Modumetal, Inc announced
today a formal agreement with Austria-based Happy Plating to leverage the company's
experience and electrochemical manufacturing infrastructure to create a European
commercial manufacturing base for Modumetal’s advanced nanolaminated coatings.
The experience of the Happy Plating technical team, led by Dr. Wolfgang Hansal
and Dr. Selma Hansal,
who have extensive experience in scale up from the laboratory environment to
commercial scale, means
that Modumetal will have its first significant entry into the European marketplace.
“With Happy Plating, we have a partner that understands our technology
and its broad industrial
application potential, but more importantly, understands how to scale up production
quickly, efficiently
and cost effectively.” said Modumetal CEO Christina Lomasney. “The
end result will be our capacity to
enter markets starting with reliable prototyping and moving rapidly to large-scale
production. There is a
very strong synergy between our technology and Happy Plating’s proven
success in applying
electrochemical surface technology at the commercial scale. We are excited for
this opportunity to work
together with the outstanding team at Happy Plating.”
Modumetal was started in 2006 in Seattle, WA to realize the commercial
potential of a unique class of advanced materials. Modumetal is creating revolutionary
nanolaminated
and functionally-graded materials that will change design and manufacturing
forever by dramatically
improving the structural, corrosion and high temperature performance of coatings,
bulk materials and
parts. Modumetal represents a whole new way of producing parts and is leveraging
nanotechnology to
achieve this unprecedented performance. Modumetal is made by a “green”
electrochemical
manufacturing approach, which reduces the carbon footprint of conventional metals
manufacturing at the
same time that it redefines materials performance.