Merry Christmas and Happy 2026!
We at VALIMET, Inc. wish our Customers, Suppliers, Association Members, Industry Peers and LinkedIn Followers a wonderful end of the Year!
Something serious about Cerium, Episode 6: Blend, Pre-Alloy or MasterAlloy?
Long story short, it’s better to pre-alloy Zirconium and Scandium, or at least, to use an Aluminum-based Master Alloy. The alloy Al-7Ce-10Mg-0.71Zr-0.23Sc has been tested for LPBF by Northwestern University, in collaboration with Eck Industries, Inc. U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory. Clement Ekaputra, David Weiss and other co-authors have compared different addition technique for…
VALIMET Networking for Texas Tech University and Backdiamonds
With great pleasure we publish here a post by Rod Russell, Energetic Materials Research Engineer / Combustion Lab Advisor at Texas Tech University – Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. College of Engineering: “Last week our team from the TTU Combustion Lab hit the road for a series of unforgettable industry tours — and we came home…
Basketball and Encounters
An employee perk at VALIMET, Inc.: Basketball tickets.A group of us enjoyed the Stockton Kings game, the other night.Weird encounters: Santa, the Grinch, our President Chris Adam. We share the pics as a way to process all of that…
The VALIMET Orchard, Episode 24: a cold, foggy December in Big Valley
Is that good or bad for the vines? Tips for #BusinessManagement? If the old say is right, ‘common grief is half a joy’. Our East Coast friends must be happy: weather in the big valley CA has been miserable: cold, foggy, cloudy. What about the vines? What about the crops?A cold December is usually good…
The VALIMET Orchard, Episode 23: Happy Thanksgiving!
Redwoods in our orchard rise like a natural curtain — a tapestry of green needles. Through the eastern opening, a single Hot-Cocoa rose stands in full glory. As we head into Thanksgiving, our wish for you all is simple:even when joy feels a little shadowed, may you find the angle that reveals unexpected beauty —…
One closing thought on Formnext 2025.
The most significant contribution to speeding-up AM parts validations is probably that today Dyndrite can deliver. Salvation comes from a Software Company. On the hardware side, the number of lasers per machine may grow more but the intrinsic properties of lasers show potential for faster printing: see what nLIGHT, Inc. has introduced in the recent…
Day 3 at Formnext. Sometimes there is a man.
Sometimes there is a man. (And his name is Jonathan Meyer) You may have read the news. Our friend Jon Meyer is passing the baton to the successor he prepared in these past few years, Sebastian Lepa. Jon was there when Fank Palm was conducting researches on the benefits of Scandium additions to Aluminum Alloys,…
VALIMET taking part to the GO-Biz initiative in Poland and Ukraine
Original post by the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) : GO-Biz recently completed a productive joint trade mission with the State of Washington to Poland and Ukraine, focused on strengthening commercial ties, advancing reconstruction partnerships, and reaffirming California’s long-standing support for Ukraine. Thank you to the California companies who joined the…
Day 0+1+2 at Formnext. What do The University of Texas at El Paso, VALIMET and a top-tier Recruiting Company have in common?
We’ll tell you the full story in the near future. In a few words: Professor Francisco Medina 🦕 invited the Metal Powder Industries Federation to offer a seminar to his students. MPIF’s Wiley Abner and VALIMET’s Luigi Alzati volunteered for the job, joined by Dr. Ian McCarthy. 51 curious and cheerful students showed up. Then…