On September 17, 2026, Russia's NUST MISIS (National University of Science and Technology) announced via the official website of the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education: a novel aluminum-calcium (Al-Ca) alloy has been developed for LPBF (laser powder bed fusion) 3D printing, achieving approximately 5 times the ductility of existing printable aluminum alloys and a strength of about 366 MPa. A paper on the same topic, "Aluminum-Calcium Alloy for Laser Powder Bed Fusion," was published in MDPI's Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (Vol. 10, Issue 5). The addition of calcium to the aluminum matrix offers a new compositional pathway for improving the printability of aluminum-based alloys. Aluminum powders are widely used and in high demand in additive manufacturing (automotive lightweighting, consumer electronics, drones), but conventional printable aluminum alloys (such as AlSi10Mg) have limited ductility; the new high-plasticity grade broadens the application boundaries of aluminum powder printed parts for structural components. Value for powder buyers: if the Al-Ca alloy enters industrial validation, it will create new demand for aluminum alloy powder compositions (atomized powder with controlled calcium content). Buyers should monitor the powder specifications for this grade (composition window/particle size/oxygen content) and progress in pilot-scale scale-up.