NEOTISS +33 1 70 98 30 05 www.neotiss.com contact.fra@neotiss.com NEOTISS is leader in the manufacturing of titanium and stainless steel thin welded tubes serving all demanding industry markets from power generation to desalination, process, automotive and more. Our products include not only bare, straight tubes but enhanced surface tubes, such as low fin, helix and corrugated tubes as well as u-bent tubes for special applications. The highest level of quality and safety in the market is guaranteed by stringent control procedures and unchallenged technical experience. The best testimony of product quality is the long list of references, worldwide. Our R&D teams develop ambitious innovation and research programs to enhance the performance of the tubes in the toughest environments. We have high manufacturing capacities, with production mills on three continents, Asia, North America and Europe, (namely in China, France, India, South-Korea, the USA) as well as a secured access to superior quality titanium strip.

NF&M International www.nfm-titanium.com NF&M International, Inc., subsidiary of VSMPO-Tirus US, is a producer of premium quality triple melted and standard grade titanium bar and billet products for the aerospace market and manufacturer of small-diameter precision tolerance bar and seam free coil products for aerospace fastener, automotive and medical applications. NF&M also provides a wide range of conversion services, including intermediate grinding and finishing of bar/billet, heat treating, straightening, bar peeling, bar polishing, pickling and inspection. NF&M’s Nadcap approved laboratory performs room temperature tensile, hardness, hydrogen analysis and micro/ macrostructure evaluation.

NobelClad +1-303-604-3942 www.nobelclad.com NobelClad is the world leader in the field of explosion welding. We have more than half a century of expertise, and we are the one company with the most global resources and infrastructure committed to clad, offering bi-metallic solutions for complex industrial markets, including oil and gas, chemical, and transportation. We work with global partners across the supply chain not only to deliver the highest-quality, most cost-efficient clad materials on time, but to inform and help develop project specifications from the onset. Our design ingenuity, technical proficiency, and unparalleled dependability make us an invaluable resource for process architects, engineers and fabricators alike. That’s why our clad materials are the preferred specification for high-stakes industrial infrastructure applications all over the world. Specialties: Explosion Welded Clad, Longitudinally Welded Pipe, Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Structural Transition Joints, Electrical Transition Joints, Cryogenic Transition Joints, Flat Plates & Cylinders, Heads, Tube Sheets.

Norsk Titanium U.S. Customers: +1-518-324-4010 European Customers: +47 97 42 22 00 www.norsktitanium.com U.S Inquiries: info@norsktitanium.com European Inquiries: post@norsktitanium.no Norsk Titanium is the world’s pioneering supplier of aerospacegrade, additive manufactured, structural titanium components. The company is distinguished in the aviation industry by its patented Rapid Plasma Deposition™ (RPD™) process that transforms titanium wire into complex components suitable for structural and safety-critical applications. Norsk Titanium is a tier-1 supplier to commercial airframe and engine OEMs, and is committed to cost-reducing aerostructures and jet engines for the world’s premier aerospace manufacturers. RPD™ is the world’s first FAA-approved, 3D-printed, structural titanium, delivering substantial lead-time and cost savings for aerospace, defense, oil and gas, and commercial customers.

North American Alloys +1-800-985-2250 www.northamericanalloys.com info@northamericanalloys.com Now celebrating our 37th year in business, North American Alloys brokers titanium alloy scrap for recycling and warehouses stocks of new and surplus lots of titanium mill products. North American Alloys warehouse in Kennewick, WA handles titanium sheet, plate, bar, billet and tubing. Please visit our website at www.northamericanalloys.com to view our current inventory of titanium products. North American Alloys is always seeking new sources of excess inventory materials in titanium, cobalt or nickel alloys and specialty metals such as tantalum, columbium, zirconium and beryllium. Contacts: Scott Shulimson, President, Steve Meredith, Consultant Peter Rockefeller, Warehouse Manager TITANIUMTODAY

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NSL Analytical Services, Inc. +1-216-438-5200 www.nslanalytical.com mgorris@nslanalytical.com Since 1945, NSL Analytical Services, Inc. (NSL) has been a recognized as a leader in the Independent Commercial Testing Laboratory market. We are proud of the hard work and dedication paid to serving our customer’s needs that’s led to success in this demanding industry. Customers appreciate the Trust, Technology and Turnaround we provide. NSL provides material testing and product evaluations to customer with industrial, transportation, life sciences, technology, and consumer applications. Capabilities include inorganic / organic chemistry, physical, mechanical, and metallurgical testing including remote access to our SEM/EDS. NSL maintains ISO/IEC 17025, Nadcap, NQA-1, US-CPSC, and numerous customer quality approvals. Our chemists, metallurgists, quality and business development staff keep informed on the needs of the industries we serve through active participation in professional organizations – participating in the creation and review of test methods and standards. In recent years, NSL’s dedication has led to becoming a leader in the advancement of testing within the additive manufacturing industry. Call or visit us on-line to find out how we can help!

Nu-Tech Precision Metals +1-613-623-6544 www.nutechpm.com shook@nutechpm.com Nu-Tech Precision Metals manufactures by hot extrusion seamless pipe, tube, fittings, bar, rod and shapes for nuclear, aerospace, military, medical, offshore, mining, chemical, sub-sea and corrosive environments. Extruded shapes, especially those for the aerospace industry in 6Al-4V, fit within a 12” (300 mm) circle size. Our extrusion process creates a near-net shape that reduces material and machining costs overall. Our ability to alphabeta process results in improved fatigue resistance over beta extrusions…contact us to learn more about how this process will benefit your extrusion requirements. Seamless pipe from 1.5” (40 mm) to 14” (350 mm) plus specialty sizes and wall thickness. In-house finishing options including OD grinding or machining, ID honing or boring, hot straightening, pickling, non-destructive testing and electron beam additive manufacturing and welding are a few of the services we offer.

Oerlikon Metco (US) Inc. https://www.oerlikon.com Oerlikon Metco is a global leader in surface engineering solutions that bring benefits to customers through a uniquely broad range of surface technologies, equipment, materials, services, specialized machining services and components. The surface technologies such as Thermal Spray and Laser Cladding improve the performance and increase efficiency and reliability. Oerlikon Metco provides a comprehensive manufacturing, distribution and

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service network, catering to aviation, medical, power generation, automotive and other strategic growth industries such as additive manufacturing and operates a dynamically growing network of more than 50 sites in EMEA, Americas and Asia Pacific.

OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd. +81 3 5776 3103 www.osaka-ti.co.jp OSAKA Titanium technologies Co., Ltd. manufactures premium quality titanium sponge mainly for aerospace use, high-purity titanium billet for semiconductor industry, titanium powder for powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing, and other titanium-silicon related products.

Paris Saint-Denis Aero http://www.psdaero.com PSD AERO is one of the main supplier for raw materials products of key players in the aviation sector (for example AIRBUS, SAFRAN, AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, DASSAULT AVIATION, etc). Our Quality Management System meets the IAQG’s series requirements. Our stock at your disposal is the biggest Aerospace metallic stock in the world. With our experience and rigor acquired during the last few decades, the company consists of 130 staff members that have enabled us to increase our turnover 10 times in 10 years. We are providing solutions in cutting optimization (conventional saws but also waterjet). Description of our waterjet capabilities: • Size up to 12 000 x 3 000 mm • Waterjet Pressure up to 6000 bars • Mono et Multi cutting heads • Part up to 10 tons

PCC Metals Group http://www.pccmetalsgroup.com The PCC Metals Group brings together TIMET, a vertically integrated titanium supplier; and Special Metals, a leader in nickel alloy development. With over 200 years of collective experience, each organization is an R&D leader in their respective industries. The PCC Metals Group unites the unique capabilities of each company, leverages their strong metallurgical expertise, and is able to better serve customers in the specialty metals market.

PCC Revert Group https://www.specialmetals.com/ divisions/pcc-revert.html The PCC Revert Group combines the assets of Caledonian Alloys and SOS Metals, and is the world leader in the management of nickel and cobalt base superalloy and titanium alloy recycling for the aerospace, land-based turbine, and chemical industries. The company transforms revert into material ready for remelitng to produce new nickel, cobalt, or titanium alloys. The Revert Group

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry provides customers with a range of tailored revert management services designed to enable them to optimize the use and value of their own revert material. Accredited with all major vacuum and high temperature melters worldwide, Caledonian Alloys and SOS Metals supply fully processed nickel and titanium revert material to the melting industry. Both SOS Metals and Caledonian Alloys also purchase revert material from a wide range of industrial customers throughout the world.

