SINTX Technologies Acquires Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc.

SINTX Technologies, Inc. (www.sintx.com) (NASDAQ: SINT) (“SINTX” or the “Company”), an original equipment manufacturer of advanced ceramics, announced the acquisition of Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc. (TA&T; https://www.techassess.com/), significantly increasing SINTX’s capabilities in the aerospace, defense, and biomedical markets.

“We are excited to acquire TA&T and take another step towards diversifying and strengthening SINTX,” said Dr. Sonny Bal, President and CEO of SINTX. “TA&T will expand our use of advanced manufacturing technologies and introduce new ceramic material platforms to the SINTX portfolio. We expect the acquisition to bring immediate revenue to SINTX via TA&T’s well-established relationships with commercial partners and the U.S. government.”

TA&T, based in Maryland, is a nearly 40-year-old advanced ceramics business that specializes in developing and commercializing a broad array of innovative materials for defense, biomedical, and industrial applications. The company’s technologies and products include 3D printing of ceramic medical devices and heat exchangers, chemical vapor infiltration and deposition of complex fiber-reinforced ceramic-matrix composites, and hot pressing of transparent armor and other technical ceramics. TA&T has a long track record of successfully winning research contracts and grants from the U.S. government and commercializing its innovative technologies.

As an example of TA&T’s innovation, ceramic heater bodies developed, designed, and manufactured by TA&T are a part of the Sample Analysis on Mars (SAM) instrument suite on board the Curiosity Rover (https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/home/). These oven heater bodies were manufactured by TA&T using Ceramic Stereolithography, a form of 3D printing and additive manufacturing, and can withstand the extreme temperatures of more than 1,500°F that are required to heat soil samples on Mars in hopes of detecting signs of life. TA&T was selected by NASA to make these parts because of the prohibitive cost of traditional manufacturing techniques.

“Technology Assessment and Transfer is excited about the opportunity that the SINTX acquisition provides for product growth in commercial, aerospace, and medical applications,” said Dr. Larry Fehrenbacher, Co-Founder and President of TA&T. “The blend of federally-funded innovative technologies and SINTX’s business acumen is a compelling synergistic formula for future success.”