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U.S. Army | September 11, 2019

The Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, has received a three-year, $25 million award from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory to develop metal cold spray additive manufacturing processes for the battlefield. In this project, WPI is tasked with characterizing and testing alloys which would ultimately enable the production and repair of military-grade components. This eliminates the extensive wait and high cost for manufacturing new parts for ...

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | November 01, 2019

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a way to 3D print living skin, complete with blood vessels. The advancement, published online today in Tissue Engineering Part A, is a significant step toward creating grafts that are more like the skin our bodies produce naturally. Right now, whatever is available as a clinical product is more like a fancy Band-Aid, said Pankaj Karande, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering and member of the Center for Biotec...

Keppel Offshore & Marine, Lloyd's Register | January 14, 2020

Keppel Offshore & Marine has received Lloyd’s Register LR Certification to additively manufacture offshore grade steel with a 3D printing technology from Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology SIMTech. The certification was granted after assessing Keppel O&M’s production processes, from design to post-processing and testing. Partnering with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore NTU Singapore and SIMTech’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research A*STAR...

Outsourcing-Pharma.com | January 13, 2020

BMS and Catalent disclosed the deal for the site in June, at which time they hoped to work through the regulatory approvals and union consultations needed to close the transaction by the end of the year. One week into 2020, Bristol-Myers revealed it had closed the deal. The deal covers a 19,300-square-meter manufacturing facility in Anagni, a town in central Italy, that lists cardiovascular, neuroleptics, anticancer, metabolic and anti-inflammatory medicines among the drugs it makes and packages...