Pennsylvania State University Materials research conducted by iMatSE students and faculty lead to advances and discoveries that become the building blocks of tomorrow. Through formal coursework in small classes and participation in cutting-edge sponsored research, students in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Materials Science and Engineering enjoy a graduate education that prepares them well for their future careers. iMatSE students receive full funding (stipend and tuition) in the form of fellowships or research assistantships. Program Highlights: • Penn State ranked #1 in funded materials research in the US (NSF) • Thesis-based Ph.D. and M.S. degrees • Multi-disciplinary research programs and centers • Over 50 MatSE and affiliated faculty members • Approximately 150 current graduate students • Specialized laboratories and shared facilities

Perryman Company +1- 724-746-9390 www.perrymanco.com Perryman Company is a vertically integrated producer of specialty titanium products. Our operations include melting, forging, and fabrication to finished products. Perryman’s quality, technical expertise, and customer service is unmatched. Perryman supplies and services customers in the aerospace, medical, consumer, recreation, infrastructure and 3D printing/additive manufacturing markets worldwide. Approvals include ISO 9001:2015; AS9100D and NADCAP. Perryman Company is headquartered in Houston, Pennsylvania. Our melting facility is located in Coal Center, PA and our hot rolling and finishing operations are in Houston, PA. Additional intermediate processing is located in Frackville, PA. Company sales offices are located in Houston, PA; Philadelphia, Los Angeles, London, Zurich, Tokyo, and Xi’an.

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optimum near-net shapes possible to make your finished parts. No other manufacturer in North America offers so much experience in special shape technology, or provides so many value-added options to meet your product specifications.

Precision Metal Grinding, LLC +1-949-872-2976 www.pmgrinding.net sales@pmgrinding.net Precision Metal Grinding is a grinding service company that supports the aerospace and medical industry. Providing the highest quality of surface finishes for critical applications (Ra and Rz). Capable of machining thin sheet (minimum: 0.008”) and thick plate (maximum: 6.00”) up to 78.00” wide x 230.00” long. Precision Metal Grinding offers a standard thickness tolerance of +/- 0.001” and can provide +/- 0.0005” upon request. Our standard practices ensure consistency over large orders and from batch-to-batch. With years of experience under our belt, we are capable of machining Titanium, Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Nickel-base Alloys, Magnesium, Cobalt-base Alloys, Zirconium and others. Contact us with your unique requirements today.

Precision Thin Metals http://www.arnoldmagnetics.com/Precision-Thin-Metals The Precision Thin Metals (PTM) business of Arnold Magnetic Technologies produces thin and ultra-thin alloys that improve the power density of motors, transformers, batteries and many other applications in Aerospace, Industrial, Motorsport, and Medical markets. Customers rely on us for thin-rolled titanium in applications that demand high performance and consistent quality. Arnold’s Precision Thin Metals business offers titanium products in a number of commercially pure grades and several standard alloy compositions. Our titanium and titanium alloys are available in cold rolled or annealed condition. PTM is Nadcap certified for heat treatment.

President Titanium Co., Inc. +1-800-225-0304 www.presidenttitanium.com sales@presidenttitanium.com President Titanium has the largest inventory of domestic 6Al/4V, 6Al/4V ELI, and Grade 4 titanium bar, sheet & and plate in the country. They have been serving the aerospace, military and medical industries since 1973. Most orders ship in 1-2 days. Call for a free booklet for more information.

+1-800-718-7590 www.plymouth.com smccord@plymouth.com

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Plymouth Engineered Shapes is the premiere provider of near-net extruded shapes for a large variety of applications. All customers want to squeeze more cost out of their parts and Plymouth Engineered Shapes offers the solution in Titanium, Stainless steel, Alloy steel, or Nickel-based alloys. Our Engineers are capable and willing to work with your design engineers to develop the most

Product Evaluation Systems (PES) an independent testing laboratory, located in Latrobe, PA. PES is a proven partner in materials testing and offers exceptional turnaround specializing

+1-724-834-8848 www.PES-Testing.com Mic@PES-Testing.com

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry in mechanical, metallurgical, chemical and nondestructive testing and analysis. Since 1979, PES has been proud to offer exceptional personalized response to customer needs and our Rapid Response, Dependable Delivery continues to help our clients streamline the process of outsourcing their materials testing. PES is both NADCAP and ISO 17025 accredited and holds multiple customer accreditations such as GE Aviation, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney (MCL), Rolls-Royce Aerospace (SABRe) and ATI Nuclear. Accreditation awarded to PES covers mechanical testing, test specimen preparation, metallography, chemical analysis and nondestructive evaluation. Industry sectors include, but are not limited to, Aerospace, Additive Manufacturing (AM), Power Generation, Oil & Gas, Mining and Recovery/Reclamation.

Quebec Metallurgy Center +1-819-376-8707 www.cmqtr.qc.ca The Quebec Metallurgy Center is a technology transfer center located in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. Our activities focus on supporting the technological development of manufacturing companies in the metallurgical sector. CMQ has developed a broad expertise on the transformation and development of advanced alloys such as titanium, zirconium, aluminum and nickel. Our semi-industrial metalworking facility is equipped for short series production with controlled atmosphere casting, induction skull melting, plasma arc melting, permanent mold, shell mold and sand mold casting; advanced welding, thermal spraying, heat treating, hot isostatic pressing, additive manufacturing (directed energy deposition, binder jetting, laser powder bed fusion

ReMelt Scientific, Inc. +1-330-440-0402 www.remeltinc.com sales@remelt.net ReMelt Scientific is a global supplier of Titanium Chip Melt Preparation Systems and Weigh and Blend systems. We specialize in titanium and high temperature alloy chip crushing, centrifuging, aqueous wash and solvent cleaning, thermal drying, fines screening, and magnetic and gravimetric separation to prepare chips to for melting. We also specialize in Weigh and Blend systems that weigh and blend titanium chips, sponge, master alloys, aluminum, iron, and TiO² to achieve customer specified chemistry requirements.

Renton Coil Spring Company +1-425-255-1453 www.rentoncoilspring.com info@rentoncoilspring.com Renton Coil Spring Co (RCS) is a global leader in titanium spring manufacturing and innovation for the aerospace, defense, and performance industries. Your premier source for custom spring solutions, RCS utilizes cutting edge, patented technology and engineering expertise to develop products for the most challenging of applications. With a strong commitment to R&D, lean manufacturing, and continuous process improvement, RCS has maintained high standards for quality, safety, and on-time delivery since 1949. RCS is ISO 9001, AS 9100, NADCAP, ITAR and a FAA certified MRO repair station.

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Retech Systems LLC +1-716-463-6400 www.retechsystemsllc.com sales@retechsystemsllc.com Retech is the world’s leading supplier of Electron Beam (EB) and Plasma (PAM) Cold Hearth furnaces for melting and refining titanium and titanium alloys. Retech advanced vacuum metallurgical systems also include EB and PAM Consolidation furnaces, Plasma Welders, Vacuum Arc Remelt (VAR), VAR Consumable (Skull) Casting, Vacuum Induction melting (VIM), Precision Investment Casting (DS/SC/EQ), Cold Wall Induction (CWI) melting and casting, as well as Gas Atomization Systems for metal powder production. All our melting systems are available in various sizes and configurations, from simple laboratory-scale to large, custom engineered furnaces. Further, we provide customer access to a wide range of in-house resources, including technology, material and process development. Identifying customer needs, as well as understanding the importance of producing relevant and viable technologies, is the foundation upon which Retech is built.

Rex Heat Treat +1-215-855-1131 www.rexht.com chris.constable@rexht.com Rex Heat Treat is a family owned and operated business that was founded in 1938. We take pride in our ability to partner with our customers to gain insight regarding their future needs. We are a leader in customer service and quality for the heat treating industry. Our unique furnace design allows us to water quench titanium raw material and formed parts up to 16’ long to meet aerospace and medical specifications. We have furnaces capable of annealing up to 30,000 lbs. in one batch and we are approved by almost all major Aerospace companies. We have 3 locations in Eastern United States, Anniston Al., Bedford PA., and Lansdale, PA. Rex Heat Treat has experienced metallurgists on site and we offer testing services. We look forward to exceeding your expectations with timely communication and time performance.

