The recent engaging Additive Talks session shed light on the capabilities of companies advancing the AM market in Australia. One company that is joining the growing list of companies we will be following in the region is EntroMat, an Australian company commercializing high-performance High Entropy Material (HEM) powders, developed from recycled industrial feedstocks.
The newcomer is a spinout from Swinburne University of Technology, which is redefining advanced alloy development by integrating computational alloy design, circular use of critical minerals, and scalable powder manufacturing.
High Entropy Material (HEM) powders
HEMs combine multiple principal elements to deliver next-generation alloys with exceptional mechanical strength, thermal stability, and resistance to corrosion, wear, and radiation.
Ideal for aerospace, mining, energy, defence, medical technology and other demanding use-cases, they can be used in additive manufacturing, surface coatings, and powder metallurgy components.
Associate Professor Andrew Ang, EntroMat co-founder and co-director of Swinburne’s Space Technology and Industry Institute, said the team is looking for partners. They’ve already secured interest from D&T Hydraulics, a remanufacturing service provider for the mining sector. The company has signed a Letter of Intent for EntroMat to develop, test and provide a prototype of a cutting-edge HEM product for the remanufacture of hydraulic cylinder rods by D&T.
EntroMat is just the latest spinout from technology developed at Swinburne. Vice-President of Innovation and Enterprise at Swinburne, Dr Werner van der Merwe, said partnerships like this play a critical role in commercialising research breakthroughs.
“This investment is accelerating the pathway between research and commercial success. With vital early-stage funding for deep tech startups like EntroMat, we ensure strong research can create benefit industries at scale, sooner,” he said.
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