South Australia-based AML3D opens a Technology Centre in the USA, with expansion plans in 2025
AML3D’s technology centre is open and in production. One ARCEMY industrial metal 3D printing system is on-site at Stow, OHIO. A second system will be installed later in the year. Plans to install additional ARCEMY systems at the Stow facility, which would increase its capacity, are progressing.
AML3D has already delivered A$16m of US contracts ahead of an expected surge in US Defence spending on additive manufacturing. AML3D’s US manufacturing capability also supports new opportunities to expand into the US Energy and Defence Aerospace sectors.
The Stow manufacturing hub is already operational and working on an initial A$2.27m order from the Tennessee Valley Authority, the largest public utility in the USA. The expansion of Stow is to meet an expected step change in US Department of Defense spending on advanced additive manufacturing solutions to support the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base. The increase in capacity at Stow will also allow AML3D to continue its expansion into the wider US Energy and Defense Aerospace sectors.
AML3D’s US ‘Scale up’ strategy, launched in early CY2023, has already delivered over A$16m of contract wins. The opening of Stow, with plans to rapidly expand manufacturing in the US, is expected to improve AML3D’s ability to quickly and effectively meet US customers’ needs and accelerate the US “Scale-up” strategy. Under the leadership of Pete Goumas, President of US Operations, Stow is the base for AML3D’s direct sales, administration and technical teams in the US, which will leverage the existing and planned US manufacturing capacity to accelerate growth.
“Our expanding US manufacturing footprint also frees up capacity at our Australian facility,” AML3D CEO Sean Ebert said. “We already have runs on the board with recent contract wins to support the Australian Government’s Defence Science and Technology Group. The rollout of our “Scale up’ playbook in Europe is at an earlier stage. Still, we are directing funds from our recent capital raise to establish and ARCEMY system in Europe to take advantage of the demand signals we see in the UK, which are similar to those that supported our move into the US market.”
US-based manufacturing is also a prerequisite for accessing lucrative contracts restricted by the US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (‘ITAR contracts’) and other US-only controlled information Defence contracts. AML3D has Manufacturing License Agreements in place to support the US Navy and Boeing, including compliance with US Government regulations supporting ITAR contract access. AML3D’s US manufacturing hub will also position the Company to take advantage of the new Trump administration’s expected policies to support US-based manufacturing.
“The official opening of our fully operational US technology centre in Stow, Ohio is an inspiring moment in the evolution of AML3D,” AML3D President of US Operations, Pete Goumas said. “We can now super-charge our US ‘Scale up’ strategy, not only in support of the US Defence sector and, in particular, the US Navy submarine industrial base but also the US Energy and Defense Aerospace sectors.”