Materials for additive manufacturing are increasingly varied and vast, and depending on the target technologies and applications they can be used in a number of different forms. Materials research is also an increasingly important focus for manufacturing companies some of which, including the company we interview today, have made it their focus. MIMETE is a young Italian company that has been in business for over six years, specializing in the production of atomized metal powders in iron, nickel and cobalt alloys. To learn more about their business, we interviewed the team!
3DN: Could you introduce us to MIMETE?
MIMETE is a company specializing in the production of iron-, nickel- and cobalt-alloy atomized metal powders. Our particular strength is that we are able to provide both in-stock products and those that have been designed to customer requirements. We are part of the FOMAS Group, which has been producing forgings and seamless rolled rings in all types of steel and non-ferrous alloys for more than 60 years. This allows MIMETE to combine the responsiveness typical of a small company with the experience and reliability of a multinational company with a solid history.
3DN: How did MIMETE come to be? What is its main goal?
MIMETE was created in 2017, thanks to the innovative drive of the management team and the ingenuity of the FOMAS Group R&D team. In the years prior to the company’s conception, in fact, FOMAS was interested in new manufacturing technologies, conducting research on those that could compete with or complement its production processes. Additive Manufacturing immediately attracted interest.
It was soon realized that the production of metal powder, was the point in the AM supply chain closest to the core business of the FOMAS Group, which has decades of know-how in material processing behind it. The creation of MIMETE outlines two fundamental characteristics: on the one hand, the natural drive for research and development that make it agile and versatile, ready to embrace the latest innovations in the metallurgy sector; on the other hand, its membership in the group that allows it to benefit from more than 60 years of know-how in the sector thanks to its established presence in the market. Our main goal is to be the point of reference in Italy and abroad for the production of metal powders.
