Los Angeles, 26 October 2026. California Nanotechnologies Corp. has received several purchase orders totaling US$147,000 from a Texas-based aerospace company. The orders mark the transition of a research and development program into commercial production, the company said. The orders cover the manufacturing of specialized components used in commercial satellite systems.
The production orders follow approximately US$170,000 in R&D manufacturing service orders received from the customer during calendar 2026. Of the new US$147,000 in orders, US$114,750 represents approximately three months of production. That is equivalent to an annualized production rate of approximately US$459,000 at current pricing and volumes.
The company said it will use powder milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS), along with post processing, for the work. "We have been working with this aerospace client for approximately a year on R&D and have successfully transitioned into reoccurring production orders," said Eric Eyerman, CEO. "This is a great use case of our capabilities as we will be utilizing many of our core technologies including powder milling and spark plasma sintering (SPS), along with post processing."
Based on the customer's current forecast, production volumes could approximately double by the end of calendar 2027. That represents a potential annualized production rate of approximately US$918,000 at current pricing, subject to customer demand and additional purchase orders.
California Nanotechnologies is headquartered in Greater Los Angeles and operates two manufacturing facilities. The company provides R&D and pilot-scale production services for programs in aerospace, renewable energy, defense and semiconductors.
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