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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "ge-aerospace",
 "name": "GE Aerospace",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "Metal printer makers",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/ge-aerospace/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "NYSE",
  "ticker": "GE",
  "tradingview_symbol": "NYSE:GE"
 },
 "headquarters": "Evendale, Ohio, United States",
 "founded": 1892,
 "ownership": "Listed on NYSE (GE)",
 "technologies": [
  "L-PBF",
  "EBM",
  "binder jet",
  "DED",
  "metal AM materials"
 ],
 "description": "The jet engine maker that turned 3D printing into a production process with the LEAP fuel nozzle, then bought its way into the machine business. That business, now Colibrium Additive, sells the Concept Laser and Arcam printers.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-23",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2012",
   "title": "GE Aviation buys Morris Technologies, the additive supplier behind its fuel nozzle prototype",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.geaerospace.com/news/articles/100-year-anniversary-manufacturing-technology/outside-box-how-ge-aviation-entered-brave"
  },
  {
   "date": "2015",
   "title": "Auburn plant starts producing the 3D printed LEAP fuel nozzle tip",
   "detail": "One printed part replaced about 20 pieces welded and brazed together; each LEAP engine carries 19 of them.",
   "source": "https://www.geaerospace.com/news/articles/100-year-anniversary-manufacturing-technology/outside-box-how-ge-aviation-entered-brave"
  },
  {
   "date": "Nov 2016",
   "title": "Buys Concept Laser and Arcam to form GE Additive",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.engineering.com/ges-greg-morris-discusses-the-formation-of-ge-additive/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Aug 2021",
   "title": "Auburn ships its 100,000th 3D printed LEAP fuel nozzle tip",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://www.voxelmatters.com/ge-aviation-ships-100000th-3d-printed-nozzle-tip/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2024",
   "title": "GE Additive relaunches as Colibrium Additive; the Concept Laser and Arcam brands are retired",
   "detail": "Announced as GE split into three public companies.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/ge-additive-rebrands-as-colibrium-additive-retires-concept-laser-and-arcam-branding/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Mar 2025",
   "title": "Puts 51 million dollars into extra printers and upgrades at Auburn, within a near 1 billion dollar US manufacturing investment",
   "detail": "A later GE announcement gives 54 million dollars for additive machines and tooling at Auburn.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/ge-aerospaces-1b-investment-in-us-to-include-its-additive-manufacturing-facilities/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Apr 2026",
   "title": "Colibrium Additive wins a 31 million dollar NAVAIR contract to qualify six metal alloy process combinations",
   "detail": "Expands the AlSi7Mg and IN718 packages and adds 17-4PH and 7050-RAM2.",
   "source": "https://www.geaerospace.com/news/press-releases/colibrium-additive-awarded-naval-air-systems-command-contract-advance-metal-additive"
  }
 ]
}