Metal additive manufacturing and machining
capabilities will support contract with BPMI
DALLAS, Sept. 7,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- ATI Inc. (NYSE: ATI) has been
awarded a contract by Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. (BPMI) to
support development of highly engineered part solutions in support
of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. To support the
contract, which calls for advanced manufacturing methods including
metal additive manufacturing, ATI will establish a dedicated
additive manufacturing facility outside Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
ATI will expand upon its traditional capabilities, bringing
expertise as a global producer of high-performance materials and
solutions to additive manufacturing for aerospace and defense. ATI
Additive Manufacturing Products will include advanced
large-format metal additive manufacturing, heat treating,
machining, and inspection capabilities within a secure facility. It
is designed for expansion as ATI continues to extend its additive
manufacturing technologies to the assembly of finished
components.
The new operation brings together the expertise of ATI Forged
Products, renowned for producing mission-critical finish-machined
forgings, with the powder alloy leadership of ATI Specialty
Materials. "With this facility, ATI will maximize its ability to
deliver advanced additively manufactured materials and components
by turning them into parts that further the defense industry," said
Kim Fields, President and Chief
Operating Officer of ATI. "Our customers increasingly require more
robust and versatile materials and components, produced in an
ecologically sustainable manner. This facility will deliver both."
It is projected to come online in mid-2024.
"Within one facility, we're combining the latest additive and
advanced manufacturing technologies and ATI's novel powder alloys.
We bring decades of experience delivering solutions that power and
protect. We're well-positioned to deliver the next generation of
manufactured components," said Fields.
"Additive manufacturing offers tremendous advantages to our
Program, including accelerating ship construction, improving
operational readiness, reducing costs, and an increase in
warfighting capability," said Barb
Staniscia, President and General Manager of BPMI. "Metal
additive manufacturing is driving necessary improvements in lead
time, design, and performance for the US Navy."
"As our customers blaze the trail of what's possible, ATI is
honored to partner with BPMI in developing and producing the
materials and components that make these extraordinary achievements
possible," said Fields. The investment is included in the company's
existing capital expenditure guidance.
ATI: Proven to Perform.
ATI (NYSE: ATI) is a global producer of high-performance
materials and solutions for the global aerospace and defense
markets, and critical applications in electronics, medical and
specialty energy. We're solving the world's most difficult
challenges through materials science. We partner with our customers
to deliver extraordinary materials that enable their greatest
achievements: their products fly higher and faster, burn hotter,
dive deeper, stand stronger and last longer. Our proprietary
process technologies, unique customer partnerships and commitment
to innovation deliver materials and solutions for today and the
evermore challenging environments of tomorrow. We are proven
to perform anywhere. Learn more at ATImaterials.com.
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc.
Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction and project
management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by
the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the
most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our
customers' objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since
1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects
in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs,
grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's
infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital
services, and made the world a safer, cleaner
place.
BPMI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bechtel National Inc., the
U.S. government services division of Bechtel Corp. BPMI is a
project engineering organization supporting the Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program. They provide design, manufacturing, and
supply chain management of the fabrication, testing, delivery,
installation, and field support of nuclear power plant components
installed in submarines and aircraft carriers.
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