Metal Matrix Composite Helps Enable Innovations in Consumer
Electronics
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
As an advanced materials provider, Materion Corporation (NYSE:MTRN) has
been at the forefront of the consumer electronics market, helping enable
new technologies and meet the demand for ever-increasing functionality
of hand-held devices with its high performance alloys, composites and
other specialized materials. When SIRIN LABS set out to design SOLARIN,
a military-grade smartphone, the company selected SupremEX®, a
high strength, lightweight metal matrix composite, for the
chassis. The new SIRIN LABS smartphone went on sale on May 31, 2016.
SupremEX, an aerospace grade aluminum alloy, is used in a range of
applications, including satellite, optical systems, automotive and
aerospace structures. The material combines the lightweight properties
of aluminum with the outstanding strength and stiffness of ceramic that
is ideal for smartphones.
As well as SupremEX, leading manufacturers use a variety of Materion
materials in their smartphones. BrushForm® 158, a high strength,
foil-gauge, copper nickel tin alloy is used for voice coil motor
actuators that stabilize smartphone cameras to produce sharper, clearer
images. Additionally, Materion provides precision coatings that enable
thinner and lighter smartphone sensors, which in turn, allow
manufacturers to add new features without sacrificing size or weight.
Further, Materion supplies precision optics materials that are key
enablers of smartphone thermal imaging attachments.
"We're pleased that SIRIN LABS selected SupremEX for its new
smartphone," said Glenn Maxwell, President, Materion Performance Alloys
and Composites. "We produce innovative materials and are always looking
ahead to anticipate material needs for next-generation and specialty
devices like SOLARIN."
Materion Corporation is headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. Through
its businesses, Materion supplies worldwide markets with alloy products,
beryllium products, electronic products, precious metal products, and
engineered material systems. Around the world, the company's engineered
materials can be found in technically demanding end-use products within
the telecommunications and computer, automotive electronics, appliance,
industrial components, plastics tooling, optical media, oil and gas,
aerospace and defense, and off-highway and mining equipment markets.
Visit www.Materion.com
for more information. For more information about SupremEX, visit www.Materion.com/SupremEX.
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