On September 29, Korean media outlet AVING reported that Dong-A Special Metal, participating in AEROTEC 2026, uses its "Scrap-to-Spec" technology to recycle high-value titanium and nickel-based superalloy scrap into aviation-grade raw materials and components. Founded in 2006, the company is South Korea's first to develop titanium recycling facilities and processes. Its plant in Haman, South Gyeongsang Province, is the only facility in South Korea equipped with both plasma arc melting (PAM) and induction skull melting (ISM). It uses water-cooled copper crucibles for continuous melting and refining of Ti, Zr, Ni, and Co-based scrap, producing alloy ingots up to 230 mm in diameter and 2,800 mm in length. Its product line covers titanium scrap, ferrotitanium (monthly capacity of 100 tons), alloy ingots, and raw materials for vacuum melting, and it holds GRS (Global Recycled Standard) certification. South Korea's aerospace and defense industries rely heavily on imports for special metals, while large quantities of high-value titanium and nickel superalloy scrap are discarded. This integrated resource-recycling production system aims to accelerate the localization of special metal materials for aerospace and defense. Its ingots are also used as raw materials for titanium ingot and nickel superalloy melting, and serve the powder and additive manufacturing feedstock segment. Value for powder buyers: ① The recycled-material route is an optional path to lower the raw material costs of titanium and nickel-based powders; watch how its alloy ingots convert into feedstock for gas atomization. ② South Korea's aviation supply chain demand for recycled substitutes creates collaboration opportunities for powder raw material traders with GRS certification. ③ Risk note: The stability of scrap sources and the aviation-grade certification cycle are key thresholds for recycled materials entering the high-end powder feedstock segment.