AML3D Limited, Australia, is participating in a AUD $3.9 million, three-year R&D project with an aerospace prime to qualify its Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing technology for producing aerospace tooling.
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JenaValve Technology, Irvine, California, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval on March 23, 2026 for the Trilogy Heart Valve System for the treatment of symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation in patients deemed at high or greater risk for surgical aortic valve replacement. Trilogy is the first and only transcatheter heart valve approved in the United States for aortic regurgitation, addressing a long-standing unmet need in structural heart medicine.
The Trilogy device is a self-expanding, transcatheter aortic valve implant built on a low-profile nitinol frame with porcine pericardial tissue leaflets. The device’s locator architecture is designed to engage the native aortic leaflets to provide secure anchoring in regurgitant anatomy that lacks the calcified landing zone typically used for transcatheter valves indicated for aortic stenosis.
The approval is supported by the ALIGN-AR pivotal trial, which evaluated Trilogy in patients with symptomatic severe aortic regurgitation at prohibitive or high surgical risk. The trial demonstrated meaningful reductions in regurgitation severity at one year alongside acceptable safety endpoints, providing the first prospective evidence base for a dedicated AR transcatheter device in the United States.
JenaValve Technology develops transcatheter heart valve systems for the treatment of aortic regurgitation and aortic stenosis. The company is privately held and headquartered in Irvine, California.
Boeing announced a $7 million CAD commitment to Vac Aero International Inc., a Canadian aerospace and defence supplier with operations in Ontario and Quebec, as part of the CP8A Poseidon Industrial and Technological Benefits (ITB) program. Boeing will purchase two vacuum furnaces for its Tube, Duct and Reservoir Center in Algona, Washington, where they will heat treat tube and duct assemblies critical to various Boeing airplane programs and select space and defense work. “This ITB investment underscores Boeing’s commitment to Canada following the CP8A Poseidon selection and to modern manufacturing and Canadian small businesses,” said Al Meinzinger, Boeing Canada President. Vac Aero CEO Michael Miasek noted the purchase commitment will allow the company to further expand its Canadian manufacturing capacity.
Fort Wayne Metals, Fort Wayne, Indiana, received Medtronic’s 2025 Supplier Innovation Excellence Award for its nitinol melt program, which Medtronic recognized for strengthening global supply chain resilience and supporting the advancement of life-improving medical technologies.
Fort Wayne Metals is a fully integrated nitinol supplier, controlling every step of the manufacturing process from ingot melting through custom finishing of wires, tubes, and components. The company began working with nitinol in 1991 and established a dedicated melt facility in 2012. Between 2022 and 2024, production of melted nitinol for medical applications doubled, and a second vacuum arc remelting (VAR) furnace brought online in early 2025 positions the company to double output again. Melted nitinol now represents 74 percent of all nitinol products the company sells.
“Our goal is to enable our customers to develop their innovations, from nitinol melt to custom finishing of products,” said Scott Glaze, President and CEO of Fort Wayne Metals. The award reflects the company’s role as a critical upstream supplier to medical device manufacturers developing stents, guidewires, and implantable components that rely on nitinol’s unique superelastic and shape memory properties.
Fort Wayne Metals employs more than 2,000 people across its Fort Wayne, Indiana headquarters and facilities in Columbia City, Indiana, and Galway, Ireland.
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Wisconsin Oven, East Troy, WI, has announced the shipment of a gas-fired walk-in batch oven to a prominent manufacturer in the defense industry. The oven is designed for curing filament wound composite materials and is capable of processing a 78,000-pound load on a 40-foot long mandrel carried by a load car.
The work chamber measures 10 feet wide, 42 feet long, and 9 feet high, with a qualified work zone of 8 feet by 40 feet by 8 feet. The oven includes a rotation system to prevent drooping of uncured composites during the heating process, offering speed control flexibility through a variable frequency drive.
This oven operates at a maximum temperature of 500°F, with temperature uniformity of ±10°F at multiple setpoints. Equipped with a PLC-based Wisconsin Oven Premium Control System and an IoT system, it allows for real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and remote fault diagnosis.
Additional features include split-line construction for easier shipping, two powerful recirculation blowers, interior lighting, and safety-compliant railings and ladder access.
Constellium, based in Paris, announced that its collaborative research project, Aluminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures (ALIVE), has achieved weight savings of 12 to 35 percent for electric vehicle (EV) battery enclosures. The project, led by Constellium’s University Technology Center at Brunel University London, focused on optimizing the design and manufacturing processes for structural aluminum enclosures in EVs.
Launched in 2020, the £15 million initiative was partially funded by the UK government through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). The project involved six industrial partners, including BMW, Volvo, and Innoval Technology, along with university technology partners from Brunel University London and the University of Warwick.
The ALIVE team developed new aluminum designs using Constellium’s high-strength alloys, HSA6® and HCA6®, while implementing advanced joining and forming technologies. Full-scale prototypes were produced and successfully passed rigorous testing for performance, safety, and fire resistance. The project also generated cost models to support future industrialization of the designs.
Enovis Corp., Wilmington, Del., has announced today that it has been recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 by Newsweek.
Newsweek partnered with Plant-A Insights Group, a market-data research firm, to identify America’s Greatest Workplaces by conducting a large-scale employer study based on over 389,000 company reviews in the United States. “Enovis is proud to provide a positive work environment where employees can thrive through our culture of continuous improvement and a commitment to improving patient outcomes,” said Matt Trerotola, chief executive officer of Enovis. “This award recognizes our passionate drive to create better together every day as we develop the next generation of medical technology, and we are honored to be named one of the greatest workplaces in America.”
Already recognized as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity, Enovis places significant importance on building and sustaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment while fostering a collaborative culture that empowers its team of extraordinary talent to reach their full potential.
Raisoni College of Engineering, India, has published a critical review of significant performance and safety issues that arise from the deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC) structural components brought on by ageing processes and high stress occurrences.
Shape memory alloys (SMAs), one of the options for restoring such components, have special qualities including recovering inelastic strain when unloaded (super elasticity) or heated (shape memory effect, SME). To lessen permanent deformations into RC constructions, super elasticity and SME of SMA bars can be used. The stiffness and strength of RC structures can also be improved by the addition of SMAs, allowing them to withstand loads of high intensities with minimal damage.
Despite the wide range of studies done on the applications of SMAs in structures, a comprehensive analysis of the present state, key results, potential drawbacks, and future contemplation of SMA bars for the reinforcement of RC structures is lacking in the literature.
Dr. Kathy Hayrynen, FASM, vice president of research and development, Aalberts Surface Technologies, Cleveland, has been awarded the 2023 Fred Linebarger Teaching Award by the Cast Iron Division of the American Foundry Society Technical Council.
The award was established in 2015 and honors the late Dr. Fred Linebarger (Director of Technology for Miller & CO) who devoted his career to the development of treatment alloys and processes for the production of both ductile and compacted graphite iron.
Dr. Fred was known for his teaching skills, namely an ability to take complex concepts and break them down into simple bites that anyone could understand. He served as a mentor to many technical employees in the metalcasting industry.
The award honors Dr. Kathy’s efforts mentoring and sharing her knowledge. It emphasizes her role in and the importance of education in the metalcasting industry. It also recognizes her willingness to share knowledge with others by teaching fundamentals of metalcasting to students, customers and industry peers. She serves as a mentor to the next generation of metalcasting professionals, especially women in the industry.
