Precision Resource has broken ground on two metal additive manufacturing facilities, one in Huntington Beach, California, and one in Shelton, Connecticut, built in partnership with 3D Systems. Both are scheduled to be operational in the first quarter of 2027, which the company notes lines up with its 80th year in business.
The Huntington Beach site is Precision Resource’s second AM location in the city and will double the existing industrial AM capacity there. Shelton is the company’s first AM facility, built with room to add capacity as demand grows. The company plans to run both as a connected network serving commercial and defense customers, backed by in-house heat treatment and expanded complex machining so parts move from printer to finished component without leaving its operations.
Both sites will run 3D Systems’ DMP Flex 350 Triple, added to Precision Resource’s existing fleet of DMP 350 systems. 3D Systems’ Reji Puthenveetil called the expansion a sign that additive manufacturing is “becoming an integrated production solution for critical commercial and defense applications.” Precision Resource’s Chris Gratton framed the two plants as reducing supply-chain complexity and adding geographic redundancy rather than simply adding machines.
Neither company published a dollar figure for the buildout, headcount for the new sites, or the number of DMP Flex 350 Triple units being installed at each location. The announcement also doesn’t specify total square footage for either facility or what applications (beyond unspecified defense and commercial work) the added capacity targets.