ELMORE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Materion Brush Beryllium & Composites, a Materion Corporation (NYSE:
MTRN) business, announced today it is working with Lockheed Martin to
qualify as a supplier of proprietary AlBeCast® aluminum-beryllium
investment castings for the F-35 Lightning II's Electro-Optical
Targeting System (EOTS).
Materion, which recently announced an expansion of its investment
casting operation at its Elmore facility, is the current supplier of
AlBeMet®, an aluminum-beryllium composite alloy, for EOTS. The AlBeCast
expansion extends Materion's aluminum-beryllium product offering beyond
powder metallurgy-derived materials by offering rapid prototyping and
solidification modeling to provide investment cast parts with short lead
times and competitive pricing. Aluminum-beryllium materials and castings
provide favorable cost/benefit advantages for technically demanding
customers requiring a combination of ultra-light weight, stiffness,
mechanical stability and thermal properties.
According to Lawrence Ryczek, Vice President and General Manager, Brush
Beryllium & Composites, "Materion is proud to be the qualified supplier
of AlBeMet for F-35 EOTS. The Materion casting technology group is
working with Lockheed Martin to also qualify Materion as an investment
casting supplier. We have provided casting prototypes and are excited
for an opportunity to complement our AlBeMet product line with AlBeCast
for this program."
Dr. Jim Yurko, Director, Technology, added, "With our recent casting
technology breakthroughs, we believe aluminum-beryllium investment
casting is optimal for more performance-driven applications with
customers in the aerospace, defense and precision industrial equipment
industries."
The AlBeCast casting investment follows a major expansion of the Elmore
facility's primary beryllium production capacity undertaken over the
past several years as part of an innovative private-public partnership
between Materion and the U.S. Department of Defense. This primary
production capability supports the beryllium product lines for defense
as well as critical civilian needs.
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. The
Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, supplies highly
engineered advanced materials to global markets. Products include
precious and non-precious specialty metals, inorganic chemicals and
powders, specialty coatings, specialty engineered beryllium alloys,
beryllium and beryllium composites, and engineered clad and plated metal
systems.
Materion Corporation
Investor Contact:
Michael
C. Hasychak, 216-383-6823
mike.hasychak@materion.com
or
Media
Contact:
Patrick S. Carpenter, 216-383-6835
patrick.carpenter@materion.com
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Source: Materion Corporation
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