Amaero signs $22M powder supply agreement with Velo3D
April 30, 2025
Amaero Ltd, based in McDonald, Tennessee, has announced a five-year exclusive supply agreement with Velo3D, headquartered in Fremont, California.
This agreement supports Amaero’s strategic initiatives to support the re-shoring of advanced manufacturing and integrated supply chains to the United States: as Velo3D’s hardware is manufactured and software developed in the US, and its data packets stored by a US-based company, Velo3D is positioned to play a role in the nation’s efforts to reshore advanced manufacturing and accelerate the adoption of Additive Manufacturing.
Based on demand estimates, Amaero’s revenue from C103 and titanium alloy powder sales over the five-year agreement is expected to total approximately $22 million (actual revenues may change and are subject to Velo3D’s production demand.)
Through the agreement, Amaero will be Velo3D’s exclusive supplier of Niobium C103 and other refractory alloy powders, including molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, and zirconium alloys, and its preferred supplier of titanium alloy powders.
Velo3D will qualify Amaero’s spherical powders and develop proprietary build parameters exclusively for Amaero’s C103 spherical powders and refractory alloy powders on all Velo3D Sapphire family of AM machines. Velo3D will qualify Amaero’s titanium alloy powder and exclusively develop build parameters for new machine sales. The build parameters will be provided with AM machine licensing at no additional cost to customers.
Velo3D will also exclusively offer Amaero’s C103, refractory and titanium alloy powders for sale to its AM machine customers.
Dr Arun Jeldi, Velo3D’s CEO, commented, “Velo3D is the leading US equipment manufacturer for scalable metal 3D printing technology with integrated hardware and software systems. As the United States undergoes a domestic manufacturing renaissance, it’s imperative that US companies lead on the innovation front, scale manufacturing throughput, and create more resilient supply chains.
“Velo3D is very excited to enter a long-term supply agreement with Amaero and to extend Velo3D’s proprietary print parameters to include C103 and refractory alloy powders. Increasingly complex geometry of parts coupled with iterative design and faster production cycles drive accelerated adoption of metal 3D printing. And, as space and defence applications evolve to require materials that perform in very high temperature and extreme condition environments, a proficient capability to 3D print parts from C103 and refractory alloys is an important and differentiating capability,” he continued.
“Developing print parameters in collaboration with Amaero is important for domestic high-value manufacturing and it’s an important new market for Velo3D. Given the extensive installation of Velo3D Sapphire printers in leading space companies, this is a natural extension of our core capability and will benefit Sapphire printer customers, as well as Rapid Production Solutions customers.
“Amaero’s team has over three decades of pioneering experience in atomisation of refractory and titanium alloy powders and has made forward-leaning capital investment to commission the industry-leading atomisation technology. Amaero has installed the only EIGA Premium technology in the US. With the first atomiser commissioned, a second scheduled to be commissioned in June and a third atomiser to be commissioned next year, Amaero has created the largest and most responsive production capacity for refractory and titanium alloy powders in the United States. Our partnership with Amaero is an important milestone for Velo3D.”
Hank J Holland, Amaero’s chairman and CEO, shared, “The re-shoring, development and scaling of US domestic advanced manufacturing and supply chain capabilities are foundational to Amaero’s corporate strategy. Following three decades of offshoring manufacturing, including capital investment and workforce development, the Trump Administration has established industrial policy as a priority initiative that supports national security and economic policy.
“Amaero acted with a sense of urgency to address key vulnerabilities in the domestic supply chain. The company expects to make capital investments of approximately A$72 million over the three-year period ending FY2026. Plans include the commissioning of four industry-leading advanced gas atomisers with annual production capacity in excess of 800 metric tonnes. The refractory and titanium alloy production areas have capacity for installation of up to six advanced gas atomisers. We have dedicated a production room and an EIGA Premium for atomisation of refractory alloy powders including niobium, molybdenum, tantalum, tungsten, and zirconium alloys and a separate production area dedicated to titanium alloys is planned for three EIGA Premiums with capacity to expand production to five EIGA Premiums,” Holland continued.
“To achieve the potential of metal Additive Manufacturing, it’s important that we have a vibrant and financially strong domestic ecosystem that includes 3D printing OEM companies, high throughput and technically proficient part manufacturers and scalable, high quality, cost competitive spherical powders,” Holland stated. “Velo3D has led pioneering innovation for large-format, metal 3D printing machines with fully integrated hardware and software. SpaceX’s adoption of Velo3D’s Sapphire machine as its sole 3D printing technology is case in point. Importantly, it’s also the most advanced and most installed metal 3D printing machine that’s manufactured in the US.
“We look forward to collaborating with Dr Arun Jeldi and the Velo3D team to accelerate adoption of metal 3D printing and to improve the resiliency and scalability of domestic manufacturing,” Holland concluded.
