Metals, Critical Materials & Manufacturing Operations

We turn complex industrial operations into scalable, disciplined systems.

Solstice International partners with metals producers, critical materials companies, advanced manufacturers, and industrial technology suppliers to improve operations, scale production, and develop technically demanding markets.

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Kenneth Harrison, Founder of Solstice International

Founder & Principal

Kenneth Harrison

Kenneth is a manufacturing and materials engineering executive with 20+ years leading multi-site operations, greenfield startups, and operational turnarounds across metals, critical materials, advanced materials, and precision manufacturing.

His direct operating experience includes metal refining, alloy casting, vacuum induction furnaces and casters, forging, rolling, powder metallurgy, high-temperature thermal processing, precision machining, coatings, and product qualification. Solstice applies that plant-level perspective to operating strategy, production scale-up, equipment reliability, capital planning, and technical-commercial market development.

Materials & Process Experience

Direct experience across demanding material systems

Operational and manufacturing leadership spanning the materials, processes, equipment, and quality systems required to move technically demanding products from development into stable production.

Metals & Alloys

Rare-earth metals and alloys, copper alloys, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, and refractory metals.

Powder & Magnetic Materials

Rare-earth powders, sintered permanent magnets, and powder-metallurgy feedstocks.

Advanced Ceramics

Engineered ceramics, formed and sintered products, and precision ceramic components.

Coatings & Surface Finishes

Thick-film metallization, electroplating, anodizing, and ceramic plasma-spray coatings.

High-Purity Materials

High-purity materials and precision components for semiconductor manufacturing environments.

What We Do

Where Solstice helps

01

Metals & Critical Materials Operations

Plant leadership and operating improvement across melting, refining, casting, forming, powder processing, and high-temperature production systems.

02

Industrial Market Development

Technical-commercial qualification, application alignment, account development, and U.S. market-entry support for specialized industrial suppliers.

03

Greenfield & Brownfield Startup

Capital planning, commissioning, operational readiness, and ramp execution from equipment installation through stable production.

04

Operational Excellence & Operating Systems

Lean improvement, standard work, performance metrics, daily management, and accountability systems built for sustained results.

05

Production Scale-Up & Reliability

Capacity, maintenance, engineering, quality, and supply-chain support to increase output while protecting process stability.

06

P&L & Site Leadership

Interim or fractional operating leadership for plants, business units, and industrial organizations in transition.

Tools & Methods

Trains, mentors, and certifies teams in

Lean Six Sigma Kaizen Events 5S & Visual Management Value Stream Mapping OEE / TPM SPC & FMEA Hoshin Kanri DFSS Standardized Work Manufacturing Operating Systems (MOS)

Get In Touch

Let's talk about your operation.

Available for consulting engagements across the Inland Northwest and nationwide.

520.241.6072 solsticeintlco@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/kennethrharrisonjr Coeur d'Alene, ID