New Additive Manufacturing Facility Opens in Ohio

Parker Hannifin Corp., a manufacturer of motion and control technologies, announced on June 19 that it opened a new advanced manufacturing learning and development center. The center is located at the company’s Corporate Technology Ventures facility in Macedonia, Ohio. The facility will serve as a center of excellence and will focus on additive manufacturing and collaborative robotics. Advanced manufacturing is seen as an important sector in the U.S. economy.�� Mark Muro, Senior Fellow and Policy Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the  Brookings Institution, told IndustryWeek that “the advanced sector is where we can see the promise of the U.S. economy. “