# A.L.M.T. Corp. wins 3.5-billion-yen contract to supply tungsten monoblocks for ITER

A.L.M.T. Corp., a Sumitomo Electric group company, was awarded a 3.5-billion-yen contract by the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) to supply tungsten monoblocks for the ITER fusion reactor in France. A.L.M.T. will set up a new mass production line at Sakata Works starting September 2021.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-09-01
- Where: Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $31.8M (3.50B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: eight times or more production capacity compared to conventional line
- Products: tungsten monoblocks
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Sumitomo Electric Industries](https://endata.com/companies/16532.md) (partner)
- [A.L.M.T. Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/57436.md) (supplier)
- [National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology](https://endata.com/companies/57437.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [sumitomoelectric.com](https://sumitomoelectric.com/publications/pr-news-articles/2021/09/almt-corp-wins-contract-supply-component-iter), 2021-09-01: "A.L.M.T. Corp. was awarded a 3.5-billion-yen contract by the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) to supply a tungsten monoblock."

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