Rolled Alloys +1-800-521-0332 www.rolledalloys.com onlinesales@rolledalloys.com Rolled Alloys is a global supplier of Titanium, Nickel, Stainless Steel and Duplex Stainless Steel alloys. For over 68 years, Rolled Alloys has been a leading supplier serving the aerospace, defense, medical, oil & gas, power generation and many other industries. We maintain 13 locations across North America, and Asia, with additional representatives in Europe. We offer extensive processing, metallurgical expertise and an e-commerce platform that allows customers to quote, buy, and track orders from our website. Rolled Alloys holds many quality approvals and certifications that enables us to be a preferred supplier to companies across the world.

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Roskill global market reports include the latest information on supply, demand, end-use applications, trade and prices for a wide range of metals and minerals including titanium, molybdenum and vanadium. Roskill reports also provide informed forecasts of future trends. Roskill’s expert researchers make a thorough and objective analysis of all available data, from sources across the globe. This includes a large and invaluable network of contacts including the key industry players in these markets, making Roskill’s research unrivalled in terms of breadth, depth, accuracy and expertise. To build on this wealth of data, Roskill also offers bespoke consultancy services that can help to explore and understand any specific scenarios or analysis requirements you may have.

Ross Precision Manufacturing Inc www.rossprecisionmfg.com +1-518-273-3912 ext. 618 jjoyal@rossprecisionmfg.com Ross Precision Manufacturing (formerly LAI/Zak Incorporated) is a fully integrated design, fabrication, machine, and test facility. We have been engineering, manufacturing, and refurbishing crucibles, liners, molds, and accessories for the remelting and production of specialty metals for over 40 years. Our manufacturing and consulting experience has contributed significantly to the VAR, ESR, Plasma, EB, C.C., and EBPVD processing industries. This experience, along with our precision CNC machining capabilities, will extend your product life cycles and improve the reliability of your process. Our AS9100 certified services include a full range of dual pallet, multi-axis CNC machining centers with live tooling; MIG, TIG, and stick welding of copper and other dissimilar metals; hydro, helium, X-ray and other available NDT services. For more information about Ross Precision Mfg/Zak Incorporated, please visit us at www.rossprecisionmfg.com. (period)

S. Letvin & Son, Inc. +1-310-327-0590 www.titaniumscrap.com S. Letvin & Son, Inc., specialists in processing high temperature scrap metals, has been in business since 1947. We prepare a high quality 6/4 titanium feedstock package that meets AMS 4928 Chemistry Specifications. We have developed a unique and proprietary process to return mixed 6/4 titanium fasteners to specification 6/4 titanium. The final product is 6/4 titanium “Rotor Grade” feedstock, which is heavy, dense, clean and extremely consistent in chemistry and gases. Our 6/4 titanium feedstock package is approved and desired by most major US Titanium Mills, as well as many smaller investment casters worldwide.

Who is a member of the BIBUS Holding AG? Who is one of Euope´s largest STOCKISTs for semi-finished highperformance materials? Who offers TITANIUM & TITANIUM ALLOYS, nickel, nickel alloys, special stainless steel as COILS | PLATES | SHEETS | TUBES | BARS? Who serves the AEROSPACE| OFFSHORE | PETROCHEMICAL | CHEMICAL & PROCESS ENGINEERING | PLANT & EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING | ELECTROPLATING | TURBINE MANUFACTURING | MARINE ENGINEERING | ENERGY INDUSTRY | AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY | HEAT EXCHANGER | WASTE WATER TREATMENT | SURFACE TREATMENT | UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH markets? Who is certified according to EN 9120 and ISO 9001 Who delivers allround service all around the world? Who cuts all the materials according to the customer’s exact requirements utilising a “state-of-the-art” bar saws & plate saw ? Who offers precision water jet cutting? Who provides just-in-time service to with cost savings and security of supply? Who serves their customers with experienced product experts & with extensive expertise? Who is quality management is based on ISO 9001? Who is at your disposal.. S+D METALS GMBH

Sandinox Comercio, Importação e Exportação LTDA + 55 15 3335 3565 vendas@sandinox.com.br www.sandinox.com.br Established in 1985, Sandinox is the largest medical stockholder and distributor for the Brazilian and South American markets, offering a full range of raw materials in titanium, cobalt, stainless steel, nitinol, and other special alloys.

Sandvik Materials Technology Product Unit Special Metals +46-26-260000 www.smt.sandvik.com Product Unit Special Metals with two manufacturing locations (Sweden and USA) belongs to Sandvik Materials Technology and is a long term experienced manufacturer of seamless tubes and complementary products in Titanium, Titanium alloys and Zirconium based materials for a broad range of industrial TITANIUMTODAY

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service has made SSA the leader in the industry for over 40 years.

The full scale commercial manufacture, which started in 1964 is fully integrated from VAR-remelting of Titanium resp. Zirconium sponge up to finished product.

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Schaffer Grinding Co., Inc. +1-323-724-4476 www.schaffergrinding.com info@schaffergrinding.com SCHAFFER GRINDING CO. is a toll processor of aerospace alloy materials including: Titanium, high temperature alloys, nickel based alloys, and ferrous materials. Processes include: Precision sheet and plate grinding (90” X 240”), band saw cutting, planer milling, rotary and surface grinding. Schaffer Grinding offers its customers coast to coast service with production facilities in California and Ohio.

Sector3 Appraisals, Inc. +1-718-268-4376 www.sector3appraisals.com METALS & CHEMICALS INVENTORY VALUATIONS FOR ABL FINANCING Sector3 Appraisals is an independent appraisal firm specializing in the metals and chemicals industries. We value inventory as well as machinery & equipment at all levels of the manufacturing chain, from major producers to distributors and OEMs through Tier-II suppliers. Clients use Sector3 valuations to secure financing for working capital, M&As, and debtor-in-possession settlement. Sector3 also provides liquidation consulting. Sector3’s focused expertise produces a targeted, insightful and truly useful appraisal. We help companies and lenders decipher the underlying value of raw materials, metals, chemicals, plastics, and commodity inventory and machinery and equipment. We are successful because we: • Specialize in the metals, chemicals, plastics, and commodity markets; • Offer extensive metals, chemicals, and plastics valuation experience • Believe customer service is a long-term objective. These advantages set Sector3 apart from other appraisal companies, and have made Sector3 one of the largest metals, chemicals and commodity appraisal firms in the U.S.

Service Steel Aerospace +1-800-426-9794 www.ssa-corp.com sales@ssa-corp.com Service Steel Aerospace is a customer oriented stocking distributor of high performance stainless steel, titanium, alloy steel, nickel based super alloy, and maraging steel. We are committed to providing quality products to the aerospace industry and other critical application industries throughout the world. SSA performs a wide array of value added processing services designed to meet the specific needs of our customers. Our commitment to the quality and

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+1-330-821-3322 www.seseng.com ses@seseng.com SES is a leading supplier of equipment and services for the metals industry. SES handles projects ranging from small specialty items to major capital expansions, as well as redesign/rebuild of existing equipment. Our strategic partnership with Daisho Seiki Corp, Japan, has broadened our ability to supply Bar Turning and Burnishing Technology to the North American Market. Capabilities include complete supply of Turning and Polishing Lines for bar manufacturers/processors. Custom cell layouts including cutto-length, chamfering, NDT inspection, prove-up stations, hex bundling, can be added to suit requirement. Testing of equipment with customer supplied material can be performed at SES’ manufacturing facilities. Headquartered in Alliance, OH, our over 40-year history includes design and supply of transfer cars, transporters and all meltshop equipment, slab handling equipment, long product handling and processing equipment, strip processing equipment, coil handling equipment, custom designed and built equipment, automation & Level I/II system design, complete system integration, PLC, drives, & HMI integration, power and control system design, and facilities engineering.

Shaanxi Lasting Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. 00 86 29 89651035 89651082 www.lastingtitanium.com sales@lastingtitanium.com; titanium01@263.net Shaanxi Lasting Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. is the leading Titanium manufacturer and exporter in China. With more than 20 years’ experience, we own two mills in Baoji -The Chinese Titanium City. We are mainly engaged in melting, forging, rolling and machining manufacturing line in titanium and titanium alloy, with an investment of USD 50 million. Exported 3000 mt ingots, 2500 mt forgings and 5000 mt machined parts annually. Our main products include titanium ingots, slabs, bars/rods, plates/sheets, pipes/tubes, forgings, fittings, wire, powder, standard parts, nonstandard equipment and other corrosion resistant metals such as zirconium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, niobium.

