Fabrisonic Moves to Larger Central Ohio Facility

Fabrisonic has moved to a larger, state-of-the-art facility in Lewis Center, Ohio. The company, which specializes in 3D metal ultrasonic additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D printing applications, has been incubated by EWI at its facility in Columbus, on the campus of The Ohio State University since 2011. 

The new 30,000-square-foot facility offers additional space to expand and make room for more people, machines and expanded parts production. 

“The across-town move does not adversely impact Fabrisonic employees, allowing the company to maintain access to its current talent pool and attract new employees to accommodate growth,” says Mark Norfolk, Fabrisonic president and CEO. “Although it’s time for us to spread our wings and move out of mom and dad’s basement, we’re staying close to our Buckeye engineering roots.”

Fabrisonic also upgraded its entire IT infrastructure to a higher security platform that meets government sensitive data requirements.

The company provides 3D metal printing services in a range of metals through low‐temperature, ultrasonic AM technology. It utilizes a 3D metal printing process that harnesses sound waves to merge layers of metal foil in a process that requires no melting.

Building in the solid-state enables Fabrisonic to join dissimilar metals to create new materials, have parts with complex internal geometry and embed sensors or electronics into fully dense metal parts that can be protected from the harsh environments being assessed. The 3D metal printing process is used by a variety of industries to create complex components with distinctive features and attributes not possible with traditional manufacturing techniques.

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