RE:STELLAR METAL POWDERS - Looks very promising for PYRYes it looks like, apparently....
But that is not the case.
A&D has not sold any of the quantities of Ti powder as has been publicized or pumped.
If you are going to pretend to be a supplier of choice to the Defense industry in Europe there are defense rules to respect.
1 - remotely located from the Russian border.
2 - have access to the reliable Electrical power required.
3 - the UE has some power to dictate to the supplier where the stuff is going to come from.
4 - Spain and France are both good options The choice of Spain is not even even proven yet. Having a concentration of plants in the same area is not wise from a defense perpective. France has nuclear power plants which supplies 90% of its power nationwide. Spain does not have such electrical availability. So when PYR wants a plant setup in Europe it is likely in France. TEKNA has set up shop in France. So which will it be? Spain or France?
Thinkbigsti69 wrote: @RustyNut Apparently Aubert & Duval is moving it's metal powder production unit in summer 2023 to enable a 50% increase and later add more atomization units. Maybe a possible place for PYRs European Plasma atomization? In the past I thought it would be at UKAD, but who knows, might be some efficiencies here.
https://www.aubertduval.com/news/2022/11/15/stellar-metal-powders-the-new-aubert-duval-brand-for-additive-manufacturing/ @googlesvancouver @rustyNut nice find. So we have Nexgen pretty much locked up, producing commercial powders, delivered twice over 100kg to Aubert, and now Aubert announcing new alloys and new atomization units and expansion plans next summer.
And pyrogenesis repurposing one plant for new specialty powders
And another plant being purposed for AlSi10mg alloy.
Sheer coincidence I tell ya
@RustyNut @googlesvancouver I hope so. I imagine there would be plenty of efficiencies going in with A&D on a new factory, and putting the plasma tower(s) there. Probably would help with shipping and packaging costs. The timing of aerospace certification and a European tower in 2023 would be pretty nice. It doesn't appear to me that A&D currently produces AlSi10mg so that would be interesting.
@googlesvancouver July 18th news release
Development of European Manufacturing Facility
In anticipation of the expected growth of the European market, and the expected introduction – based on significant recent commercial inquiries – of new markets in nearby regions, the Company is pursuing a strategy to build and operate a metal powder manufacturing facility in Europe.
To that end, the Company is examining cost-positive geographies, fleshing out preliminary infrastructure development plans, and exploring various avenues and potential approaches. All efforts are being conducted with the full knowledge and participation of our current European commercial partner Aubert & Duval, whose reputation and experience in the region will afford the Company unique advantages during all phases of this process.
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Looks like they've finally selected a region...... maybe more to come from pyrogenesis.