Shasta Services LLC www.shastainc.com Shasta provides high-quality grinding, machining, cutting and robotic scarfing services, primarily to the titanium industry. In business since 1974, Shasta operates multiple MidWest-style grinders to condition the surface of various metals, primarily titanium, for most major US titanium producers. Shasta and its affiliates also provide robotic scarfing, high-volume torch cutting and a variety of machining services such as bar peeling, center-less grinding, saw cutting, straightening, polishing, turning, testing and various other services. Shasta is focused on providing high quality services with a quick turnaround time.

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Sierra Alloys / TSI Titanium/ STS Metals +1-626-969-6711/+1-724-694-2716 www.TSITitanium.com www.sierraalloys.com Manufacture and supply forged and rolled products in Titanium alloys, nickel-cobalt base alloys, precipitation hardened stainless and high alloy steels from small rectangular and round bar to large section size open die forged bar as well as plate.

Simonds Saw www.simondssaw.com Manufacturer of industrial saw blades. The oldest cutting tool manufacturer in North America, Simonds offers one of the broadest and most trusted names found anywhere in the world of cutting tools. Many industries have grown to depend on the quality and innovation of Simonds products and services. We have a continuing tradition of quality, design, and innovation. Simonds has innumerable patents, a global leader in high-performance and high-production sawing. The first bandsaw manufacturer in the world to be ISO certified and we remain certified so today. We set our goals high and our customers have grown to expect it. Since 1832… The Professionals’ Edge.

Solar Atmospheres +1-855-934-3284 www.solaratm.com info@solaratm.com Solar Atmospheres provides vacuum thermal processing for titanium material, parts, forgings, and weldments. With the world’s largest commercial vacuum furnaces up to 48 feet long, Solar is capable of vacuum processing furnace loads of bar, billet, sheet, and plate up to 150,000 pounds under 1x106 Torr vacuum levels. Specific heat treat services provided are: degassing, beta annealing, homogenizing, age hardening, creep forming, Superplastic Forming (SPF), hydriding/dehydriding, stress relieving and Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection. ISO9001:2015 / AS9100D Registered, Nadcap Accredited for heat treating and NDT (Non-destructive testing), MedAccred Accredited for heat treating, and Boeing approved in heat treating, NDT (Nondestructive testing) services and BASCA (Beta Anneal Slow Cool Age). Solar Atmospheres serves customers with plants located in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and California.

Solar Manufacturing, Inc. +1-267-384-5040 www.solarmfg.com info@solarmfg.com Since 2002, heat treaters from a wide variety of industries trust in our ingenuity for trail-blazing innovation and reliable performance from our vacuum heat treating furnaces. Solar Manufacturing knows vacuum heat treating inside out. Our engineers bring decades of experience to the design side of the business and our knowledgeable technicians provide world-class manufacturing keeping Solar in the forefront of vacuum furnace innovations. We offer unmatched expertise to solve our customer’s

most difficult heat treating problems and advance vacuum furnace technology. Our ingenuity has led the industry with advanced hot zone insulations, high-performance gas quenching, and state-ofthe-art SolarVac® Polaris automation, a new generation of PLCbased control systems developed to simplify the operation and expand the capabilities of our vacuum furnaces. Like our engineered-to-order furnaces, our standard models are rich in features and versatility to suit our customer’s specific and demanding requirements. Models range from compact R&D furnaces to large horizontal, front loading production furnaces. In addition to vertical bottom loading configurations, we also design unique, very large capacity car-bottom furnaces in lengths up to 48 feet. Solar Manufacturing has also developed a good name throughout the industry in Aftermarket Sales and Support. Whether you need an energy efficient replacement hot zone, spare parts, responsive field service or a maintenance contract, we are able to assist you in keeping your vacuum furnace at its peak operating condition.

Special Rare Metals AS www.srm-sa.ch info@srm-sa.ch SPECIAL RARE METALS is a company active since 2014, mainly in Europe and UK, specializes in the recovery and trading of titanium and super-alloys scrap (based on nickel, cobalt, molybdenum), in form of turning, solid, slag and flashing. Titanium is our main business, making us experts in our field. The materials we handle come from industries active in the bio-medical, aeronautical, petrochemical and energy sectors. Most of these materials are regenerated and sold by us, such as bio-medical titanium and Ni-Co-Cr alloys. Our experience in detailed sorting and processing material, checking chemical composition, sizing and surface inspection, for which we collaborate with excellent partners specializes in preparation and regeneration of scrap, allow us to guarantee excellent product quality. Thanks to this synergy, we have long been suppliers of primary companies, specializing in vacuum melting. Also, Special Rare Metals in 2016 has filed a patent for the safe transport of scrap and titanium turning, which are at very high risk of fire. Our patent is based on a box able to completely eliminate the oxygen inside it through a vacuum system; by eliminating the air inside, the risk of fire is eliminated, allowing transportation and loading and unloading operations in complete safety for 19 hours.

Specialty Metallurgical Products Specialty Metallurgical Products (SMP) was started in 1984 by James H. Clark (Jim Clark Sr.), when he envisioned the need for a better, less costly grain refiner than the then standard master alloy. Originally the company was started to produce Master Alloy in Shot form, however that product never made it into the market place. Instead SMP was the first company to produce and offer a 100% titanium tablet to the aluminum alloy producers, free from binders and salts. Today, almost all aluminum smelters use 100% titanium tablets/pucks to make their titanium additions. The Company’s manufacturing Plant and Offices are located in Red Lion, Pennsylvania and have been since 1994. Although the Company has relocated several times in the last 20 years, it has TITANIUMTODAY

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry never moved out of York County, PA. Jim Clark’s vision is and has always been that if America is going to compete with Third World Countries then we must use technology to counter cheap labor. SMP was founded on that very principle and every product ever entered into the market place meets the criteria of “Lowering the costs while maintaining, or improving, quality.

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Strohecker Incorporated +1-330-426-9496 www.strohecker.com Well-established specialist in the fabrication and repair of copper crucibles, hearths and related equipment used in VAR, ESR, EBM, PAM, as well as various similar processes. Serving producers of the reactive metals and alloys, nickel alloys, refractory metals, and steel alloys.

+1-330-656-2767 www.specialtymetalspro.com bwilson@specialtymetalspro.com

Structure Medical, LLC

Specialty Metals Processing (SMP) is a leading processor of titanium plates, slabs, sheets and coil. Located in northeast Ohio, SMP has one of the largest abrasive belt grinding and polishing operations in the U.S. Our 170,000 sq. ft. facility houses multiple processing lines. We are your reliable source for precision grinding where we can accommodate widths up to 72”, material thickness up to 10” and lengths up to 240”. We are your reliable source for gantry grind services where we can accommodate widths up to 144”, material thickness up to 24” and lengths up to 1200”. In addition, we are your reliable source for pinch roll grinding, alpha case removal and reconditioning. • Waterjet cutting and machining capabilities up to 6” thick, 120” wide and 240” long. • Precision grinding up to 72” wide and 244” long • Ability to polish/grind/recondition plate/slabs up to 12’ wide by 100’ long • Providing #3, #4, # 6, brushed or matte finishes or custom matched abrasive belt finishes, one or two sides. • Providing #7 and #8 buff finish on stainless coil • Offering special inspections, packaging, line marking & PVC options • ISO 9000 certified since 1996 • Offering one stop shopping on many orders • Same day quoting on most inquiries • One sheet or truck load quantities, no order is too big or too small

Structure Medical is a leading medical manufacturer of implants, instruments and cutting tools for the orthopedic, spine and sports medicine markets.

Please visit our website at www.specialtymetalspro.com.

Stack Metallurgical Group +1-503-285-7703 http://www.stackmet.com/ The Stack Metallurgical Group consists of heat treating facilities in Portland, Oregon and Spokane, Washington, as well as Aerospace Aluminum Processing in Salt Lake City, Utah. The combined capacity and versatility of these three facilities rivals nearly any other thermal processor in the western United States. The Stack family prides itself on safety, quality, and outstanding customer service. We have long been a trusted supplier to numerous quality-critical industries including aerospace, energy, and medical implant. As evidence of our service-based culture, the Salt Lake City facility is the proud recipient of the Boeing Supplier Excellence Award 9 times. Stack offers the most modern heat treating and metal processing equipment, a comprehensive list of aerospace and OEM approvals, and a highly-talented team of experts ready to exceed your highest expectations.

