Norsk Titanium to building manufacturing plant in Plattsburgh

Albany

Norsk  Titanium SA of Norway officially announced plans to build a factory in Plattsburgh that will make titanium airplane parts in partnership with  SUNY Polytechnic Institute .

The facility is just the latest research and manufacturing center that SUNY Poly has established in upstate New York — but the most northern outpost so far.

The state will spend $125 million on the factory to pay for 20 plasma deposition machines made by Norsk that will turn titanium wire into airplane parts using an innovative 3D printing process that significantly cuts down on the amount of raw material needed for each part. New York state is also paying $4 million for planning expenses for the factory.

"Today marks the beginning of a new era in the way aircraft, marine vessels, automobiles, spacecraft and many industrial products are designed and built," Norsk Titanium CEO  Warren M. Boley,  Jr. said in a statement released Monday at the Farnborough International Airshow  in England. "Not only are we creating jobs, huge economic impact and great visibility for the wider Plattsburgh community, we are also making history by kicking off a new phase of on-demand, near-net-shape manufacturing that sets a new benchmark of efficiency and customer responsiveness."

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[caption id="attachment_22796" align="alignnone" width="605"] The production floor at Norsk Titanium for its rapid plasma deposition machines, known as the Merke IV.[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_22797" align="alignnone" width="617"] A rendering of Norsk Titanium's proposed airplane part manufacturing facility in Plattsburgh.[/caption]

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