Success Stories
Metro Aerospace
The first affiliate company founded by Catalyze Dallas in 2016, Metro Aerospace, holds the perpetual global license to manufacture and supply Microvanes, a technology invented and patented by Lockheed Martin. By partnering with Catalyze Dallas, Lockheed met their customer’s demand by greatly accelerating the speed-to-market for Microvanes while offloading the onerous and expensive task of obtaining FAA approval for the Microvanes onto Metro Aerospace.
In just under two years, Metro Aerospace has grown into an AS-9100D certified business, now supplying a variety of military and FAA approved commercial Microvanes to clients across four continents
In its first eight months, Metro Aerospace achieved first revenue, with sales growth of 274 percent between 2017 and 2018 and projected sales growth for 2019 at 370 percent
Using their proven turn-key commercialization methodology, Catalyze Dallas grew Metro Aerospace into a mature thriving business, taking innovative technology that was sidelined and rapidly proliferating it across multiple commercial markets.
Definitive Agreement with Lockheed Martin
C-130 Product Launch
Catalyze hires leadership team, launches product within 2 months of completing the transaction
First Order > $500K
Metro passes supplier qualifications and takes first order within 5 months of launch
First Product Installation
Winner Aviation Week Laureate Award for Defense Supplier Innovation
3x Revenue Growth
Achieves commerciality and FAA STC for L-100
Global Expansion
Microvanes installed globally; numerous commercial variations in development
Next Tech Insertion
Additional drag reduction technology acquired from LMC
Alpine Advanced Materials
Alpine Advanced Materials holds a perpetual exclusive global license for HX5, a class-leading thermoplastic nanocomposite developed by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® over eight years and $50 million in research and development. Alpine is the second affiliate company founded by Catalyze Dallas to commercialize Lockheed Martin intellectual property.
Utilizing its proven turn-key commercialization methodology, Catalyze assembled a world-class leadership team, built a robust custom parts design, engineering, and manufacturing capability and launched Alpine Advanced Materials all within an unprecedented 4 months of completing the transaction with Lockheed Martin
Following the launch of Alpine at the 2019 Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg Germany this April, Alpine was inundated with RFQ’s and is now actively engaged with multiple OEMs designing custom HX5 injection molded parts for aerospace interior seats, inflight entertainment systems, and galleys with the goal of removing 750kg of weight from commercial air carriers
Alpine will begin production on its first commercial aerospace parts within 7 months of licensing the technology
By partnering with Catalyze and leveraging its resources and access to growth capital, Lockheed Martin accelerated their intellectual property to commercial markets while simultaneously proliferating it across its own business units. Alpine is enabling markets outside of defense such as commercial aerospace, space, energy, and land transportation to benefit from innovative defense-oriented technology that traditionally would not see the light of day.
Definitive Agreement with Lockheed Martin
Company Launch Commercial Aerospace Vertical
Catalyze assembles world-class leadership team, builds robust purposed-engineered parts design and manufacturing capability and launches Company within 3 months of completing the transaction
Customer Acquisition
Alpine designs custom HX5 injection molded parts for seats, galleys, rack mounted systems, catalog parts with top tier commercial aerospace OEMs
Launch Commercial Space; Outdoor Products & Sports Verticals
Alpine invests in launching second and third market verticals and solidifies 100% domestic supply base
Program Pursuit Wins
HX5 is material of record for sub systems on UAV, missile, rotor and land systems platforms pursuits
Growth
Company more than doubles in size in 2020 and quadruples our headquarters location to accommodate continued growth
New Manufacturing Process
Alpine introduces HX5 pultrusion continuous process for forming parts with a constant cross-section
Certification Received
Alpine achieves AS9100D with ISO 9001:2015 certification
Scaling
HX5 approved for use with designs in process across aerospace, defense, eVTOL, sporting goods; Investing $8M to expand materials portfolio and globalize
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