I am an experienced metallurgist having worked with titanium and other high temperature alloys for almost 30 years. I worked within the Nickel Refining Industry for 10 years before returning to academia in 2011. In 2015 I formed the “High Integrity Joining Team” within the Institute of Structural Materials at Swansea University with support from two Senior Post-Doctoral Research Officers and four PhD students. Most recently, the team, have progressed the technique and application of powder interlayer bonding (PIB), a joining technique developed at the ISM. Alloys studied include Ti-64, Ti 6246, titanium aluminides, molybdenum alloys and various nickel super alloys. PIB is a novel joining technique providing high integrity joints at relatively low cost, providing opportunities to salvage and repair otherwise redundant components. The PIB technique utilises a metallic powder interlayer between the two faying surfaces, eliminating surface asperities and reducing the dependency of the bonding process on smooth surface finish. The process utilises inert gas shielding to protect the fusion zone from oxidation during bonding. Heating in the example offered in this work is provided by induction, which is an efficient method of heating metals such as titanium.