MONTREAL — PyroGenesis Inc., a company that designs, develops, manufactures and commercializes all-electric plasma processes to support heavy industry in their energy transition, announces receipt of a contract for titanium metal powder produced by PyroGenesis’ NexGen™ plasma atomization process, from a European engineering and material science firm specializing in the additive manufacturing industry. The name of the client and terms of the contract will remain confidential for competitive reasons.PyroGenesis Inc. says that the client previously received and tested samples of PyroGenesis’ metal powder. PyroGenesis also says that the contract announcement marks the first commercial order with this customer. The order is for a Ti64 “coarse” cut titanium metal powder, of the type that was recently qualified for use and added to the approved list of metal powders by a major global aerospace company. The powder for this order has already been produced and will reportedly be shipped to the customer over the next few weeks.“This initial order comes after a successful review and testing process with this European customer. The high standard of Ti64 metal powder produced at PyroGenesis Additive is the result of years of groundbreaking design and engineering work that went into developing our NexGen™ plasma atomization process, and the commercial results of these efforts are starting to appear,” said P. Peter Pascali, President and CEO of PyroGenesis. “This customer is a key technology hub for their region, with state-of-the-art engineering and R&D. We hope to see further contracts that reflect the importance of the customer’s role within the industry.”In a statement, PyroGenesis says that it “is the inventor of the plasma atomization process and in fact coined the term ‘plasma atomization’ in its original patent.” (ICE TORONTO)

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