UK deeptech materials startup

Unlocking the next generation of advanced alloys with LPBF

NanoMetal Innovations Ltd (NMI) is building a materials platform for critical and extreme engineering challenges, delivered through novel powder architecture, LPBF physics, and traceability-first qualification workflows.

Registered address Eleven Brindley Place, 2 Brunswick Street, Birmingham, B1 2LP (UK)
Working address In discussions regarding membership at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (Coventry)
IP Provisional Patent: 63/870,353
Filed August 26, 2025
Proof of concept Early PoC completed; characterization performed by UConn CAMMA Institute

New Matter, On Demand

What we’re building

  • Powder Capability enabling composition opportunities for exotic alloys
  • Qualification Workflows for evidence packaging, traceability, and envelope control
  • Alloy Genome (online beta coming soon)

The problem

Alloy limitations and qualification friction slow progress

Leading-edge engineering increasingly requires new alloys for critical and extreme environments. Yet scaling novel compositions - and qualifying them for real hardware use - remains slow, expensive, and difficult to evidence with confidence.

Composition Constraints

Many advanced alloy concepts are hard to manufacture at scale, and harder to translate into manufacturable feedstock.

Qualification Burden

Evidence expectations are rising: traceability, uncertainty, drift control, and standards-aligned reporting.

Missing Digital Thread

Material batches, measurement data, process context, and performance results often lack traceable lineage and audit-ready structure.

The approach

A platform built for materials invention and qualification reality

NMI pairs powder composition opportunity with a qualification evidence layer - designed for modern QbA-style programs.

Powder Capability

Non-melt powder manufacturing + LPBF's rapid melting/solidification creates a credible path to otherwise difficult compositions.

High-level: composition opportunity, repeatability, and a pathway to controlled feedstock evolution.

Materials Layer

Qualification Evidence

Powder passport + lot genealogy + metrology and reporting workflows - packaged for review and auditability.

Aligned to VVUQ/traceability/uncertainty expectations without overselling “magic simulation”.

Qualification Layer

Interested in the platform?

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