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The Titanium & Superalloy Materials Plant is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility inaugurated in October 2025 at the Strategic Materials Technology Complex of PTC Industries in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
 
Key points

• The plant is operated by Aeroalloy Technologies Limited, a subsidiary of PTC Industries Limited.
• It has a production capacity exceeding 6,000 tonnes per annum, making it the world's largest single-site titanium remelting facility.
• It uses cutting-edge technologies such as Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR), Electron Beam (EB) melting, Plasma Arc Melting (PAM), and Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM).
• The plant manufactures aviation-grade titanium and superalloy materials critical for defence and aerospace sectors, including parts for fighter jets, missiles, naval systems, and satellites.
• With this plant, India joins a select group of nations that can produce these strategic materials domestically, reducing reliance on imports.

The plant supports the Government of India's "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" (self-reliant India) initiative by boosting indigenous manufacturing capabilities in strategic materials.

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