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The company uses the most advanced machine tool technology available to produce products that meet the highest quality standards. Structure is an ISO registered 13485 medical manufacturers and offers a robust quality management system that integrates with all facilities. Structure Medical was founded in Naples, FL in 2004 and has rapidly grown into a strategic partner with top tier OEM’s. Today we have 5 production facilities in 3 states.

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas +1-847-384-5275 www.sumitomocorp.com akira.kudo@sumitomocorp.com Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corporation, which is one of the leading trading companies in Japan. SCOA is an integrated global trading firm with diversified investments in a wide variety of industries, products and services.

Supra Alloys +1-805-388-2138 www.supraalloys.com sales@supraalloys.com Supra Alloys is a Titanium Mill Products-stocked Titanium Service Center with the convenience of extensive in-house processing capabilities, with a Management System certified to AS 9100D & ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 13485: 2016. Located in Camarillo, California & Dayton, Ohio USA, Supra routinely provides Titanium for applications in the aerospace, medical, Industrial and sports/ recreation industries throughout the world.

T&T Materials, Inc. +1-585-328-9941 www.tandt-materials.com ronk@tandt-materials.com T&T Materials, Inc. supplies raw materials to the U.S. Department of Defense, prime corporate contractors to the U.S. Government and to the private sector. Our material products are generally carbon and stainless steel, aluminum, brass, copper, titanium,

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry nickel-based alloys and armor plate. We supply these products in various forms, including bar and rod; sheet and plate; tube and pipe and various structural shapes and profiles. As an approved supplier with most military manufacturing sites we currently participate in fourteen procurement contracts, both Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity contracts, with the Department of Defense. We are also an approved supplier to several prime contractors to the U.S. Government, including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrup Grumman. Certifications: • ISO 9001 and AS9120 • US Veterans Administration Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) • HUBZone.

Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc. +1-330-259-8556 fdeley@taylor-winfield.com www.taylor-winfield.com Taylor-Winfield Technologies (TWT) has designed a new line of linear friction welding (LFW) machines that are breaking the barriers into mainstream manufacturing. TWT’s linear friction welders use a solid-state welding process that has been proven to produce the best solid state bond between parts of the same or different material, various geometries and is applicable for nearly any metal welding application. Our patented IP provides superior positional accuracy, flexibility and control for joining various shapes and dissimilar metals. This LFW technology enables reduced buy-to-fly ratios for near-net shaped components, especially in the bonding of titanium. This technology also provides the ability to reduce material and machining time of titanium components. Examples of the parts include: tailored or near net shaped components, blisks, aluminum wing ribs, seat tracks, T-clips, L-profiles, single crystal alloys and more. TWT has engineered features and techniques of our linear friction welding machines that have not only drastically reduced maintenance and machine costs, but have also taken an older, conventional technology and successfully ushered it into the 21st Century.

TC AEROSPACE - Shaanxi Tian Cheng Aerospace Co., Ltd + 86 (0)29 33336000 Wei Che -CEO Ted Li - Division Manager for North America Sophia Cai - Sales Manager www.tcae.com TC AEROSPACE, one of the leading titanium alloy manufacturing company in the field of Aerospace Rod and Coil, as well as Plate and Sheet. We provide competitive, safe and reliable services and high quality products for customers. Founded in 2007, our company is a talents and technique based private joint-stock enterprise. The company operates in over 40 countries and regions. The company sets Sales and Technology Centers in the US and Germany, which devoted to the development and application of advanced materials in order to promote the progress of aerospace industry.

TiFast Tel: +39 0744 736 307 Yves Invernizzi, invernizzi@tifast.com www.tifast.com TiFast is the new European leader in the production of titanium bars, ingots, billets and wires for the aerospace, medical, defense, racing and industrial markets worldwide, with a high level of quality and competence at competitive conditions and for the most challenging applications. TiFast, located near Rome, Italy, has built a modern titanium plant with a state-of-the-art technology. TiFast has a fully integrated production, including a melting plant, a rolling mill for bars and wires and a precision finishing shop. TiFast has also its own integrated laboratories and R&D facilities. TiFast can supply titanium bars with very close tolerances (from h6), special heat treatments including stress relieving and a full range of finishing. TiFast is certified by the American Aerospace NADCAP for Heat Treating and for Laboratories, ISO 13485 for Medical Device, ISO 14001 for Environmental, AS 9100 and ISO 9001.

Timesavers International +31 (0) 0113 - 238911 www.timesaversint.com info@timesaversint.com Timesavers sets the worldwide standard for abrasive finishing solutions through superior products, continuous innovation, global production and distribution, extensive application knowledge and unrivalled after-sales support, by dedicated people focusing on customer satisfaction. Finishing stainless steel sheets or coils. Timesavers finishing machines are equipped with one or multiple heads and therefore a no. 3, no. 4, microlon, duplo and eventually a hairline finish can be achieved in our machines. For coil-to-coil, next to top working machines, also bottom working machines can be integrated into the production line. Innovative solution for precision grinding Every variant from the 81 series is produced especially based on customer requirements. Precision grinding is performed by a wide belt that grinds the thickness of a part to achieve a fixed thickness with a precision of no less than 0,02 mm. The wide grinding belt(s) ensures a tight tolerance and is used for the precision grinding of titanium, molybdenum, stainless steel, aluminium/nickel alloys, carbon steel and more. Timesavers offers a solution for, almost, every problem! Over 50.000 Timesavers built wide belt grinding machines are in operation today, spread all over the world. As a pioneer in cuttingedge technology Timesavers leads the way in wide belt grinding and brushing machinery; standalone machines but also turn-key solutions are within our capabilities. Our unmatched service and support guarantees that we deliver as promised and more!

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TIMET, Titanium Metals Corporation +1-800-753-1550 www.timet.com Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET) is one of the world’s largest titanium producers. Since 1950, TIMET has been leading the industry in mill and melted products, supplying nearly one-fifth of the world’s titanium. We melt and refine ingot and slab, and manufacture mill products. TIMET has a global network of service centers supported by its seven primary melting or mill facilities in Henderson, Nevada; Toronto, Ohio; Morgantown, Pennsylvania; Salisbury, NC; Witton, England; Waunarlwydd, Wales; and Ugine, France. With products ranging from sophisticated high temperature alloys used in jet engines, to advanced corrosion resistant alloys used in the chemical industry, TIMET’s reach spans the breadth of the titanium applications, and has the technical depth to support developments across a wide range of applications. TIMET’s fully integrated supply chain, dedicated research facilities, and decades of experience make us the partner of choice for titanium.

TIODIZE Company, Inc. +1-714-898-4377 www.tiodize.com Titanium Anodize, Aluminum Anodize, Dry film Lubricants, Corrosion Coatings, Paints &Primers, Teflon Coatings, Manufacturers of Composite Parts (Carbon & Glass)

TITAN Metal Fabricators +1-805-487-5050 www.titanmf.com info@titanmf.com TITAN Metal Fabricators is one of the world’s foremost metal fabrication companies for corrosion-resistant equipment for the process industries. Our business is the manufacture of equipment – Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, Columns, Reactors, Pipe and Piping Systems – from corrosion-resistant alloys including Titanium, Tantalum, Zirconium, Niobium, Hastelloy, Monel, Inconel, High Nickel Alloys, Duplex Stainless (Steel), Super Stainless (Steel) and Lean Duplex Stainless (Steel). Since the company’s founding in 1998, building equipment with these metals has been TITAN’s only business – it is our specialty. We are extremely proud that TITAN’s innovative approach to mechanical design, our lead in thermal design and TITAN’s extreme commitment to quality have set what are now considered to be highest standards in our industry.

