EcoTitanium again chooses solutions from the Seco/Warwick Group to develop its capacities

EcoTitanium has again chosen Seco/Warwick Group as a supplier in order to further develop its productions capacities with a new Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnace.

EcoTitanium, an European company specialized in melting Titanium alloys for critical applications, opened in Saint-Georges-du-Mont (Puy-de-Dôme, France) in 2017. It was the first melter in Europe to choose a plasma cold hearth furnace (PAMCHR) to manufacture Titanium ingots using recycled Titanium reverts, mainly coming from the Aerospace supply chain.

The Seco/Warwick Group has been its main supplier from the beginning, both delivering PAMCHR (throught its Retech Systems brand) and remelting technology (VAR furnace used for further refining of titanium ingots).

The PAMCHR technology uses plasma torches in order to melt titanium scraps in an inert gas atmosphere. It allows to enhance the recycling process to unprecedented levels : EcoTitanium ingots can integrate up to 80 % recycled materials.

The chose of the PAMCHR cutting-edge technology has been essential for EcoTitanium to complete its mission, which is to create an autonomous and responsible European Titanium channel, recycling allowing to divide by up to four CO2 emissions of Titanium melting activity.

The acquisition of a new VAR furnace is consistent with the very significant increase in demand for Titanium, especially from the Aerospace industry.

Choosing again Seco/Warwick Group will help the integration of this new furnace to the existing industrial set up, leveraging the experience gained by both partners since seven years.

“The delivery of this new VAR furnace will help us to secure our customers growing Titanium needs. We are pleased to open this new chapter of EcoTitanium history with our long-term partner Seco/Warwick. Seco/Warwick has indeed offered us best-in-class solutions in the field of vacuum metallurgy technology, both with its PAMCHR from its Retech brand and its VAR furnaces” – says Jean-François Juéry, President of EcoTitanium.

“The current contract is a continuation of a solid partnership. EcoTitanium’s solution offers a European, ecological, and innovative solutions for the Aerospace industry and we are proud to be part of it.” said Earl Good, Managing Director of RETECH.

“The partnership with EcoTitanium is strategic. We are glad that Retech and Seco/Warwick brand’s solutions constitute the core of its machine park” adds Sławomir Tomaszewski, Director of the Vacuum Melting Furnaces Team in the Seco/Warwick.