Impression Technologies and EMI Aerospace join to use HFQ technology for OEM aluminium parts

Coventry's Impression Technologies Limited (ITL) and EMI Aerospace (EMI) from Michigan have formed a licensing and technical services agreement to develop advanced aluminium structures using Hot Form Quench (HFQ) technology for global aerospace markets.

EMI Aerospace will be able to broaden its range of applications and offer hot-formed aluminium structures for aerospace OEMs with reduced part count and cost, thanks to access to HFQ technology and technical support from ITL.

The alliance combines EMI Aerospace's production capabilities, experience, and market channels with ITL's expertise in materials characterization, simulation, applications engineering, and HFQ process technology for the highest available strength grades of aluminium sheet.

Jonathan Watkins, the Chief Executive Officer of Impression Technologies, commented: "We are delighted to embark on this journey with EMI Aerospace to establish HFQ manufacturing in the USA for commercial aerospace structures. Our new partner is proactive and ambitious and extends our commercial reach into major aircraft OEMs and subsystem suppliers."

The President of EMI Aerospace, Stan Kenner, exclaimed: "EMI Aerospace is excited to partner with Impression Technologies and is eager to offer the HFQ forming process to our trusted aerospace partners. We look forward to collaborating with the HFQ team on current and future projects as we expand our forming capability of complex aluminium parts."