Western Superconducting Technologies Co. Ltd. (WST) successfully put a 63-/80-MN two-column open-die forging press into service. Supplied by SMS group, the high-speed push-down press has a maximum press force of 63 MN and an upsetting force of 80 MN. Due to the advanced hydraulic and control systems installed, the press is capable of forging highly demanding and temperature-sensitive materials such as titanium and titanium alloys with extreme precision.

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.