IBC Advanced Alloys joins hands with Nu-Cast for aluminum casting project

IBC Advanced Alloys, a specialty metal developer and manufacturer signed an MoU with Nu-Cast, an aluminum investment casting company. The deal “outlines the framework for increasing manufacturing capacity and improving production efficiencies of IBC’s proprietary near-net-shape beryllium-aluminum castings.”

According to the MoU both the companies will work together on new beryllium-aluminum investment casting projects that will cater to the aerospace industry.

According to IBC, beryllium-aluminum alloys produced by them can be used in most high-performance applications that require complex, lightweight and stiff parts. They also have use as a lower-cost replacement material for magnesium, cast aluminum, titanium etc. and also as pure beryllium or powder metallurgy beryllium-aluminum.

IBC has produced over 250,000 castings till date. With such experience, it expects to make use of each company’s skills to take advantage of opportunities in the aerospace sector throuch the agreement with Nu-Cast.

According to IBC’s latest press release, both companies have “identified opportunities to improve manufacturing and marketing efficiencies for beryllium aluminum castings to support future growth. Nu-Cast has extensive experience with aluminum investment castings that will complement IBC’s beryllium aluminum casting expertise.”

Nu-Cast’s president, Don McKitterick, highlighted how both the companies will complement each other’s strength. “Nu-Cast has successfully served the aerospace sector for almost three decades and is an excellent complement to IBC’s technology, team and corporate vision,” he said.

Anthony Dutton, president of IBC, said “[t]here are many immediate synergies between IBC and Nu-Cast where we can share our respective know-how to better serve the aerospace industry.”