Oklahoma Additive Manufacturing Center

AAR CORP | June 30, 2020

AAR CORP., a leading provider of aviation services to commercial and government operators worldwide, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to divest its aerospace composite manufacturing business after running a sale process that began earlier this year. The buyer is an affiliate of Architect Equity. The Composites business designs, fabricates and assembles composite aerospace products for customers in the commercial aerospace and defense industries. “Thi...

Schneider Electric | August 14, 2020

Today Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, and Huck Capital, an investment firm committed to transforming the century-old utility model, announce a partnership to create a new company that will deliver energy-as-a-service to commercial and industrial buildings. This partnership combines Schneider’s industry leading energy management and microgrid expertise with Huck’s sustainability-focused investment and operational focus. The...

Simio | November 02, 2020

Microsoft's newly released eBook "Enhance Innovation and Agility with Digital Twins" brings clarity to the rapidly emerging Digital Twin market and demonstrates through case studies the value unlocked by disruptive innovators like Simio, bringing the Manufacturing Digital Twin vision to life. The eBook showcases the thriving Azure Digital Twin platform and underscores the importance of Microsoft partners to the Digital Twin ecosystem. Microsoft defines the Digital Twin as "a v...

Volkswagen | May 20, 2020

Before using the DSS tool, the facility relied on a manual process for determining what projects to outsource. The manual process took five hours per day, while the DSS averaged just under six minutes to compile a plan. The manual process also only accounted for a project's due date and resulted in lower personnel utilization and manufacturing volume. The system was piloted for two months in the VPC. "As expected, the generated plans exhibited excellent quality and signif...