Industry News


AMT Achieves AS9100 & ISO 9001 Certification


voxeljet Continues on Global Expansion Course


After the joint venture in China and the establishment of subsidiaries in In- dia, voxeljet has now set its sights on the Mexican market. To this end, the leading provider of large-format 3D printers and on-demand services has entered into a cooperation with ART in Mexico. Mexico, the world’s seventh-largest car manufacturer, is an important and growing OEM market for cast parts in the automotive industry. But in addition to automotive, global player voxeljet has also turned its focus on the Mexican ma- chine building, transportation industry and energy industry. It is expected that these sectors will experience enormous growth in the Latin American market in the next few years. To secure market share in the au- sector, 3D print


tomotive specialist


voxeljet acquired a strong partner in Mexico, the automation company Art Abastecedora Industrial S. de R.L. de C.V. (ART). During the last few decades, ART successfully placed brands such as Automatic Feed Co. and Mayfran Inter- national on the Mexican automation market. The company provides high- tech solutions for automation compa- nies, and counts the “Big Three” in the automotive industry (Ford, General Mo- tors and Chrysler) as well the VW Group


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& Nissan, among its suppliers. “With its extensive experience in


the automotive sector and its collabora- tion with global leaders, ART is the ideal business partner for the Latin American market. As an automation expert, the company contributes comprehensive competence for marketing our products in Mexico in the future,” is how Chris- tian Träger, Sales Director at voxeljet, explains the idea behind the coopera- tion. “Our industrial 3D printing systems are front and center in our collaboration with ART. By using 3D printers from voxeljet, large foundries can optimize their production processes for molds and models.” Foundries that produce for the au-


tomotive industry use these molds and models in the Rapid Prototyping process for prototype building and rapid manu- facturing, hence in small series produc- tion. The advantage offered by 3D print- ing technology is obvious: Production processes become faster, more cost-ef- fective and more precise. “We are pleased to develop the market for industrial 3D printing in Mex- ico together with voxeljet, while at the same time addressing the considerable market demand”, adds Rafael Martínez Velásquez, President of ART.


AMT Inc., a leading manufacturer of Precision Investment Castings announces today that it has achieved AS9100C as well as ISO 9001:2008 quality certification. Scott S. Stevens, AMT’s Director of Quality stated “Our dedicated Team takes pride in providing quality products to our customers. This Certification further demonstrates AMT’s commitment to world class quality management by implementing and becoming certified to this globally recognized standard”. According to Performance Review Institute Registrar (PRI) “AS9100 takes the ISO 9001 requirements and supplements them with additional quality system requirements, which are established by the aerospace industry in order to satisfy DOD, NASA and FAA quality requirements”. John O’Neill, Vice-President and


General Manager of AMT indicated “Our customers will benefit from the improved processes and continuous improvement that is the foundation of an ISO 9001 certified Quality Management System. Thanks to a great team of employees, we have grown significantly over the years and this certification will support continued growth for AMT and for our employees.”


AMT is a leading manufacturer of Precision Investment Castings with expertise in Shell and Solid Mold processes. Specializing in small castings ranging from a fraction of an ounce to a few pounds, AMT produces a full range alloys including Stainless and Low Alloy Steels as well as Cobalt, Nickel, Aluminum and Copper based alloys. Serving aerospace, defense, medical and industrial markets, AMT recently invested in state of the art equipment including semi-automatic wax presses; 100% robotic shelling and a high speed infrared shell drying tunnel to meet its customer’s exacting requirements.


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