The partnership will focus on developing next-generation material and hardware combinations that are 'optimised for strength, accuracy, sustainability, and efficiency.'
It follows the announcement of the company's new ownership earlier this month, which came about after the company's stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange and multiple waves of redundancies in 2024.
Installation 5,000 was carried out at Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing's Statesville, North Carolina facility, with the company now running 36 EOS additive manufacturing systems.
The Austin-based company is the first company in the US to install an M Line system, and is said to have already placed orders for more, with further deliveries planned throughout the rest of the year.
The 6.6 million USD project call aims to demonstrate lead time, productivity, and yield improvements for casting and forging manufacturing operations using AM.
The collaborators are said to be developing capabilities to 3D print demanding defence components in Finland, specifically spare parts for the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF) and rapid new product development.
The metal additive manufacturing company says Sidwell will ‘support the company's growth objectives and lead its sales and business development teams’ and ‘achieve its new corporate vision.’
The conference, which will take place in Chicago from March 30 - April 3, 2025, will kick off its Tuesday and Thursday programming with Ryan Watkins, Research Engineer with NASA JPL and Joe Scarbo, President of Scarbo Performance.
The initiative, unveiled this week at CES 2025, aims to provide venture-related services and reduce the cost of access to Siemens software and hardware for early-stage engineering and manufacturing startups.
