Phoenix Scientific Industries

What Phoenix Scientific Industries does

Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) is a UK-based, privately-held advanced manufacturing equipment company founded in 1984 and headquartered in Hailsham, East Sussex. The company designs, manufactures, and installs capital equipment specialising in Vacuum Inert Gas Atomization (VIGA) for producing high-purity spherical metal powders, alongside rapid solidification systems and fluidised bed reactor (FBR) technology for powder recovery and rejuvenation. Its branded HERMIGA product line spans R&D-scale units (75 series) through to production-scale atomisers (120 series with up to 1,000 kg per pour and aggregate throughput of 1,764 tonnes per annum on the 120/1000 V4i). Complementary offerings include ROQUENCH melt spinners for amorphous and microcrystalline ribbons, Flo-Bed 235HT FBRs for oxygen reduction, EB-CVD deposition coaters, and integrated powder classifiers with glove-box handling.

PSI serves aerospace, defence, medical, energy, and advanced manufacturing end-markets, with named customers including NASA, Airbus, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace, the UK Ministry of Defence, DSTL, UKAEA, Quantumscape, Metalysis, Renishaw, and Carpenter Additive, alongside research institutions such as MIT, Imperial College London and the University of Sheffield. The business combines capital equipment sales (multi-year CAPEX/OPEX contracts with lead times as short as 20 weeks on entry-level units) with a growing recurring services layer of atomised powder trials for novel alloy validation, AM powder recovery/rejuvenation, and specialist powder sales including NASA-qualified GRCop-42. Go-to-market is direct, primarily delivered through UK-led consortia such as COLDMELT (titanium AM), DEMAND-REPAIR (aero-engine repair), UK-Alumotor (EV aluminium), and PURECURE (fusion copper).

Name

Phoenix Scientific Industries

Legal name

Phoenix Scientific Industries Ltd

Website

https://psiltd.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Phoenix Scientific Industries is a UK-based capital equipment manufacturer that designs and installs Vacuum Inert Gas Atomisation (HERMIGA), rapid solidification, and fluidised bed reactor systems to produce high-purity metal powders for aerospace, defence, energy, medical, and advanced manufacturing customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Powder Metallurgy Capital Equipment

NAICS

Powder Metallurgy Part Manufacturing (332117)

SIC

Special Industry Machinery, Nec (3559), Industrial Process Furnaces & Ovens (3567)

akta.pro primary industry

Metal Powders (LPBF/DMLS/EBM) (IMAAABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Powder Handling & Recoating Components (Hoppers, Sieves, Recoaters, Spreaders) (IMAAAIAE)

Keywords

• Powder metallurgy equipment
• Gas atomisation systems
• Additive manufacturing powders
• Fluidised bed reactors
• Rapid solidification technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Hailsham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Capital Equipment Sales: Sale of advanced manufacturing equipment including HERMIGA atomisation systems, fluidised bed reactors, melt spinners, and deposition systems. Equipment ranges from R&D scale to production scale with capacities up to 1000kg per pour and throughput of 1764 tonnes per annum.
2. Atomised Powder Trials and R&D Services: Trial production of atomised powders for novel alloy compositions, allowing customers to validate concepts before investing in equipment purchases. Includes comprehensive analysis of powder properties.
3. AM Powder Recovery and Rejuvenation Services: Fluidised bed reactor services for restoring oxidised or degraded metal powders back to specification. Includes oxygen reduction, engineered coatings, heat treatment, and powder modification services.
4. Specialist Powder Sales: PSI manufactures and sells high-performance specialist powders of high value that are not widely available on the market, including qualified GRCop-42 powder for aerospace applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) designs, manufactures, and installs capital equipment specialising in gas atomisation and rapid solidification, producing high-purity spherical metal powders used in additive manufacturing, hot isostatic pressing, metal injection moulding, and thermal spraying. Its product portfolio includes HERMIGA Vacuum Inert Gas Atomisation (VIGA) systems (75, 100, and 120 series up to 1000kg per pour), ROQUENCH melt spinners, Flo-Bed Fluidised Bed Reactors (FBR) for powder recovery and rejuvenation, powder classifiers/glove boxes, and deposition coating systems. PSI also runs atomised powder trial and AM powder recovery services, and is one of the few global suppliers capable of producing NASA-qualified GRCop-42 alloy powder.

Product overview

Phoenix Scientific Industries (PSI) is a UK-based advanced manufacturing company specialising in powder metallurgy and gas atomisation systems. The company operates as an equipment manufacturer offering a portfolio of HERMIGA VIGA (Vacuum Inert Gas Atomisation) systems ranging from R&D scale (HERMIGA 75/100 series) to production scale (HERMIGA 120 series), along with supporting technologies including ROQUENCH Melt Spinners, Fluidised Bed Reactors (Flo-Bed), Powder Classifiers, and Deposition Systems. PSI provides complementary services including Atomised Powder Trials for testing novel alloys and AM Powder Recovery for rejuvenating used metal powders. The core HERMIGA atomiser technology produces high-purity, spherical metal powders for additive manufacturing, powder metallurgy, metal injection moulding, and hot isostatic pressing applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HERMIGA: HERMIGA is PSI's brand for vacuum inert gas atomisation systems, including production-scale atomisers (HERMIGA Production) and research-scale systems. The HERMIGA range includes models such as HERMIGA 75, HERMIGA 100, and HERMIGA 120.
• Flo-Bed
• ROQUENCH

