BURGETTSTOWN, Pa., Oct. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/
-- 6K Additive a
division of 6K, the leader in the
production of sustainable advanced materials for energy
storage, additive manufacturing powders and metal alloying
additives, today announced it has acquired Specialty
Metallurgical Products (SMP) based in Red
Lion, Pennsylvania. SMP specializes in titanium and
zirconium tablets used as a grain refinery for the metal alloys
market. The acquisition augments 6K
Additive's existing line of Ty-Gem compacts used in similar
applications and markets. The new product enables 6K Additive to expand commercial relationships
into both new and existing companies for titanium customers while
developing new applications and customers for zirconium additives.
The acquisition further solidifies 6K
Additive as the premier supplier of metal alloying additives to
primary and secondary aluminum producers worldwide. The terms of
the acquisition were not disclosed.
Frank Roberts, President of
6K Additive, commented, "We have over
20 years of experience supplying our Ty-Gem grain refining products
to the aluminum industry. Adding SMP's titanium products to our
portfolio will compliment our existing offering while enhancing our
expertise in the process. The acquisition will also add an entire
new product line to our current portfolio in zirconium tablets. The
quality products SMP brings to 6K
Additive enables us to go broader and deeper with our customers
providing a quality, sustainable alloying solution no other company
in the world can offer."
"We have a long history of supplying the top end of titanium
additives to the industry and have established SMP as the leading
supplier of zirconium," said Jim
Clark former President of SMP and now strategic advisor of
6K Additive. "Becoming part of the
6K Additive team ensures our
customers are provided with the same quality product, but backed by
a larger organization that has the logistics and operational
infrastructure to support our rapid growth."
6K Additive employs proprietary
technology to recycle titanium scrap from machining operations into
essential inputs for metal alloys. 6K
Additive has over 20 years of experience supplying Ty-Gem compacts
to the aluminum industry with the capability of processing over 3
million pounds of titanium scrap that directly contributes to over
3 billion pounds of aluminum at primary and secondary aluminum
producers worldwide.
6K Additive is also the premium
supplier for 3D printing metal powder that is produced from
sustainable sources, targeting the commercial aerospace, medical,
and industrial sectors. Following the commissioning of its 45-acre
ISO9001 24/7 state-of-the-art powder production operations in 2020,
6K will now expand production with an
additional 600 tons/year and set up sales and distribution in
Europe and Asia.
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About 6K
6K represents 6000 degrees,
setting 6K technology apart from all
others. It is the temperature of operation of our
UniMelt® sytem, the world's only production-scale
microwave plasma system, and is also the temperature of the surface
of the sun.
6K uses proprietary advanced
plasma processing and industrial systems to create materials that
are enabling the next generation of commercial and consumer
products. The company's continuous UniMelt process allows for
complete and unprecedented control of the entire materials
engineering process, to produce materials at exact specifications
at lower cost from sustainable sources.
The 6K Additive division is a
ISO9001 facility, reclaims and processes over a million pounds of
Ti64 per year, and has recently built and commissioned a
state-of-the-art 48,000 square foot production facility for
additive manufacturing powders.
To learn more about 6K, please
visit www.6Kinc.com
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