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TITANIUM Consulting & Trading S.r.l. +39-055-642543 www.tct.it info@tct.it Certified UNI EN ISO9001:2008 and UNI EN 9120:2010, With 20 years of experience, Titanium Consulting and Trading, based in Florence, Italy, with a distribution center in Milan and affiliated offices and distribution centers in both Germany and England, is a privately owned stockist/distributor of titanium mill products. Being a major supplier in the European market for titanium mill products and its alloys, we can guarantee a prompt delivery for products including ingots, slabs, round bars, hexagonal bars, profiles, welding wire, plates, sheets, coils, tubes and pipes, as well as fasteners, forgings, flanges and fittings. Most ex-stock materials are shipped the next working day with full traceability for all items supplied Products supplied are employed in a wide range of applications, including aerospace, medical devices, industrial, and chemical. In 1996, Titanium Consulting & Trading further expanded its operations by setting up dedicated facilities to manufacture finished products on request. Processes available include cutting, welding, forming, turning, heat treatment and finishing.

TITANIUM ENGINEERS +1-281-265-2910 www.TitaniumEngineers.com TITANIUM ENGINEERS supplies Titanium Bar, Seamless Tubing and Finished Components for oilfield and other industrial markets. Our capabilities include the expertise to process titanium to meet demanding and unique customer specifications. We specialize in bar, seamless titanium tubing and also offer products manufactured by: forging, rolling, and machining using common ASTM grades of titanium including: Titanium Grade 5, Titanium 6-2-4-6, Titanium Beta-C. With our metallurgical background we will support your team from design, through prototyping, and finally into full-scale production of components.

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+1-973-808-4961 www.tifab.com bbrownlee@tifab.com A World leader for over 45 years in the application, design and fabrication of quality Titanium and Zirconium process equipment, whether solid or clad construction. Extensive experience in rotating, offshore, marine or ordinance equipment. Most extensive titanium field welding/erection service capability in the world. Mill products available from stock. For more information email bbrownlee@tifab.com.

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Titanium Finishing Company +1-215-679-4181 www.titaniumfinishing.com melinda@titaniumfinishing.com; melanie@titaniumfinishing.com Metal finishing services include: Titanium Anodize; Hardcoat Anodize of Aluminum; application of Cerakote and Application of Solid Film Lubricants. We also have our Federal Firearms License. We are a small, women owned business, and have been family owned and operated since 1970.

Titanium Industries, Inc. (T.I.) +1-888-482-6486 www.titanium.com sales@titanium.com T.I. is the global leader in specialty metals supply for the aerospace, medical, industrial and oil & gas markets. Holding the world’s most complete inventory of specialty metals across a global service center network, T.I. delivers supply solutions at all levels of sophistication and complexity. With a globally experienced and technically driven team, T.I. has been providing dependable, quality driven service to our customers since 1972.

Titanium International Group SRL +39-051-6814893 www.titanium.it tig@titanium.it TIG is an European stockist and distributor of Titanium, Nickel alloys and Steels for Aerospace, Medical, Automotive and other high demanding end use markets. TIG is EN9100 and EN9120 certified and has several customers approvals. TIG provides cut to size services with more than 30 saw cut machines and 3 dynamic waterjet cut machines. Contact us for a quotation! Your mission is our priority!

TITANIUM Marine https://timarinehex.com/ For over 30 years, we’ve been using Titanium in our marine heat exchangers. It’s the ONLY material we use where sea water comes into direct contact with the ship’s air conditioning system. High efficiency and long service life are a direct result of the toughness that Titanium brings to A/C service. With high speed water velocities in the tubes, the exchangers are kept free of marine growth and silt deposits, both of which reduce heat transfer. The US Navy now specifies Titanium as the material of choice for machinery heat exchangers. This significantly reduces the annual replacement costs and helps maintain combat readiness. Your Engines, Gear Boxes, Hydraulic Power Units and Comfort Cooling systems can be equally protected, providing service years longer

than Brass or Copper units. Importantly, the operating costs for the ship are lowered and vessel ‘downtime’ is reduced.

Titanium Processing Center +1-888-771-9449 www.titaniumprocessingcenter.com AS 9100 and ISO 9001 certified, Titanium Processing Center is your go to source for quality titanium products. Titanium Processing Center is a stocking distributor of a wide range of titanium mill products. Our standard inventory of titanium bar, sheet, plate, tubing and pipe is complimented with specialty fasteners, fittings, forgings and fabrications. In-house capabilities include waterjet & saw cutting, shearing, turning and drilling. All material is mill certified and fully traceable to the original manufacturer. Our dedicated staff is committed to providing our customers with the courteous and prompt attention that they deserve. Delivering quality products on-time and in compliance with your requirements remains our priority at Titanium Processing Center.

TITOMIC Limited +61 3 9558 8822 www.titomic.com info@titomic.com Titomic (ASX:TTT) is an Australian public company providing industrial scale metal additive manufacturing using its patented Titomic Kinetic Fusion® (TKF) technology. The TKF technology provides unique capabilities for producing high performance metal coatings and additively manufactured metal products. Titomic provides OEM production services and design engineering from its TKF Production Bureaus to the global Defence, Aerospace and other industries. Titomic provides an extensive range of Titanium, super alloys and other metal powders for additive manufacturing.

T-M Vacuum Products, Inc. In business for over 40 years T-M Vacuum Products occupies a modern 53,000 square foot manufacturing facility located in Cinnaminson New Jersey near Philadelphia that includes machining sheet metal and welding fabrication centers as well as assembly and test facilities. The products offered by T-M Vacuum fall into three general categories: -Vacuum furnaces and ovens are available in various sizes for thermal processing. Vacuum furnaces are capable of attaining temperatures as high as 2000C while vacuum ovens can attain a maximum of 600C. -Thin Film deposition systems which are made up of both sputtering systems and batch evaporation systems for either advanced research and development or full production. -Atmospheric enclosures, commonly known as glove boxes, provided with either ambient or heated vacuum component conditioning areas used as interchanges into the work area. T-M Vacuum Products equipment, such as the vacuum furnaces TITANIUMTODAY

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Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry and ovens, are characterized by their rugged design, the use of the finest materials and for most systems, advanced control systems. Typical system life exceeds 20 years in a fulltime 24/7 production environment. Stainless steel is used extensively in the fabrication of all chambers and enclosures of our heat treating equipment. Automation is world class with most systems offered having some form of advanced system controls.

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T-M Vacuum strives to build the most advanced and cost effective systems including vacuum furnaces, vacuum ovens, optical coating systems, thin film deposition systems, atmospheric enclosures and other heat treating equipment available on the market today.

Introduction We are a woman-owned, small business with facilities in Wooster, OH, Conroe, TX, Plymouth, MI and Oxnard, CA with over 30 years’ experience in the supply of titanium mill products, titanium forgings and fabrication of ASME Code equipment for the chemical, pharmaceutical, mining, and aerospace served markets.

www.tmvacuum.com

Toho Titanium Co., Ltd. +81-45-394-5526 www.toho-titanium.co.jp The Toho Titanium Group is providing variety of excellent products and services based on titanium metal business. In the titanium business segment, we manufacture titanium ingots and titanium sponge for aerospace and general industries and high-purity titanium and fabricated titanium products. Moreover in the catalysts and chemicals business segment, utilizing materials gained in the titanium production process, we manufacture catalysts for polypropylene production, high-purity titanium dioxide for electric materials, and ultra-fine nickel powder for multi- layer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) utilizing our technologies of titanium production. We pursue the infinite possibility of titanium and related technologies, and contribute to building a sustainable society by continuously supplying excellent products and services.

