Youngstown Enterprise Incubator (YBI) has acquired a Carmel 1400M metallic 3D printing system from XJet, a 3D printing know-how developer. The system can be housed at Humtown Merchandise, a key YBI associate and America Makes member – creating a strong collaboration that strengthens the area’s superior manufacturing ecosystem.
Primarily based in Youngstown, Ohio, YBI has established itself as a distinguished AM hub, empowering native innovators and companies with entry to cutting-edge AM applied sciences. This newest acquisition builds on the confirmed success of the XJet Carmel 1400C ceramic system put in in 2018, strategically increasing YBI’s metallic manufacturing capabilities to serve high-precision industries together with aerospace and protection, medical units, and electronics throughout North America.
XJet’s NanoParticle Jetting know-how supplies a singular answer for producing high-performance elements at an industrial scale with distinctive element decision, complicated inner geometries, and superior floor end – eliminating the in depth post-processing usually required by typical AM applied sciences.
The expanded collaboration establishes not solely a proper strategic partnership between YBI and XJet centered on facilitating know-how adoption but in addition a three-way collaboration with Humtown Merchandise, providing a complete manufacturing ecosystem throughout North America. As members of America Makes, YBI will proceed its function as a regional know-how facilitator whereas Humtown Merchandise brings operational experience and manufacturing infrastructure to assist clients requiring specialised manufacturing options. This partnership positions the Youngstown area as a rising hub for precision AM.
“This expanded collaboration with YBI validates the distinctive worth our AM know-how delivers and displays robust market confidence in our North American progress potential. With YBI’s market management and experience in software assist, we have now the right associate to affix us as we develop within the North American market,” mentioned Man Zimmerman, CEO of XJet.
“After seeing the worth and influence of XJet’s ceramic AM system, we’re excited so as to add the metallic answer to our providing. Because of its immensely invaluable properties, metallic solely grows in reputation as a manufacturing materials and is changing into more and more necessary for a lot of of our purchasers. XJet’s unmatched high quality and backbone will allow us to ship superior manufacturing providers,” mentioned Barb Ewing, CEO of YBI. “This deepening partnership will enable us to serve extra industries with higher manufacturing capabilities.”
“We’re excited to play a component within the commercialization of one of many world’s premier nano-metal 3D printers. It is a new course for Humtown, and an important alternative for us to develop {our relationships} with our present buyer base and the Youngstown additive manufacturing group,” mentioned Mark Lamoncha, President and CEO of Humtown Merchandise.
“YBI’s acquisition of the XJet metallic printer marks one other key ‘win’ for the Youngstown Innovation Hub for Aerospace and Protection. This cutting-edge know-how considerably enhances the capabilities of the area and can additional strengthen Youngstown’s presence within the aerospace and protection sectors,” mentioned John Wilczynski, Government Director of America Makes.
