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ATI expands portfolio to produce Titanium Alloy Sheet for aerospace

1. ATI opens a new titanium alloy sheet facility in South Carolina. 2. New product enhances strength for aerospace components and assemblies. 3. ATI has secured multi-year agreements with Airbus, boosting demand. 4. Facility promotes sustainability through all-electric furnaces and zero emissions. 5. ATI aims to lead in aerospace materials with expanded product offerings.

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Why Bullish?

The new facility enhances ATI's product offerings and positions them advantageously in the aerospace sector, echoing similar market responses seen in previous expansions by competitors like Alcoa when introducing innovative manufacturing capabilities.

How important is it?

The new facility significantly alters ATI's production capacity and product line, likely increasing market share and investor interest, akin to previous transformative expansions in the industry.

Why Long Term?

Strong partnerships and long-term agreements, such as those with Airbus, ensure sustained revenue flow, similar to historical trends where capacity expansions solidified market positions over time.

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State-of-the-art facility produces critical product for aerostructures , /PRNewswire/ -- ATI Inc. (NYSE: ATI) has brought online a state-of-the-art facility in Pageland, South Carolina to produce titanium alloy sheet. Technically challenging to produce, this material is critical to airframe manufacturers, bringing strength and durability to aerostructure components and assemblies. ATI Pageland Operations ATI Pageland Operations Team "Recognizing the high quality of our products, customers have been asking ATI to add this offering to our titanium portfolio," said Kimberly A. Fields, ATI President and CEO. "With our Pageland facility fully online and in production, we now offer a full complement of titanium materials, producing quality titanium sheets wider and longer than anyone in the industry." Known in the industry as 'pack rolled sheet,' this product must meet exacting industry requirements. Production starts with the best of ATI's extraordinary capabilities across the enterprise, from melt to rolling. Layers of titanium plate are hot rolled to ultra-thin sheets in gauges as thin as 0.020 inches, at lengths up to 25 feet, with the highest surface quality. "This new offering further extends ATI's position as an aerospace leader, giving customers extraordinary manufacturing capability and flexibility," said Fields. ATI recently announced a multi-year agreement with Airbus for titanium plate, sheet and billet for narrow and widebody aircraft. The titanium alloy sheet for this engagement will be produced at the Pageland facility. ATI estimates that more than two-thirds of Pageland's capacity will be under long-term agreements with a range of aerospace customers, including for the titanium alloy sheet for Airbus, with qualifications already underway.ATI Pageland Operations is vertically integrated, bringing leveling, annealing, finishing and inspection together under one roof at the nearly 125,000 square foot greenfield facility. The highly automated facility was designed with sustainability at the forefront: The electric furnaces align Pageland's power footprint with the state of South Carolina's power cooperatives' goal of moving toward greener power solutions. All-electric furnaces and a highly efficient water-jacketed pickle line result in zero air emissions and minimal wastewater discharge. The investment is included in the company's existing capital expenditure guidance.ATI: Proven to PerformATI (NYSE: ATI) is a producer of high-performance materials and solutions for the global aerospace and defense markets, and critical applications in electronics, medical and specialty energy. We're solving the world's most difficult challenges through materials science. We partner with our customers to deliver extraordinary materials that enable their greatest achievements: their products fly higher and faster, burn hotter, dive deeper, stand stronger and last longer. Our proprietary process technologies, unique customer partnerships and commitment to innovation deliver materials and solutions for today and the evermore challenging environments of tomorrow.  We are proven to perform anywhere.  Learn more at ATImaterials.com.This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Certain statements in this news release relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which may contain such words as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "would," "should," "will," "will likely result," "forecast," "outlook," "projects," and similar expressions, are based on management's current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which we are unable to predict or control. Our performance or achievements may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements due to the following factors, among others: (a) material adverse changes in economic or industry conditions generally, including global supply and demand conditions and prices for our specialty materials and changes in international trade duties and other aspects of international trade policy; (b) material adverse changes in the markets we serve; (c) our inability to achieve the level of cost savings, productivity improvements, synergies, growth or other benefits anticipated by management from strategic investments and the integration of acquired businesses; (d) volatility in the price and availability of the raw materials that are critical to the manufacture of our products; (e) declines in the value of our defined benefit pension plan assets or unfavorable changes in laws or regulations that govern pension plan funding; (f) labor disputes or work stoppages; (g) equipment outages; (h) business and economic disruptions associated with extraordinary events beyond our control, such as war, terrorism, international conflicts, public health issues, such as epidemics or pandemics, natural disasters and climate-related events that may arise in the future and (i) other risk factors summarized in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2024, and in other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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