On November 6, Norway's Norsk Titanium announced that it has completed installation of the first Merke IV Rapid Plasma Deposition (RPD) titanium alloy 3D printer at Airbus's Varel facility in Germany, under an agreement signed by the two companies in June this year. Its lower frame fittings for the A350 widebody aircraft have been certified and are in mass production in the United States. The expansion of installed additive manufacturing capacity for titanium aerospace structural components is driving demand across the titanium powder and titanium materials supply chain.