AMGTA Grows with Six New Member Companies

Six more additive manufacturing companies have joined the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), a global trade organization created to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM). These additional companies have committed to promote sustainability in AM, bringing the group’s active membership ranks to 33 member companies from 11 countries.

Joining the AMGTA as a new founding member is Divergent Technologies, a provider of design, printing and assembly of optimized and sustainable vehicle structures using an adaptive end-to-end production system. The company will serve alongside existing founding members ExOne, QC Laboratories, Sintavia, Stratasys and Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. to determine the strategic direction of the AMGTA, provide governance oversight and consider future research projects that members may vote to commission.

Joining the AMGTA as new participating members are: the Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM), which pools resources and facilitates industry access to the AM expertise of scientific and research institutions; Kurtz Ersa, a manufacturer focused on electronics production equipment, molding machines and automation; Nexa3D, a company sustainably digitizing the supply chain and maker of polymer 3D printers; Tekna Advanced Materials, a provider of high-purity metal powders for applications such as 3D printing in the aerospace, medical and automotive sectors; and Trane Technologies, a company bringing efficient, sustainable solutions to buildings, homes and transportation through an environmentally responsible portfolio of products and services.

The new members will serve alongside existing participating members 3D Metalforge, 3D Systems, 3YourMind, 6K, AMT, BASF 3D Printing Solutions, Danish AM Hub, DyeMansion, EOS, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT), GE Additive, HP, Hyperion Metals, Materialise, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland, NatureWorks, Rusal America, Siemens Digital Industries Software, SLM Solutions, Stryker, The Barnes Global Advisors and Trumpf.

The AMGTA was launched in November 2019 to promote the environmental benefits of AM over traditional methods of manufacturing. It is a noncommercial, unaffiliated organization open to any additive manufacturer or industry stakeholder that meets certain criteria relating to sustainability of production or process.