Hybrid Materials LLC

Our mission is to change the way that advanced materials are designed and manufactured, worldwide. Powdermet is a nationally recognized nanotechnology and advanced materials research and development organization. This 20+ person firm was founded by Andrew Sherman, who started Powdermet as a spin-out of Ultramet, Inc., in 1996. Powdermet has primarily financed their development and manufacturing operations by winning over 80 government sponsored grants, as well as manufacturing and selling nanoengineered products to multinational companies that white label Powdermet’s manufactured powders. Powdermet currently operates commercially as a toll manufacturer/service provider, carrying their research for hire and toll manufacturing for clients, but is transitioning from a toll nano-powder producer business model to a value-added materials solutions provider, focused on “clean, green, sustainable material solutions.” The company’s continuing mission is to mature and transition clean, sustainable, energy and life-saving advanced materials solutions to the marketplace. Using primarily the SBIR program, the company is developing breakthrough metallic nanocomposite products. To enable focused commercialization of development results, the company operates as a technology incubator, and partners with financial partners or larger institutions (primes, Fortune 500 companies) to address the full value chain with core competencies outside Powdermet’s advanced materials and processing competencies. Powdermet, founded in 1996, acquired an operating unit and exclusive worldwide rights to our processing technology from Ultramet in 1997.