AMGTA Continues Growth With New Members

Eight new members join AMGTA to promote sustainability in additive manufacturing.

The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), recently added eight more leading AM companies. The new additions to the AM trade group join the efforts to promote sustainability in AM, bringing its membership ranks to 28 members.

Joining the AMGTA as a new founding member is Stratasys, a global provider of polymer 3D printing solutions for industries such as aerospace, automotive, consumer products and health care. Stratasys will serve alongside existing founding members ExOne, QC Laboratories, Sintavia and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. These five founding members will 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: 3D Metalforge, 3D Systems, 3YourMind, AMT, Hyperion Metals, NatureWorks and The Barnes Global Advisors.

These new participating members will serve alongside existing participating members AMEXCI, BASF 3D Printing Solutions, Danish AM Hub, DyeMansion, EOS, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), GE Additive, HP, Materialise, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, Rusal America, Siemens Digital Industries Software, SLM Solutions, Stryker, Trumpf and 6K.

“I’m elated to welcome aboard our new founding member Stratasys, as well as each of our new participating member companies,” says Sherry Handel, AMGTA executive director. “Their collective pledge to support the AMGTA’s mission well positions our trade group for accelerated growth and investment in new sustainability research projects in additive manufacturing. I look forward to working with each of our members as we expand the AMGTA as the key industry resource committed to advancing sustainability in the AM industry.”

The AMGTA was launched in November 2019 to promote the environmental benefits of AM over traditional methods of manufacturing. The AMGTA is a non-commercial, unaffiliated organization open to any additive manufacturer or industry stakeholder that meets certain criteria relating to sustainability of production or process.