Trepanning Specialties Inc. We specialize in the production of custom wall tubing using trepanning, gundrilling and BTA systems with all types of materials, including hi-temp alloys. We also have saw cutting, turning and boring capabilities. Below are a few high lights of our latest machines and other tooling capabilities: rilling from .125” ID’s and up - Off-Set drilling machines (Plates, Platens, molds). - 19.500” and 21” trepan heads - OD turning capabilities up to 52” - New Spartan Saw. (can saw cut up to 22” OD stock) - 3 new Trepan/B.T.A. machines for larger capacities and faster delivery times. www.trepanningspec.com

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What we do We provide quick-ship service center sales and processing of ASTM and AMS grades of titanium & titanium alloy mill products and titanium forgings. We design and build chemical process equipment built with the advanced corrosion resistant metals, provide high alloy welding repair services, provide aerospace fabrication and welding services, and supply high performance Astrolite® welding wire. Where are our facilities Our fabrication and metal processing facilities are in Wooster, Ohio and Conroe, Texas. Astrolite® UltraGrade™ welding wire is processed in Oxnard, CA and Wooster, OH. We operate a technical sales office in Plymouth, MI. Titanium & Titanium Alloy mill products & custom forgings We maintain one of the world’s most complete inventories of titanium and titanium alloy mill products in ASTM and AMS grades including sheet, plate, pipe, forgings, fittings, bar, billet, wire, tubing, and fasteners. We offer advanced processing including water jet cutting, saw cutting, and shearing. We provide custom parts manufacturing and just-in-time inventory for ‘blanket’ order processing. Fabrication and welding services Specializing in titanium, titanium alloy, zirconium, tantalum, nickel alloy, duplex stainless, and stainless steel, our ASME code shops in Ohio and Texas build chemical process equipment including: tanks, towers, pressure vessels, piping spools, shell & tube heat exchangers, plate and frame heat exchangers, anodes, cathodes, and custom welded parts. We also provide aerospace fabrication and welding services specializing in titanium, titanium alloy, and nickel alloy. Emergency Field and Factory weld repairs Our repair teams can be mobilized globally for field work. We specialize in welding of advanced corrosion resistant metals like titanium, tantalum, zirconium, niobium, nickel alloy, duplex stainless and stainless steel. Emergency welding repair services available 24/7/365. Astrolite® Alloys - Aerospace-grade welding wire We stock, process, draw, clean, and package Astrolite® UltraGrade™ high performance welding wires for aerospace, turbine engine, power, commercial and challenging applications.

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TZMI, Inc. +1-281-956-2500 www.tzmi.com marketing@tzmi.com TZMI is an independent consulting company that works with a wide range of global clients to provide insight and expert advice on opaque mineral, metal and chemical sectors. Our uniqueness is that TZMI contains technical and operational experience, together with strategic and commercial competency, to provide a full service offering to our clients. As trusted advisors, our reputation is underpinned by having an experienced cross-section of technical specialists around the globe. TZMI partners with clients from the private and public sectors to provide bespoke solutions across markets and strategic services; and also technical and engineering services. Our clients range from the world’s 500 largest companies through to midsized companies and small businesses. TZMI regularly releases market reports and periodicals on relevant subject matters which support the consulting activities and ensure up-to-date, high quality and comprehensive data, analysis and information is provided. TZMI annually hosts the largest titanium and zircon industry conference. Email: marketing@tzmi.com. (period here)

Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. +1-203-239-4481 www.ulbrich.com information@ulbrich.com Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc., is a leading processor of a variety of different alloys including, but not limited to: stainless steels, PH grades, nickel and nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, niobium, zirconium, titanium and titanium alloys. Commercially Pure Titanium: Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Titanium Alloys: Grade 9 (Ti 3-2.5), Ti 15.3.3.3 and 21s (Ti Beta21s), as well as the aforementioned metals are available in strip, foil, flat, round and shaped wire. Nitinol, Grade 5 (Ti 6-4) and Ti 6.2.4.2. are available in limited widths at Ulbrich. Please inquire for more detail on all of our product offerings.

United Alloys & Metals, Inc. +1-562-273-7004 www.uametals.com United Alloys & Metals is one of the World’s leading processors of all grades and forms of Titanium Scrap for all Titanium applications. Both our Santa Fe Springs, CA and Columbus, OH plants have full processing capabilities and are certified to ISO 9001:2000 standards.

United Performance Metals +1-888-282-3292 www.upmet.com sales@upmet.com United Performance Metals (UPM), an O’Neal Industries affiliate company, is a specialty metals solutions center serving customers in a variety of industries including aerospace, defense, space, fastener, medical, power generation, oil and gas, semiconductor and many others. UPM offers a broad spectrum of high-performance metals and alloys, FIRSTCUT+® Processing Services, quality approvals and custom supply chain solutions. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, UPM maintains nine service centers worldwide. For more information, visit www.upmet.com. For more information, visit www.upmet.com.

Uniti Titanium +1-412-424-0440 www.uniti-titanium.com Uniti Titanium brings together two major global titanium producers with complimentary manufacturing and technical capabilities, Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) of the United States, and VSMPO-Avisma (Verkhnaya Salda Metallurgical Production Association - Berezniki Titanium -Magnesium Works) from Russia, to create a joint venture focused on titanium mill products for industrial and other non-aerospace, non-military and non-medical markets. Uniti Titanium integrates the synergistic use of raw material, melting, hot rolling, finishing, research and technology resources of the two companies.

Universal Alloy Corporation Europe +33 625 273 114 Stephane Jambu - stephane.jambu@universalalloy.com Andrei Chifor, Business & Marketing Analyst - andrei.chifor@ universalalloy.com +40 749 044 743 https://www.universalalloy.com/ Universal Alloy Corporation Europe is a Global Leader in the manufacture of precision aerospace products, delivering critical components into the global aerospace supply chain. With a unique and modern Titanium & Aluminum Vertical Integrated aerospace facility, our manufacturing capabilities include: research & design, casting, extrusion, machining, surface treatment and assembly. We supply the global aerospace industry with highly engineered hard alloy aluminum and titanium extrusions, incorporating complex cross sections, tight production tolerances and high surface quality. Universal Alloy Corporation Europe produces a wide variety of parts ranging from small 3-Axis parts up to large complex 5-Axis structural components. The complete industrialization effort is controlled in-house, enabling some of the quickest industrialization timeframes in the aerospace industry, ensuring our customers success with on-time and on-quality products. UACE is AS9100, NADCAP, REACH Compliant, ISO 14001 and approved by all major OEM’s TITANIUMTODAY

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Verichek Technical Services, Inc.

VSMPO - Tirus China Ltd.

+1-412-854-1800 sales@verichek.net www.verichek.net

+86 10 8455 4688

Verichek Technical Services, Inc. is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory for testing and calibration services. After almost 30 years in the business, we remain a metal analysis leader by providing instrumentation and services to ensure your production runs smoothly and consistently. Our metal analysis services include metal testing – PMI, Hardness, Retained Austenite Analysis, & Coating Thickness; as well as sales and service of metal testing instrumentation, support, training, and maintenance & calibration. In addition we offer Quality Control Services to help our customers with automation and building of procedures and training to operate your instrumentation successfully and accurately based on your application and needs. Contact Verichek today to find out more!

Vested Metals International LLC +1-904-495-7278 www.vestedmetals.net info@vestedmetals.net Vested Metals International is an ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified raw material specialty metals distributor with decades of experience specializing in hard to find alloys, grades, and sizes. We offer various grades of stainless steel, titanium, tool and alloy steels, aluminum, and high temperature nickel and cobalt based alloys. We pride ourselves on helping customers meet and exceed niche requirements.

VSMPO – AVISMA +7-34345-55764 www.vsmpo.ru VSMPO-AVISMA, the world’s largest producer of titanium, holds more than 300 international quality certifications and approvals at major aerospace OEMs and medical device companies. VSMPOTirus operations in the US, the UK, Germany and China provide regional sales, distribution and service center processing.

VSMPO - Tirus, US +1-720-746-1023 www.vsmpo-tirus.com VSMPO-Tirus, US is the North American sales and distribution division of VSMPO-AVISMA, the world’s largest producer of titanium, holding more than 300 international quality certifications. VSMPO-Tirus US distributes ingot, forgings, slab, sheet, plate, bar, and billet to the aerospace, medical, and consumer products industries. VSMPO-Tirus US also manufactures small diameter bar and coil for medical and aerospace fastener applications.

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VSMPO-Tirus China ltd. is the Chinese sales and distribution division of VSMPO-AVISMA, the world’s largest producer of titanium, holding more than 300 international quality certifications. VSMPO-Tirus China distributes ingot, slab, sheet, plate, bar and billet to the aerospace, medical, and consumer products industries.

VSMPO Tirus GmbH +0049 69 905477 www.vsmpo.de VSMPO TiRus GmbH is responsible for the sales and distribution of titanium semi-finished products in Europe (except the UK), Brazil and Israel to the aerospace, medical and automotive industries. The company was established in 1999 in Frankfurt/Main. The German affiliate of the largest vertically integrated international titanium producer VSMPO-AVISMA offers optimum service, including custom-made processing of semi-finished products as well as a comprehensive transport service. We offer cut-to-size material (bars, billets, sheets and plates) to meet our customers’ individual operational needs. TiRus GmbH also distributes electrodes, ingots, rolled rings and different types of forgings.

