Scandium Canada (TSX-V:SCD) has signed an agreement with Turkish advanced materials engineer ALPOMET to establish a framework for a strategic collaboration.
The collaboration involves specialty scandium-based alloys in multiple applications, including hydrogen technologies. It aims to bring together the company’s downstream Scandium+ capabilities in aluminium-scandium alloys and ALPOMET’s expertise in advanced materials engineering.
Under the agreement, both companies will evaluate joint research and development activities across several areas. This includes metal powder production, aluminium-scandium alloys design, additive manufacturing, advanced production processes, as well as hydrogen storage and hydrogen-related material applications.
The collaboration also involves material characterisation and the development of comprehensive technical data sheets.
CEO Guy Bourassa says this agreement reflects the international interest in a secure scandium supply and in the advanced materials it makes possible.
“Working alongside a capable engineering team with access to European end users is another step in building the network of partners that a young and promising scandium market needs,” Bourassa says.
ALPOMET Co-Founder Yağız Akyıldız adds that both companies bring together complementary strengths in advanced materials additive manufacturing and hydrogen technologies.
“We see this collaboration as a structured framework for shaping the engineering materials of the future, and we look forward to building it step by step with the Scandium Canada team,” Akyıldız says.
These workstreams target high-value applications where aluminium-scandium alloys offer a decisive advantage, including aerospace structural components and electric motor systems, where reduced weight combined with increased strength is a key performance driver.
Scandium Canada is an explorer and developer focused on enabling the development and commercialisation of aluminium-scandium alloys.
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