France’s Prodways Group, a subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, presented its new rapid additive forging (RAF) technology for the 3D metal printing of large titanium parts.

VSMPO-AVISMA Corp. granted Germany’s SMS group the final acceptance certificate (FAC) for the supplied ring-rolling plant.

Kobe Steel Ltd., Japan’s leading supplier of titanium and titanium alloys, has started supplying titanium-alloy forged material for shafts to IHI Corp.

SMS group received an order from China’s Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd. for a high-speed, two-column, push-down open-die forging press.

Remix S.A. commissioned a gas-fired rotary-hearth furnace to a forging manufacturer in Poland.

Boeing and India’s Bharat Forge Ltd. (BFL) announced the first shipment of titanium flap-track forgings made by BFL for Boeing’s next-generation 737.

Germany’s Otto Fuchs ordered a hydraulic closed-die forging press from the SMS group in an effort to expand its portfolio of extra-large, premium-grade forgings.

Alcoa announced a contract to supply titanium for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft program, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF).

Alcoa signed a $1 billion deal with Airbus to supply primarily titanium, steel and nickel-based superalloy fastening systems for every Airbus aircraft.

Allegheny Technologies Inc. (ATI) achieved qualification for its premium-titanium products used in jet-engine rotating parts made using premium-quality (PQ) titanium sponge from ATI’s Rowley, Utah, facility.