RTI acquires Directed Manufacturing for additive manufacturing of titanium aerospace and medical products
RTI International Metals Inc., Pittsburgh, has acquired Directed Manufacturing Inc., Austin, Texas, a leader in additive manufacturing of metals and plastics for both commercial production and engineering development applications. The transaction is expected to enhance RTI’s ability to deliver advanced, cost-effective titanium and other advanced material solutions to customers in markets such as aerospace and medical devices.
RTI Directed Manufacturing Inc. will become the flagship organization in RTI’s Advanced Additive product line. It produces complex components of titanium, nickel–chromium alloys, and other specialty metals and composite plastics. The specific additive manufacturing or “3D printing” technologies used by the company include Direct Metal Laser Sintering and Plastic Laser Sintering systems.
Directed Manufacturing currently manufactures products that include aerospace airfoils, rakes, guide vanes and injection nozzles, complex fasteners, surgical tools, medical implants, injection mold inserts, and many others. It is one of the few companies in the fast-growing additive manufacturing field with commercial production experience in both metals and plastics. The company’s customers include a number of major aerospace industry prime contractors and suppliers.