VSMPO Tirus UK Ltd. +(0) 1527 514111 VSMPO Tirus UK Ltd. is the UK’s sales and distribution division of VSMPO-AVISMA, the world’s largest producer of titanium, holding more than 300 international quality certifications. Tirus UK distributes ingot, forgings, sheet, plate, bar, and billet to the aerospace, medical, and consumer products industries.

VSMPO Titan Ukraine Ltd. +380 562 313092 www.tw-vsmpoavisma.com VSMPO Titan Ukraine Ltd. is fabricator of seamless tubular products from titanium and its alloys. It is a part of the world’s largest producer of semi-products and finished titanium products - JSC Corporation VSMPO-AVISMA (Russia) which supplies billets and bars to the plant. It is guarantee of quality competitiveness of manufactured production for the customers. Annual production capabilities of the enterprise is 700 tons of cold-finished titanium tubes (diameter 3-134 mm and wall thickness 0,2-9 mm), and in cooperation additionally 200 tons of hot-finished titanium tubes (outside diameter 169-325 mm and wall thickness 7-30 mm). Engineers and technical specialists are developing new technologies of titanium tubes production and new types of products. For example, octahedral and ribbed tubes, special kind of thin tubes for silphons, technologies of long-length tubes production, etc. VSMPO Titan Ukraine Ltd. has all equipment necessary for different tests and QA inspections. It allows manufacturing not only according to the international and national standards, but meeting any customer’s requirements.

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Webco Industries +1-918-245-2211 www.webcotube.com titanium@webcotube.com Webco delivers North America’s widest range of tubular products, rapidly fulfilling urgent orders and helping customers avoid costly unscheduled shutdowns and production delays. Customers in the aerospace, automotive, chemical processing, industrial, oil & gas, power generation and other industries, rely on Webco’s strength, agility, and innovation to deliver solutions for their most challenging requirements. In fact, Webco manufactures and distributes millions of feet quality tubing made to meet today’s most demanding specifications. Our welded titanium tube products are available in variety of grades and sizes, standard/off-the-shelf or tailored to meet customers’ unique requirements. Webco maintains a culture for relentlessly pursuing process and product excellence, enabling ever-improving productivity/product quality. For a current list of our ISO, PED, and other certifications as well as ASME, ASTM, and other specifications offered, visit webcotube.com.

Weber Metals, Inc. +1-562-602-0260 www.webermetals.com Weber Metals, Inc. specializes in Aluminum and Titanium open and closed die forgings for the Commercial and Military Airframe, Air and Land Turbine, Nuclear and Semiconductor industries. Our press sizes range in size from 1200 to 33,000 tons. We have capabilities to perform heat treatment, non-destructive and destructive testing in house. Our forgings range in size from 1 pound to 11,000 pounds. Our aluminum stress relieved forgings are some of the most stable products in the industry for machining.

Wellmet International Inc. +1-909- 594-9639 www.wellmetusa.com Wellmet is located in California USA and we have been supplying and distributing Titanium Sponge and Titanium Powder for more than 20 years. We can also supply other non-ferrous metals with approved quality. Our Titanium Sponge producer is ISO9001:2008 certified and sponge quality is approved by world main consumers.

West Penn Testing Group +1-724-334-1900 www.westpenntesting.com West Penn Testing Group is a full-service, independent testing laboratory with diverse inspection and testing capabilities since 1952. They provide an extensive array of non-destructive, chemical, metallographic, failure analysis and mechanical evaluation services, serving customers in these industries: aerospace, medical, power generation, commercial, military, raw materials, refractories, oil and gas, and the automotive industry.

They have three locations in New Kensington, Pennsylvania and Richburg, South Carolina and perform testing nationally and internationally. Their 79,000 sq. ft. facilities accommodate parts up to 20,000 lbs. www.westpenntesting.com

Westbrook Light Alloys Ltd. +44-1246-292292 www.wbrl.co.uk Buyers and seller of titanium scrap. All grades and forms of Ti scrap bought for use in UK production of Ferro Titanium for sale worldwide to end users. Standard and special grades produced to order with all packing and sizing options available to satisfy customer requirements. We also buy/trade titanium scrap for upgrading, processing and on sale.

Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research

+1-724-537-3131 www.wmtr.com us.sales@wmtr.com Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research is a world leader in materials testing. WMT&R serves a broad range of industries including aerospace, automotive, medical, and power generation. We support customers with our highly-skilled staff and advance facilities. Our turnaround time is unbeatable, and with over 300,000 square feet of accredited production and testing space, we have the capacity and equipment to handle any materials testing project. WMT&R’s testing expertise includes: Mechanical Testing, Composites, Fatigue, Stress/Creep Rupture, Fracture Mechanics, Metallography, Chemical, Heat Treat, Thermal Analysis, and Physical Properties Testing. For more information, please visit www.wmtr.com or email us.sales@wmtr.com.

Wyman Gordon www.pccforgedproducts.com/ brands/wymangordon/ Wyman Gordon is a worldwide supplier to the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets. We hold quality accreditations for all of the major airframe and engine manufacturers for both civil and military applications. Wyman Gordon creates rotating closeddie forgings which are critical for aerospace and land-based gas turbines. Wyman Gordon also manufactures structural forgings for airframe, nuclear, petrochemical, power generation, and space applications.

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Xi’an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd.

ZIROM S.A.

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+40 246 216666 www.zirom.ro zirom@zirom.ro

As a leading manufacturer and distributor of Titanium, Molybdenum and Tungsten products in China, Xi’an Metals and Minerals Import &Export Co. Ltd., has joined into manufacturing, researching and competing in Titanium industry. We supply Titanium and its alloys in various forms as per ASTM, AMS and other main internationally recognized specifications. Our advantage is the most competitive prices as well as guaranteed high quality! Our products are exported worldwide, and gained high reputation because of their excellent performance.

ZIROM came into prominence, over the last decades, as one of the largest producers of titanium and titanium alloys in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Ever since the foundation, a permanent emphasis has been laid on its development, through technological optimization and through development of the technology for melting titanium and zirconium scrap by combining EB and VAR technologies, and further, the development of free forging process.

Xiangtou Goldsky Titanium Metal Co., Ltd +86-731-88332811 tony-titan@goldskymetal.com http://en.goldskymetal.com/ Hunan Xiangtou Goldsky Titanium Metal Co.,Ltd. was founded in December 2007 and has a registered capital of 38 million USD . It is a state-owned enterprise jointly founded by Hunan Xiangtou Goldsky Technology Group Co., Ltd. and Hunan Valin Lianyuan Iron & Steel Co.,Ltd. The company is located in Lugu Industrial Park, Changsha Hightech Industrial Development Zone. It has invested 250million USD in building the titanium strip coil project with an annual productivity of 10,000 tons, being a high-tech enterprise integrating production, research and development and sale of wide titanium strip coils. Business scope of the company: research and development, production, processing and sale of rare metal, metal composite materials and equipment of titanium, titanium alloy, etc. (except those specially regulated by national laws and regulations); import and export of products and technologies of the company as well as raw materials, auxiliary materials, instruments and meters, mechanical equipment, spare parts and technologies demanded by the company (except commodities and technologies whose sale, import and export are restricted and prohibited by the state); economic and technical information consultancy service (finance, security and futures not included); investment of high-tech projects. Our company always sticks to the mode of independent research and development as well as innovative development. In 2007, we researched and produced the first wide titanium strip coil by cooperating with Liangang, founding the milestone of China titanium industry. We successively researched and produced cold rolled coil and titanium welding pipe in 2008 and 2009, ending the monopolization of Japan and America in the field and providing new material support for strategic new industry of China. The products are widely applied to aerospace, large airplanes, warship, ocean, energy conservation, environmental protection, biological engineering, etc.

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The products manufactured, ingots and forged semi-finished products, are intended both for cutting edge fields (aviation and nuclear areas) and various fields (metallurgy, chemical industry, medical technique and devices). The ZIROM’s integrated management system (quality, environmental, health & safety) and the ZIROM’s products are certified by LRQA in accordance with the following standards: ISO:9001:2008, EN 9100:2009, ISO:14001:2005, OHSAS:18001:2008, NORSOK M-650 . Zirom can also provide a series of services like melting the secondary recycle materials, turning/grinding/cutting/milling the surface of products, full chemical and mechanical analyses, LP, US +Eddy testing.

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