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[email protected] [email protected] CONSUMER EDITION CONTENTS Editorial Meet the ITA . .6 Published by: Thank you Photo Contributors . 8 International Titanium Association www.titanium.org Welcome Letter – Bill Seeley . 9 1-303-404-2221 Telephone Editorial: 1-303-404-9111 Facsimile Phil Poirier Utilizes An Ancient Engine To Create Distinctive [email protected] Email Titanium Jewelry....................................................10 Motorcycle ‘Queen Of Speed’ Gets A Boost From Her High-Tech Editor & Executive Director: Titanium Exhaust System ............................................12 Jennifer Simpson Titanium Receives a New Look And Another ‘Ride’ as Material of Choice For Bicycle Manufacturing ..................................16 EDITORIAL OFFICES Knew Concepts ‘Accidentally’ Selects Titanium to Create Enhanced Birdcage Frame for Fret Saw.................................20 International Titanium Association 11674 Huron Street, Suite 100 Artist VanderMey ‘Manifests’ Her Creativity in Jewelry, Northglenn, Colorado 80234 USA Sculpture by Anodizing Titanium .....................................24 Women in Titanium: Executive Profile ..................................29 Demand ‘builds’ for Architectural Titanium in High-Growth Asian, ADVERTISING Middle East Markets.................................................34 Ashleigh Hayden, Marketing Associate British Virgin Islands Features Flamingo on New Pink Titanium Coin .......36 1-303-404-2221 Ext. 3 ITA Consumer Committee Strives to Draw Attention ......................38 [email protected] TITANIUM 2015 USA Executive Summary . .41 New ITA Members . 57 DISTRIBUTION LIST From the Wire Join this free distribution • Europe’s Top Air & Space Companies Hold Additive Manufacturing | by emailing us at [email protected] Summit at Norsk Titanium ...........................................62 • UL Fire Extinguishing Agent Test Protocols for Titanium Fires Now Being Reviewed . 62 • U.S. Patent Office Issues Solar Manufacturing 20 Bar Furnace Patent 9,187,799 .....................................................64 • President Titanium achieves AS9120 Rev. A Certification .................64 • Rolled Alloys introduces new KASTOtec AC5, 20” bandsaw ..............67 • Titanium Industries (T.I.) Announces Facilities Expansions, New Processing Equipment, and New Storage Services . .67 • Vargo Titanium Converter Stove: Our Newest, Most Versatile Stove Yet . 68 • Stanley Abkowitz Recognized as an Inventor in the Titanium Industry .....70 • Metals and Ores Benefit from Trans-Pacific Partnership ..................70 Titanium Buyers Guide: Producers, Distributors, Fabricators, | OEM’s, & Vendors to the Industry . 73 Advertiser Index . 106 www.titanium.org 4 TITANIUMTODAY Ready to Support Your Growth With Capabilities and Capacities in Place, Perryman is Ready to Grow with You As a premier global supplier of titanium products, Perryman Company leads the industry with superior innovation and advanced technology designed to meet the needs of tomorrow, today. We are expertly equipped to address the growing demands of the aerospace, medical, recreation and industrial markets. Our fully-integrated process, from melting to finishing, has enabled us to provide the high- precision results you have come to expect. We understand the ever- changing factors of the industries we serve and are committed to investing in the technology and resources needed to support the growth of your business and ours. Perryman Company is not only the preferred supplier of titanium products worldwide, but a visionary that looks to respond and invest in meeting your emerging needs. Perryman Company 213 Vandale Drive Houston, PA 15342 724.746.9390 Fully Integrated Titanium Manufacturing www.perrymanco.com TI Ad_Fullpg_FA_2.indd 1 9/3/15 3:31 PM MEET THE ITA Board of Directors Dawne S. Hickton Hunter R. Dalton Henry Seiner Brett S. Paddock Dr. Markus Holz Donald E. Larsen ITA President, Women in Executive Vice President, Vice President – Business T.I. (Titanium Industries, President, AMG’s Vice President Technology Titanium Chair Strategic Growth Initiatives Strategy Incorporated) Engineering Systems R&D Former CEO RTI ITA Vice President TIMET, Titanium Metals President & CEO Division CEO, ALD Vacuum ALCOA Titanium & International Metals, Inc. Corporation ITA Past President Technologies GmbH Engineered Products ITA Treasurer/Secretary Grant & Membership ITA Director ITA Director Aero Sub-Committee Chair Committee Chair Education Committee TITANIUM USA Co-Chair Conference Chair Titanium Europe Conference Chair Michael G. Metz Edward J. Newman Frank L. Perryman Edward Sobota, Jr. Jerry St. Clair Graham P. Walker President Senior Vice President President and Chief President President, Vulcanium Vice President, Sales and VSMPO Tirus US United Alloys & Executive Officer TSI Titanium Metals International, Marketing ITA Director Metals, Inc. Perryman Company ITA Director LLC & Vulcanium Metals AMETEK – Reading Alloys Nominating Committee ITA Director ITA Director Achievement Award International LTD ITA Director Chair Applications Committee Committee Chair ITA Director Education Committee Co- Chair Trade Show Committee Chair Chair Staff Jennifer Simpson Ashleigh Hayden Jennifer King Marisa Henriksen Rebecca Verhaeghe Executive Director Senior Sales Associate Operations Manager Conference Registration & Housing Membership Services Associate Contributor Educational Instructors Michael Gabriele A former managing editor with American Metal Market, Michael C. Gabriele has been a journalist for over 35 years and has done extensive freelance work for the International Titanium Association since 2005. He is based in Clifton, NJ. Dietmar Fischer James Robison Frauke Hogue 6 TITANIUMTODAY TransformationTransformation isis in in the the Air Air TheT strongesthe strongest evidence evidence of Alcoa’s of Alcoa’s ongoing ongoing transformation transformation lies liesin aerospace. in aerospace. AlreadyAlready an historican historic global global innovator, innovator, partner partner and and multi-material multi-material solutions solutions supplier, supplier, AlcoaAlcoa is growing is growing and and diversifying diversifying with with U.S. U.S. expansions expansions and and the theacquisitions acquisitions of Firthof Firth Rixson, Rixson, TITAL TITAL and and now now RTI RTI International International Metals. Metals. AlcoaAlcoa powers powers the theskies—nose skies—nose to tail to tailand and wingtip