Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland & Huntersville, North Carolina, USA – May 29, 2019 – Oerlikon, a global provider of surface solutions, equipment, advanced materials and materials processing, today inaugurates its USD 55 million Innovation Hub & Advanced Component Production facility in Huntersville as part of its ongoing US growth strategy. The facility will serve as a cornerstone of Oerlikon’s additive manufacturing business in the US.
Oerlikon engineers materials, equipment and surfaces and provides expert services to enable customers to have high-performance products and systems with extended lifespans. Oerlikon AM, a Business Unit of Oerlikon, offers a unique set of integrated expertise and services in the field of additive manufacturing along the entire value chain, from metal powder production to component design, manufacturing, post-processing and quality inspection. This deep and integrated technical expertise combined with over 80 years of industrial success in industries as diverse as aerospace, automotive, power generation and tooling are the basis of Oerlikon AM’s efforts to drive the adoption of AM as a serial manufacturing method for components and parts.
