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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-087062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EMAT"
cik: "0001866226"
company_name: "Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp."
filed_at: "2026-08-10T14:21:18+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-10T14:22:06.362378+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EMAT appoints Kenji Konishi as Head of Magnet Engineering Production; targets 10k MT capacity

## Summary
- Kenji Konishi, former JL MAG Rare Earth CTO/VP, joins EM&T as Head of Magnet Engineering Production.
- He brings a team of senior engineers from TDK, Daido Steel, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and others.
- EM&T targets ~10,000 metric tons annual rare earth magnet capacity by November 2026.
- EM&T claims to be only non-China producer compliant with DFARS 252.225-7052 ahead of Jan 1, 2027 deadline.
- Konishi previously grew JL MAG revenue ~2.76x from $115M (2015) to $318M (2020).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-087062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EMAT
- cik: 0001866226
- company_name: Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp.
- filed_at: 2026-08-10T14:21:18+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026087062/0001213900-26-087062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1866226/000121390026087062/ea0301347-8k_evolution.htm

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