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New Exclusivity Agreement

Smiths HP & Burloak Technologies Announce Exclusive Agreement to Supply Additive Manufactured Parts to Global Formula 1 Racing Market


Smiths High Performance & Burloak Technologies, a leader in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry and division of Samuel, Son & Co. Limited, today announced the signing of an exclusive agreement to supply additive manufactured parts in metals and polymers to the worldwide Formula 1 racing market. The advances in additive manufacturing capabilities and the growing competitiveness of Formula 1 racing is an ideal point to bring this collaboration together to better serve the clients of Smiths High Performance.

Under this agreement, the companies will work together to apply design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) principles to the complex challenges of making lighter, stronger and optimally designed parts that improve overall performance. This will allow for design flexibility and modifications that were not available through traditional manufacturing processes.


About Burloak Technologies

A leader in the additive manufacturing industry, Burloak Technologies provides engineering and designs for additive manufacturing, materials development, high precision CNC machining, post-processing and metrology. Burloak is a supplier to leading aerospace, space and energy companies and is registered to AS9100D, ISO9001 and is Canada Controlled Goods Approved. For more information visit www.burloaktech.com.


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“We are excited to partner with Burloak Technologies, a world leader in additive manufacturing who will enable us to provide unique value to our customers. We look forward to working with Burloak to develop parts and applications that will be at the forefront of Formula 1 racing for many years to come.”

Rob Kitchen - Smiths High Performance


“We are pleased to have signed this agreement with Smiths High Performance; we believe this is the best channel to leverage and extend our leading capabilities in additive manufacturing into the world of Formula 1. With their reputation and position in the market, we are looking forward to the opportunity to apply additive manufacturing in innovative ways to solve real time needs.”

Peter Adams - President and Co-founder Burloak Technologies


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About Smiths HP

We are a leading stockholder and supplier of high-performance engineering materials to the motorsport sector. We are supply partners in a range of specialist motorsport markets including Formula 1, Formula E, NASCAR, MOTO GP, WEC & WRC.