Scandium Canada Ltd. (TSX-V: SCD) announced on May 19, 2026, that it has signed an agreement with ALPOMET, a Turkish advanced materials engineering company, to establish a strategic collaboration framework for developing scandium-based advanced materials. The partnership focuses on aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloys for applications including hydrogen technologies, additive manufacturing, and aerospace.
The collaboration combines Scandium Canada's downstream Scandium+ division capabilities in Al-Sc alloys with ALPOMET's expertise in advanced materials engineering. Under the agreement, the parties plan to evaluate joint research and development activities in several areas: metal powder production through gas and ultrasonic atomization technologies, Al-Sc alloy design supported by Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME), additive manufacturing and advanced production processes, hydrogen storage and hydrogen-related material applications, and material characterization with development of comprehensive technical data sheets.
"This collaboration reflects the growing international interest in a secure scandium supply and in the advanced materials it makes possible," said Guy Bourassa, CEO of Scandium Canada. "Working alongside a capable engineering team with access to European end users is another step in building the network of partners that a young and promising scandium market needs."
Luc Duchesne, Ph.D., Chief Science Officer of Scandium Canada and Head of Scandium+, emphasized the complementarity: "Combining computational alloy design, powder atomization and rigorous material characterization adds capability to validate Al-Sc alloys for demanding industrial applications."
ALPOMET brings experience in ICME-based alloy design and powder production through gas and ultrasonic atomization, including work on high-strength aluminum alloys for additive manufacturing supported by the pan-European Eureka network (2024 and 2025 Lightweighting Call). These capabilities complement the alloy development work by Scandium+. The collaboration aims to provide Scandium+ with an alloy formulation and production alternative for qualifying metal powders.
These workstreams target high-value applications where Al-Sc alloys offer a decisive advantage, including aerospace structural components and electric motor systems, where reduced weight combined with increased strength is key. For Al-Sc alloys to reach their potential in laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF), they must be converted into high-quality and cost-effective metal powders.
Yagız Akyildiz, Co-Founder and General Manager of ALPOMET, stated: "ALPOMET and Scandium Canada bring together complementary strengths in advanced materials, additive manufacturing and hydrogen technologies. We see this collaboration as a structured framework for shaping the engineering materials of the future."
Based in Kocaeli, Turkiye, ALPOMET adds to Scandium Canada's European collaboration network. The agreement establishes confidentiality terms and provides a basis to explore the collaboration. Scandium Canada (TSX-V: SCD) is a public company aiming to bring the world's leading primary source of scandium into production, enabling development and commercialization of Al-Sc alloys through its Scandium+ division and Crater Lake mining project. More information is available at www.scandium-canada.com.
