Huntsville’s reputation as a leader in aerospace and military defense is well established. The city is a regional and national hub for high technology. Now, add global to the growing list.

Titomic, already with operations in Australia and New Zealand, not only opened a facility in the area as it enters the U.S. market but the company billing itself as “the world’s leading provider of kinetic fusion solutions’’ has made the Tennessee Valley home to its headquarters.

Prior to a ribbon-cutting on Monday, June 2, at the new site that once housed Pratt & Whitney off Alabama Highway 20, demonstrations at different stations around the facility introduced newcomers to Titomic’s cutting-edge cold spray system.

“It is a great milestone,’’ Dag Stromme, Executive Chair of the Board at Titomic, said. “We are now officially ready for business in the United States with the world’s best engineers, the world’s best management team, the best community leaders, our fantastic advisory board and the best place in the world for business.’’

Monday’s ceremony attracted local and area political luminaries, among them Congressman Dale Strong (R, Monrovia) and Alabama House of Representatives members Andy Whitt (R, Ardmore) and Rex Reynolds (R, Huntsville).

“Welcome to the Rocket City,’’ Strong told the gathered crowd. “I’m going to tell you right here (Titomic is) going to make a difference in our area.’’

According to the company, Titomic Kinetic Fusion™ is a groundbreaking additive manufacturing and repair technology that uses kinetic energy to fuse materials without melting them. Powders are accelerated at high velocities using a supersonic gas jet and sprayed onto a substrate, creating high-strength, corrosion-resistant components layer by layer without thermal stress or material degradation.

In other words, it’s revolutionary 21st century technology wizardry that replaces welding or traditional coating methods and promises ultra-fast production, field repairs and resilient coating for mission-critical components.

Using its groundbreaking cold spray technique, Stromme claimed Titomic can produce titanium warfighting materials with less waste and repair and coat mission-critical surfaces at “a fraction of the cost than it normally would have and at a speed that is far superior to existing repair methods.’’

It’s not sci-fi stuff, it just seems like it.

Among the innovative equipment displayed:

TFK 1000: defined as a robust industrial-scale cold spray additive manufacturing system designed for high-performance metal part production, repair and coating. Using cold spray technology, traditional lead times are reduced from months to days and even hours.
D623: a new design that allows for an increased deposition of powder to leverage a wider array of materials. It reduces time to coat surfaces and get assets (i.e. a mechanical vehicle) back into the field. It provides maximum portability enabling use in multiple environments.
D523: another portable cold spray system engineered for precision metal repair and surface enhancement made to optimize mobility and ease of use. It’s designed for on-site use and is available in a backpack version, albeit a heavy one, that soldiers can carry into action.

Titomic was founded in 2014 in Australia. Among the company’s highlights was unveiling the world’s largest 3D metal printer in 2018. Now, the company has partnered with Auburn University and UAH to forge ahead..

“We will do great things together,’’ Stromme said.

He also tipped his hat to Huntsville’s leadership.

“In my 35 years,’’ he said, “I’ve never met a more cohesive business community than in Huntsville.’’