Products and services

• HERMIGA 75 Series Atomisers R&D-scale close-coupled vacuum inert gas atomisation systems (HERMIGA 75/2 CC, 75/3 Vi, 75/3 ARC, 75/5 Vi, 75/5 Vi EAC) with crucible capacities from 2kg to 5kg, designed for low-volume powder production and novel alloy development for industrial and research customers.
• HERMIGA 100 Series Atomisers Medium-scale vacuum inert gas atomisation systems (HERMIGA 100/10 Vi, 100/10 MM, 100/25 Vi) with crucible capacities from 10kg to 25kg, designed for pilot-scale powder production bridging R&D and industrial volumes.
• HERMIGA 120 Series Production Atomisers (HERMIGA Production) Production-scale close-coupled VIGA atomisers (120/25 CC, 120/50 V3i, 120/100 V3i, 120/250 V3i, 120/500 V3i, and 120/1000 V4i models) with crucible capacities up to 1000kg per pour and production capacity up to 1764 tonnes per annum, capable of producing fine spherical powders down to 10 microns median.
• ROQUENCH Melt Spinner High-performance melt spinner systems designed to produce amorphous and microcrystalline metallic ribbons under varying atmospheric conditions, developed primarily for production of magnetic materials such as NdFeB sintered magnets.
• Flo-Bed Fluidised Bed Reactors (FBR) Fluidised bed reactor systems (including the production-scale model 235HT) used for powder recovery, oxygen reduction, rejuvenation, heat treatment, and engineered coatings on metal powders such as GRCop-42, ultra-pure copper, and 300M stainless steel.
• Powder Classifier & Glove Box Systems Equipment designed for the safe handling of pyrophoric, expensive, and high-grade metal powders, featuring re-circulating gas design and contamination elimination for downstream powder processing and packaging.
• Deposition Coating Systems EB-CVD and CVD coating equipment for depositing thermal barrier coatings on aircraft turbine blades and other engineered ceramic coatings on materials including silicon.
• Atomised Powder Trials Service Trial production service that enables customers to atomise novel alloy compositions using PSI's VIGA equipment and receive comprehensive powder property analysis, allowing validation before committing to atomiser technology purchase.
• AM Powder Recovery & Rejuvenation Service Service using fluidised bed reactor technology to recover out-of-spec or oxidised metal powders — including GRCop-42, ultra-pure copper, and stainless steels — by reducing oxygen content and restoring powder to specification for reuse in additive manufacturing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Oxygen reduction in GRCop-42 from ~900ppm to <400ppm using Flo-Bed 235HT FBR technology
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, key support and minor.

• BAE SystemscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on COLDMELT project for continuous melting and atomisation of titanium alloys for near-net-shape AM processes for the aerospace industry via cold-crucible technology.
• ProximacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on COLDMELT project for titanium alloy development for near-net-shape aerospace components.
• University of GreenwichcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on COLDMELT project for titanium alloy development. PSI also collaborates with multiple universities on research and development.
• Airbuskey supportStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner on COLDMELT project for aerospace applications. Provides industry perspective and potential end-use applications.
• Rolls-Roycekey supportStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner on COLDMELT project for next-generation aero-engine development.
• GKN Aerospacekey supportStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporting partner on COLDMELT project for aerospace applications.
• RicardocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLead partner on UK-Alumotor programme - a transformative programme to build a UK supply chain to deliver a high performance, e-machine at reduced cost and volume to drive the electric revolution. Driven by Ricardo and Innovate UK.
• Innovate UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment innovation agency driving the UK-Alumotor programme for electric machine development.
• PM ReviewminorOthersPSI was spotlighted in PM Review industry publication for pioneering work with fluidised bed reactor technology.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Höganäs: Höganäs is one of the world's largest metal powder producers with broad coverage of iron, stainless and specialty powders. Competes with PSI in advanced manufacturing/powder metallurgy and shares several mutual customers.
• Praxair Surface Technologies (Linde): Praxair (now part of Linde) supplies industrial gases and operates atomisation businesses serving aerospace powder production. Comparable as both a gas supplier enabling PSI's process and a competing atomiser/powder player.
• AP&C (Colibrium Additive, GE Aerospace): AP&C, now part of Colibrium Additive (GE Aerospace), is a major producer of plasma-atomised titanium powders for aerospace AM. Overlaps with PSI in supplying high-purity spherical powders into aerospace additive manufacturing.
• Sandvik Osprey: Sandvik's Osprey brand produces a wide range of gas-atomised metal powders for AM, MIM and thermal spray. Overlaps with PSI on metal powder production but operates at much greater scale and broader alloy coverage.

Emerging players

• Metalysis: Metalysis produces titanium metal powder via an electrolytic process. Listed as a PSI customer for atomisation work, but also an adjacent emerging player in the broader titanium powder supply chain for AM.
• Velo3D: Velo3D is a metal AM systems manufacturer whose Sapphire platform has qualified PSI's GRCop-42 powder. Comparable as an adjacent player in the aerospace AM supply chain rather than a direct atomiser competitor.
• Renishaw: Renishaw is a UK-based manufacturer of metal additive manufacturing systems. Listed as a PSI customer using atomised powders, but adjacent as a downstream AM equipment peer in the same UK aerospace/defence ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Carpenter Additive: Carpenter Additive is a major supplier of metal powders for additive manufacturing serving aerospace and medical markets, including GRCop-42. Directly comparable to PSI's specialist powder sales and recovery services offering.
• Tekna (ArcelorMittal): Tekna manufactures plasma atomisation systems and spherical metal powders for additive manufacturing, directly competing with PSI in gas-atomised titanium, nickel and specialty alloy powders for aerospace and medical applications.
• ALD Vacuum Technologies: ALD is a leading global supplier of vacuum metallurgy equipment including gas atomisation systems for metal powder production. Closely comparable to PSI's HERMIGA VIGA product line and competes for the same aerospace/defence powder production customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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