Amaero International Ltd. announced that Eric Bono joined as President and Chief Technical Officer· Dr. David Schmidt joined as Director of Computational Analysis Technical expertise at new U.S. plant materially enhanced Eric Bono brings extensive experience and relationships in powder metallurgy and additive/alternative manufacturing. Over the past 28 years, Eric has held leadership roles across technical and sales functions for various industry leaders, including 6K, Carpenter Technology, Puris, Summit Materials and Crucible Research. His education includes a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Pittsburgh, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon.

As Amaero's President and Chief Technical Officer, Eric will lead corporate strategy, project planning /management, process development and equipment procurement for the McDonald, Tennessee facility. Mr. Bono has been nominated to join the Board of Directors, subject to predicate regulatory approval. Fred Yolton will lead Amaero's powder metallurgy and materials engineering, including titanium and specialty alloy powder production and consolidated HIP manufacturing.

He is a well-respected authority in these specialised industrial sectors. Fred pioneered the development and production of advanced powder metallurgy and invented the atomization process for producing titanium alloy powder. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers in the areas of powder metallurgy and advanced materials and is registered as an inventor or co-inventor on 12 patents.

Mr. Yolton is a Fellow of ASM International. He received a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Schmidt has over 20 years of invaluable industry experience across aerospace & defense, automotive and power generation.

His expertise in blending simulation tools with traditional engineering design will aid Amaero's alloy powder production, as well as its manufacturing of near net shape parts via consolidated hot isostatic pressing. Dr. Schmidt received a PhD in Computational Mechanics from Carnegie Mellon University and Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from University of Pittsburgh.