Inside Composites spoke to Richard Thompson, Commercial Director for Alvant at Innovate UK’s stand at the Farnborough Airshow.

Most recently senior market development manager with Williams Advanced Engineering, Thompson joined Alvant in October 2017 and is an expert in strategic market development.

Alvant was previously Composite Metal Technology (CMT) – why the name change?

Richard Thompson: The name change was necessary as Alvant transformed from an R&D company into the provider of high-strength, low-weight aluminium matrix composites (AMCs). As the owner of the proprietary rights to the AMC manufacturing process and full-service capability, Alvant is now offering clients everything from engineering consultancy, concept development, and component design through to prototype manufacture, low-volume production, and intellectual property licensing for high-volume production...

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