5 New Members Join AMGTA to Promote Sustainability
Höganäs, Arkema, Flam3D, Massivit 3D and the UK National Center for Additive Manufacturing join global trade group to promote sustainability in additive manufacturing.
The AMGTA was launched in November 2019 to promote the environmental benefits of AM over traditional methods of manufacturing. Photo Credit: Getty Images
The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), continues to grow with the addition of five new members. The focus of the trade group is to advance sustainability in AM and now boasts 40 active members.
Joining the AMGTA as a new founding member is Höganäs, a provider of metal powder printing solutions. It will serve alongside existing founding members Desktop Metal, Divergent Technologies, QC Laboratories, Sintavia, Stratasys and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. These founding members determine the strategic direction of the AMGTA, provide governance oversight and consider future research projects that members may vote to commission.
Joining the AMGTA as new participating members are: Arkema, a provider of high-performance materials for 3D printing; Flam3D, an independent platform for stakeholders active in 3D printing and AM in Belgium and the Netherlands; Massivit 3D, a provider of high-speed, large-scale 3D printing systems for a range of industries and innovations; and the UK National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM), based at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry, which helps companies shape AM strategy, develop AM products and processes, and implement AM into production.
These new participating members will serve alongside existing participating members 3D Metalforge, 3D Systems, 3YourMind, 6K, Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM), AMEXCI, AMT, BASF 3D Printing Solutions, Danish AM Hub, DyeMansion, EOS, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), GE Additive, HP, Hyperion Metals, Kurtz Ersa, Materialise, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, NatureWorks, Nexa3D, Rusal America, Siemens Digital Industries Software, SLM Solutions, Stryker, Tekna Advanced Materials, The Barnes Global Advisors, Trane Technologies and Trumpf.
The AMGTA was launched in November 2019 to promote the environmental benefits of AM over traditional methods of manufacturing. The AMGTA is a noncommercial, unaffiliated organization open to any additive manufacturer or industry stakeholder that meets certain criteria relating to sustainability of production or process.
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