Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | April 4, 2022 | Worcester Business Journal 21 The company that's been delivering great dental plans for the last twenty years now offers total vision coverage. In partnership with VSP ® , a leader in vision care, Altus Vision offers you: Robust plans | Big savings | Easy access Altus Vision™ is underwritten by Altus Dental Insurance Company. Claims processing, claims service, and provider network administration for Altus Vision™ are provided under contract by Vision Service Plan Insurance Company ("VSP"). Request a quote and get a free pair of blue light glasses at plans.altusvision.com Eyes Teeth M A N U F A C T U R I N G E X C E L L E N C E A W A R D S F O C U S Solvus Global provides solutions across the industry N ow just five years old, Solvus Global seeks to become a technolo- gy-solution provider for the materials and manu- facturing industries. But more than its offerings or its growth, Solvus seeks to be a company focused on its people, through work- force development and professional de- velopment training programs. Employ- ees are given the opportunity to lead a project or contract. "Solvus Global was founded on one principle: People are the only thing that matters in business," Nicole Boyson, Solvus marketing manager. "Since then, Solvus Global Co-founders Aaron Birt and Sean Kelly have built our entire organization centered around its team members and the value they bring. at mindset shi has made all the difference in us realizing our ambitions." With 40 people spread across manufacturing sites in Leominster and Worcester and a collaborative research center in Webster, Solvus services cus- tomers through five specialties: powders on demand, build it gigantic (B.I.G), kinetic batteries, augmented process ecosystem for x (APEX), and VALIS. Powders on demand allow qual- ity-controlled, custom-processed, and custom-packaged powders to be accessible through an online portal for purchase, fulfilling the need for high-quality, reliable powder. B.I.G. creates 3D-printed metal parts greater than 1 cubic foot in volume. ese are frequently purchased for aerospace, defense, agricultural, and machinery manufacturing. Kinetic batteries has innovated previous battery structures by altering the fabrication with use of cold-spray technology. Because KB uses cold spray, active material can be consolidated into thin foils, so the battery electrodes are customizable to any size or shape. APEX produces an additive manufac- turing soware designed for cold spray, wire arc, or friction stir technology. It allows users to collect and store data, easily input a series of steps to auto-run processes or configure shareable reports. APEX soware is adaptable and can be used for any process requiring sensors. VALIS is another soware, this time integrating with recycling technology to capture material data, in order to create the most efficient and effective reuse of post-consumer material. BY VICTORIAHOPE MCAULIFFE Special to WBJ Solvus Global team Rising Star S o l v u s G l o b a l Location: Worcester & Leominster Industry subsector: Advanced manufacturing Founded: 2017 Employees: 40 Top executives: Co-founder & CEO Aaron Birt, and Co-founder & COO Sean Kelly Primary products: A suite of technology enterprises ranging from high-quality, curated metal powders to manufacturing intelligence software It's all in the name: Solvus Global derived its name from the scientific term that indicates the limits of solubility of one solid phase to another. In other words, Solvus is the interface of change. W

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