Oberg Industries partners with Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering on additive manufacturing research

Front row (left to right): Jason Oskin, Professor Albert To, Eric Oberg, Mark Redfern, David Vorp. Second row: Brian Vidic, Don Shields, Joe DeAngelo, Dave Bonvenuto, Dave Rugaber, Howard Kuhn, Andrew Falk.

Oberg Industries, a manufacturer of complex tooling and precision machined or stamped metal components in Freeport, Pa., and the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering have formed a two-year partnership in which Oberg will have full-time employees on-site to manage technical excellence at the university’s ANSYS Additive Manufacturing Research Laboratory (AMRL).

Dedicated in June 2016 at the Swanson School, the ANSYS AMRL is equipped with additive manufacturing devices that use metals, alloys, and polymers to print components for nearly every industry. Oberg will promote the partnership to its customers to broaden corporate activity at the university while maintaining priority industrial access for its education, training, prototyping, testing, design, and production uses.

The partnership also will support faculty and students conducting collaborative research with Oberg and other industry partners. Pitt and Oberg will regularly interact to pursue student recruitment and employment, as well as joint educational, scholarship, and sponsorship opportunities.