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Don Nelson
FMA Communications Inc.
2135 Point Blvd.
Elgin, IL 60123
(815)-227-8248
- From The Additive Report
Ohio 3D printing company grows by focusing on the bigger picture
- By Don Nelson
- Aug 9, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Zac DiVencenzo and Dan Fernback met as engineering students in college at Youngstown State University and, shortly after graduation, opened an additive manufacturing company, JuggerBot.
- From The Additive Report
Additive manufacturing: the missing link in the global supply chain
- By Don Nelson
- Jun 23, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The last two years, 3D printing’s ability to quickly produce PPE, medical devices, and industrial components needed by manufacturers has raised the technology’s profile.
- From The Additive Report
Things—and Thing-O-Matics—change in the 3D printer consumer market
- By Don Nelson
- Mar 28, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
How a desktop 3D printer for the consumer market from MakerBot called Thing-O-Matic has helped change the perception of 3D printing.
- From The Additive Report
An immersive 3D printing experience at the 2022 AMUG conference
- By Don Nelson
- Feb 28, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) is set to kick off its annual conference April 3 in Chicago. The 5-day event will be packed from start to finish with all things AM, said AMUG's director of conferences and education, Jordan Weston in an interview with The Additive Report.
- From The Additive Report
Learn about the future of manufacturing in five minutes
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 28, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Some aspects of manufacturing’s future—like Industry 4.0, automation, and 3D printing—have already arrived.
- From The Additive Report
YO, electric vehicles are speeding adoption of 3D printing
- By Don Nelson
- Jan 23, 2022
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Record numbers of electric vehicles, like the recently launched YOYO, are being built. In November 2021, global sales of EVs topped 720,000—a 72% year-over-year increase.
- From The Additive Report
Industry 4.0: misunderstood revolution
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 16, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Most people in manufacturing are familiar with the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution,’ but few are sure why they need Industry 4.0, what it is, or how to define it.
- From The Additive Report
A talk with Thermwood’s CEO, author of a new book on large-scale 3D printing
- By Don Nelson
- Nov 15, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
Ken Susnjara, author and founder of router and 3D printer builder Thermwood, talks about making big machines and his new book on additive manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
‘Talking heads’ share what’s new at RAPID + TCT 3D printing show
- By Don Nelson
- Oct 28, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
There were lots of new 3D printing technologies on display at the RAPID show, with an emphasis on printing big and small parts, medical devices, automation, and sustainable manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
Talking large-scale 3D printing with Thermwood CEO Ken Susnjara
- By Don Nelson
- Oct 6, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
The founder and CEO of Thermwood explains what people in industry should know about large-scale additive manufacturing.
- From The Additive Report
The world’s first 3D-printed stainless steel bridge is unjustly criticized
- By Don Nelson
- Aug 30, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
The new additively manufactured stainless steel bridge in Amsterdam, which was officially unveiled in July by the queen of The Netherlands, elicits strong reactions.
- From The Additive Report
Binder-jet 3D printing is revving up
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 28, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Proponents tout the production capabilities of binder-jet printers.
- From The Additive Report
How 3D printing pioneer Stryker uses additive to build better prosthetic knees
- By Don Nelson
- Jul 8, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
In the latest from the "The Additive Reporter" video series, the president of Stryker's Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies, Robert Cohen, explains to Additive Report Editor Don Nelson how 3D printing has freed implant-makers from the constraints of conventional manufacturing processes and why robots are assisting with more TKA surgeries.
- From The Additive Report
How additive manufacturing improves the designs of racecars
- By Don Nelson
- Jun 18, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Article
3D Systems’ Kevin Baughey talks about the importance of rapidly iterating part designs and where additive manufacturing technology fits into consumer vehicles.
- From The Additive Report
A few Memorial Day facts about Michigan manufacturing
- By Don Nelson
- Jun 1, 2021
- Additive Manufacturing
- Blog Post
Someone once told me that if you’re in manufacturing, you’re from Michigan or you work in Michigan or one day you’ll work for a company based in Michigan.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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