We're Living Longer In ASEAN - Data Shows Improving Health & Longevity In The Region
October 23, 2017
When Avio Aero showed GE what it was doing with the wonder metal, the American company quickly grasped the magnitude of the breakthrough. By then, Avio Aero bought ProtoCast and signed an exclusive agreement with Arcam to acquire a set number of the modified machines. GE Aviation was developing its own 3D printing program near its headquarters in Cincinnati. It was developing a 3D printed fuel nozzle for a new jet engine called the LEAP and working with Greg Morris, the founder of Morris Technologies and another leading light in the additive movement. “They were already convinced,” Abrate says. He says that when GE acquired Avio Aero in 2013, “it was really fortunate because everything accelerated after that.”
