Sintavia announced last month that it had formed a joint venture with Howco Group to 3D-print metal parts for the oil and gas sector.
Howco, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp., is a global distributor of raw materials and turnkey components used by oil and gas companies. The joint venture will carry the Howco Group brand and be located at that company’s North American headquarters in Houston. Operations are expected to begin by year’s end.
“Many of the proprietary additive manufacturing processes that Sintavia has developed for the aerospace and defense industry apply equally to the oil and gas industry,” said Sintavia’s founder, chairman, and CEO, Brian Neff.
