The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) just announced that 8 new organizations joined the trade group to support sustainability in AM, bringing the total number of participating organizations to 28.
As a reminder, the global trade group launched at Formnext 2019 aims to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM).
The announcement reveals that AM company Stratasys is joining as a new founding member alongside Sintavia, ExOne, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (one of the operating companies under Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation), a supplier of stable industrial gases to a wide variety of global industries; and QC Laboratories, Inc., an advanced non-destructive testing laboratory focused on AM components.
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, a global AM company providing greater value to its customer through new and innovative additive manufacturing technologies; 3D Systems, the leader in enabling additive manufacturing solutions for applications in growing markets that demand high-reliability products; 3YOURMIND, an agile manufacturing software solutions provider dedicated to optimizing the additive manufacturing workflow; AMT, a global leader in automated chemical vapor smoothing (post-processing) systems for additively manufactured parts; Hyperion Metals, a Tennessee-focused company developing sustainable, zero carbon titanium metal powders for the growing additive manufacturing industry; NatureWorks, a world-leading biotechnology company using plants to turn greenhouse gases like CO2 into a biopolymer called Ingeo; and The Barnes Global Advisors, the world’s largest independent advanced manufacturing engineering consultancy.
“I’m elated to welcome aboard our new Founding Member Stratasys, as well as each of our new Participating Member companies,” said Sherry Handel, Executive Director of the AMGTA. “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.”
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