Constellium launches Aheadd® aluminium powder for additive manufacturing market

Constellium, a global sector leader that develops innovative, value added aluminium products for a broad scope of markets and applications, has launched Aheadd®, its new aluminium powder offer for additive manufacturing sector.

Aheadd® is are designed and tailored based on customer needs for a wide range of applications including aerospace, motorsports and defense industries. The new aluminium powder brings unmatched thermal stability that allows replacement of titanium in selected applications to reduce weight and cost.

The company entered into an agreement with Poly-Shape, an AddUp company. Poly-Shape is a leader in the field of metal additive manufacturing for the development and production of innovative components based on the new Constellium powders.

“As a global leader in innovative aluminium products and solutions, we are at the forefront of the evolving and fast changing additive manufacturing market, and we are proud to be expanding our portfolio to serve and meet the needs of our customers across all industries,” said Jean-Marc Germain, CEO of Constellium.

“The global additive manufacturing market has great potential with new design and production possibilities, and we look forward to further expanding its potential by providing unique and high-performance aluminium powders customized for our customers.”

The company’s experts at its C-TEC Research and Development center in Voreppe, France, are continuing to expand additive manufacturing offer, with additional alloys that will offer new opportunities to its customers.