Heat Treat Fringe Friday
Sometimes our editors find items that are not exactly "heat treat" but do deal with interesting developments in one of our four key markets: aerospace, automotive, medical, or energy. As we approach the weekend, today's Heat Treat Fringe Friday, Best of the Web post focuses on an interesting development in additive manufacturing.
The hometown of Mr. Rogers is getting a new additive manufacturing neighborhood. The Barnes Group Advisors (TBGA), a large independent advanced manufacturing engineering consultancy, has released an impact study revealing the overall economic benefits of an additive manufacturing production campus at Pittsburgh International Airport.
While the Pittsburgh Airport's other modernization projects have ground to a halt in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Neighborhood 91 has happily been able to continue pressing forward with trying to sign tenants and pursuing plans surrounding the master developer. Overall, according to Allegheny County Airport Authority CEO Christina Cassotis, "We are still seeing interest expressed in Neighborhood 91 from throughout the world."
An excerpt: "According to the study, the innovative industrial park at Pittsburgh International Airport will create nearly 6,000 jobs over the next decade and will generate about $2.2 billion in wages over that same time period. The authors note that Neighborhood 91 will act as a catalyst for additive manufacturing AM industrialization and innovation with the creation of a cost-efficient ecosystem and the collection of smart people."
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