Back in 2015, high-tech Canadian company PyroGenesis, which specializes in the development, design, manufacturing, and commercialization of advanced plasma processes, plasma torch products, and plasma waste-to-energy systems, made good on its contract to ship ten of its metal 3D printing powder production systems to a major international manufacturer in Asia, and soon after filed a provisional patent for its 3D printable powder production process. After spinning its 3D printing business off into a new entity for the purposes of distributing its metal powder systems and equipment, the company said that its first powder production system would become operational by the end of the first quarter of 2017, and the day has finally arrived. PyroGenesis has announced that assembly is complete for the system. Its first powder run has been reported to have exceeded expectations, and the system ramp-up, expected to take place over four months, has already begun. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/169595/pyrogenesi...er-production/