3D Printing News Briefs: July 29, 2019 https://ift.tt/2yi8zxT We’ve got some business to cover in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs. The Engineering Technology Group (ETG) has acquired HK Holdings and all its subsidiaries, Ascent Aerospace is investing in 3D printing with a new machine purchase, and the Defense Innovation Lab has received a Manufacturing Technology Assistance Grant. 3D Systems signed an MoU with the US Institute of 3D Technology and the state government of Gujarat, and Xometry is joining Alibaba.com’s B2B ecosystem in the US as a co-marketing sponsor. ETG Acquires HK Holdings Wellesbourne-based company Engineering Technology Group (ETG), which delivers turnkey solutions to customers in the aerospace, automotive, high value engineering, medical, and oil & gas sectors, has acquired HK Holdings, and all of its subsidiaries, from the Pexion Group. The deal could change how ETG’s manufacturing clients access modern production technologies, such as 3D printing, CNC machining, and wire EDM machines. ETG is planning to invest in the HK Holdings name, and a new marketing plan, in order to maximize various cross-selling opportunities.
Ascent Aerospace Purchases LSAM 3D Printer Aerospace tooling systems, integration solutions, and factory automation provider Ascent Aerospace recently invested in 3D printing with the purchase of a Large Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) machine from Indiana-based Thermwood Corporation. Ascent wants to challenge the industry norms of the maturing aerospace tooling sector by taking additive manufacturing to a new level, using the LSAM to do so. The machine, with a 10′ x 40′ fabrication area, will help the company’s customers bring tools like vacuum holding fixtures, trimming/drilling fixtures, and layup molds to market at faster speeds, and will be co-located in its Santa Ana, California composite tooling shop, autoclave, and clean room.
Defense Innovation Lab, Inc. Receives Manufacturing Technology Assistance Grant Located in New York’s Hudson Valley, Defense Innovation Lab, Inc. (DiLab) supports entrepreneurs working on technology focused on defense and government. Now, it will be able to help drive local 3D printing innovation, thanks to a Manufacturing Technology Assistance grant it’s been awarded from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR). DiLab will support R3 Printing, Inc. in designing, prototyping, and testing its proprietary enterprise-grade R3 Printer with RIT’s AMPrint Center for Additive Manufacturing and Multifunctional Printing. The R3 Printer can produce plastic and composite prints, and is optimized for commercial manufacturing and defense logistics applications.
3D Systems Signs MoU with USI3DT and Gujarat While many industries are adopting 3D printing, there’s still a major gap between companies that want to bring the technology in-house and the necessary skilled manpower that’s available to do so. Even if employees do receive training in operating the printers, there’s a lack of people who are “skilled and knowledgeable enough to understand the dynamics of the 3D printing technology,” according to a blog post written by Deelip Menezes, the Managing Director for 3D Systems in India. That’s why the company recently signed a strategic 3D printing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the California-based US Institute of 3D Technology (USI3DT) and the state government of Gujarat, India in an effort to close this skills gap. Seven 3D printing Centers of Excellence (CoE) will be set up in technical institutes across the state, and students can enroll in 3D Systems-certified 3D printing courses offered by USI3DT.
Xometry Partners with Alibaba.com as a Co-Marketing Sponsor Custom manufacturing marketplace Xometry is joining Alibaba.com – one of the largest B2B eCommerce marketplaces – as a Co- Marketing Sponsor for its US ecosystem. The company is joining Alibaba.com’s new, expanded ecosystem of service providers in order help small businesses in the US sell both locally and globally, and will offer Alibaba.com’s business buyers exclusive deals for its own on-demand manufacturing services. The two marketplaces have a shared passion, as Alibaba.com, a business unite of the Alibaba Groupo, has started this initiative in order to help SMBs access the very wide eCommerce industry.
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