ESAB Partners with Blykalla to Scale Advanced Materials for Small Modular Reactors.

ESAB's Fabrication Technology business has entered a strategic partnership with Blykalla to help industrialize advanced materials that enable next-generation energy infrastructure.

As part of the collaboration, ESAB will focus on developing and optimizing alloy-matched filler metals and advanced welding parameters. These capabilities are critical to maintaining corrosion resistance in high-temperature molten lead environments-one of the key challenges in advancing the Swedish Advanced Lead Reactor (SEALER).

"ESAB is proud to partner with Blykalla to help address the critical challenge of clean baseload power," said Per-Åke Björnstedt, director of global product management, specialty alloys filler metals, at ESAB. "Our collaborative efforts will help ensure the materials required for these reactors meet the highest standards of safety, quality and industrial scalability."

This joint development agreement marks an important step in scaling Blykalla's proprietary Alumina Forming Steels, a key material innovation supporting the advancement of small modular reactors.

"This partnership bridges Swedish materials innovation and world-class manufacturing," said Jacob Stedman, CEO of Blykalla. "By industrializing our proprietary alloys with ESAB, we are helping secure the specialized supply chain needed to bring the next generation of clean baseload power to market."

By combining ESAB's global leadership in fabrication technology with Blykalla's advanced materials science, the partnership helps bridge the gap between specialized research and industrial-scale production.

Together, ESAB and Blykalla are working to establish qualified joining solutions and resilient supply chains to support the future deployment of clean, reliable and safe baseload energy.