A California company known for making incredibly intricate metal parts just went full throttle. Velo3D, a leader in the wild world of metal 3D printing, is opening a colossal new campus in Livermore, California. The reason? Everyone, especially the defense and aerospace industries, needs more of what they're printing.
This new 289,000-square-foot facility is about to become Velo3D's main production hub. And when we say main, we mean it's designed to eventually house over 100 industrial-grade metal 3D printers. That's a lot of lasers melting metal powder into… well, whatever complex thing they're making this week.
More Than Just Prototypes
The Livermore Production Campus is set to open its doors later this year. It'll work in tandem with the company's existing Fremont headquarters, which will continue to focus on the R&D, the tinkering, and the prototyping. Basically, Fremont dreams it up, Livermore prints it en masse.
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Start Your News DetoxArun Jeldi, Velo3D's CEO, put it plainly: customers aren't just testing the waters anymore. They're diving headfirst into full-scale production. They need a partner who can help them crank out parts, not just show them what's possible. And, critically, they want to shore up those supply chains, because apparently, relying on a single source from halfway across the world isn't as trendy as it used to be.
Initially, the new facility will hold more than 40 large 3D printing systems, with plenty of room to expand to that 100+ machine count as demand inevitably climbs. Velo3D is positioning this as a one-stop shop, blending their tech with engineering know-how to give customers access to serious production capacity without the headache of massive upfront investments.
Michelle Sidwell, the company's Chief Revenue Officer, summed it up nicely: additive manufacturing should be easy. Customers want flexible options without all the risk. Which, if you think about it, is a pretty sensible ask when you're talking about machines that literally print rocket parts.
This Livermore expansion is a big move to meet the escalating demand for domestic manufacturing, especially in sectors like aerospace, defense, and energy. Between Livermore and Fremont, Velo3D will soon boast one of North America's largest advanced metal additive manufacturing environments, packing 125 machines across both sites. It seems the future of making things is less about assembly lines and more about very precise, very expensive printers.
