Summary
- Profile Type
- Business request
- POD Reference
- BRGB20250619016
- Term of Validity
- 19 June 2025 - 19 June 2026
- Company's Country
- United Kingdom
- Type of partnership
- Supplier agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- Due to the geopolitics and fluctuations in prices, a UK manufacturer and supplier of hard metal powders is looking for new regular suppliers under supplier agreements. The powders of interest include tungsten and tungsten carbide.
- Full Description
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An independent UK manufacturer and supplier of hard metal powders has built up supply chains for the powder coating industries.
As a result of changes in geopolitics, a shortage is arising in the W and WC powder markets.
The company are looking for producers and wholesalers of tungsten and carbide powders who have been priced out but are now in a new situation to offer their materials .
Type of cooperation will be that of a supplier agreement. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- The purity of ≥99.9% for both materials is expected with acceptable oxygen content in the sub-0.01% level. The key focus right now is to stabillise the costs and supply of the powdered materials.
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Type of partner sought: industry;
Specific area of partner sought: producers and wholesalers of W and WC materials from around the world;
Role of partner sought: to enter a regular supply agreement such that it gets introduced in the UK company’s international supply chain for mutual benefit. - Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Supplier agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 02007011 - Non-ferrous Metals
- 02002002 - Coatings
- Market keywords
- 08001012 - Speciality metals (including processes for working with metals)
- Targeted countries
- All countries