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t 3D printing startup Carbon (Redwood City, CA) said it received an $81 million investment from companies including General Electric Co., BMW, Nikon Corp. and JSR Corp. The company, founded in 2013 and formerly known as Carbon 3D, now has funding of $222 million.
Carbon says its M1 3D printers were designed from the start for larger scale manufacturing, compared with earlier
additive systems. t Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. (Rockford, IL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Oak Ridge, TN) said they’re jointly developing additive manufacturing technology to print large parts. The duo dubbed the technology Wide and High Additive Manufacturing, or WHAM, which would be used to print composite plastics. “We’re still in technology development,” Curtis
Goffinski, Ingersoll’s project engineer, said at a press conference at IMTS. “We have some things to figure out.” The partnership is part of efforts by Ingersoll to enter 3D printing.
t Stratasys Ltd. displayed two prototype 3D printing machines designed to produce larger parts and give additive manufacturing a bigger role on the factory floor.
One machine was called the Stratasys Infinite- Build 3D Demonstrator. It was developed with Boeing Co. and Ford Motor Co. as partners. The other was the Stratasys Robotic Composite 3D Demonstrator, with a six-axis robot and a two-axis rotary positioner. Siemens is the company’s partner in developing the machine. Machines, though, weren’t the only source of announce-
ments.
US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, on the first day of IMTS, said the National Network for Manufacturing Innova- tion will now have the public name Manufacturing USA. Manufacturing USA consists of public-private institutes with the aim of developing and promoting advanced manu- facturing technology. “Let’s be honest, it deserves better branding,” Pritzker said during a speech at IMTS. The Manufacturing USA name, she said, shows the Obama administration’s “vision of a unified manufacturing sector.” The organization retains National Network for Manufactur- ing Innovation as its formal name. —Senior Editor Bill Koenig
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AdvancedManufacturing.org | November 2016 DTS Names Bohr as President D T
implex Thermal Solutions named Bill Bohr as company president. The announcement was made by Fergal Naughton, CEO of Glen Dimplex, DTS’ parent company, effective Sept. 26, 2016.
Bohr will be based out of the company’s Kalamazoo, MI, location.
Manufacturing Economy Expands After One-Month Contraction
he US manufacturing economy expanded in September, posting improvements in new orders, production and employment, the Institute for Supply Management said. The group (Tempe, AZ) said its PMI, which measures eco- nomic activity in manufacturing, was 51.5% in September, an improvement from 49.4% in August. The report by ISM is based on a survey of purchasing and supply executives. A reading above 50% indicates expansion and below 50% contraction. The PMI had shown economic growth for five straight months prior to the report for August.
The PMI has averaged 50.3% for the 12 months ending in September, just barely in positive territory. Six of the 12 months in that period were below the 50% threshold. Despite the overall positive number for September, only seven of 18 industries reported economic growth, including non-metallic mineral products and furniture. Eleven indus- tries reported contraction, including petroleum & coal prod- ucts, transportation equipment, machinery and fabricated metal products.
ISM said its New Orders Index surged to 55.1% in Sep-
tember from 49.1% in August. Nine industries reported an increase in such orders, including wood products, fabricated metal products and machinery. Six industries reported con- traction, including transportation equipment. The group’s Production Index increased to 52.8% in Sep-
tember, an improvement from August’s 49.6%. Ten industries reported a boost in output, including primary metals and pe- troleum & coal. Eight posted decreases, including machinery, fabricated metals and transportation equipment. ISM’s Employment Index was 49.7%. That still indicated contraction but was an improvement over August’s 48.3%. Seven industries reported employment gains, including textiles. Eight reported job cuts, including petroleum & coal
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