Sports equipment manufacturer Callaway Golf Company is to open a $15 million 3D printing facility in Fort Worth, Texas.
The company has described it as a 'major step' in its pursuit of a 'new era of golf club innovation and performance.'
With the new site, Callaway expects to strengthen its R&D and manufacturing capabilities, while enabling 'breakthrough designs and performance' that cannot be managed with conventional manufacturing technologies.
In particular, the new facility will expand Callaway's advanced titanium capabilities. It builds on seven years of research and development in additive manufacturing, with prototypes and custom models having been developed internally since 2022. Building on this progress, Callaway believes the new facility will help to bring about meaningful improvements in golf club performance while accelerating the development of future innovations. The company says that such improvements will require 'more than optimising existing manufacturing techniques, but entirely new ways of making products.'
"At Callaway, we believe the greatest performance breakthroughs come from challenging the status quo," said Chip Brewer, President and CEO of Callaway Golf Company. "We believe 3D printing represents one of the most significant opportunities to advance golf club performance in decades, and we're investing to lead that future."
Located adjacent to Callaway's North America Distribution Center, the facility is expected to become operational in mid-2027 and begin supporting a portion of the company's US product needs in 2028, initially focusing on custom titanium products.
"Nobody can create the next generation of performance by relying exclusively on yesterday's methods," Brewer added. "We're building capabilities that give our engineers the freedom to pursue ideas that simply weren't possible before. This isn't just an investment in manufacturing. It's an investment in the breakthroughs that will define the future of our products and our brand."
The launch of the 3D printing facility is Callaway's latest demonstration of its commitment to manufacturing in the US. In recent years, the company has invested more than $100 million in its golf ball manufacturing operations in Chicopee, Massachusetts, creating what Callaway believes is the most advanced golf ball manufacturing facility in the world.
The Texas investment also extends Callaway's longstanding commitment to advanced manufacturing in the United States. Over the past several years, the company has invested more than $100 million in its golf ball manufacturing operations in Chicopee, Massachusetts, creating what Callaway believes is the 'most advanced golf ball manufacturing facility in the world.'
Callaway's investment in additive manufacturing follows Cobra Golf's work with the technology, which has seen the company introduce several products with 3D-printed club heads.
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