Four northeast Ohio economic development groups are working together on an additive manufacturing 鈥渕ap鈥� for the region.
Barb Ewing of the sees northeast Ohio as a world leader in Additive manufacturing鈥攗tilizing fast-evolving technologies like 3-D printing, adaptive coatings nd super-precision tool making.
She says the incubator, , , and , are cataloging the region鈥檚 capabilities. And she says, it is significant that when asked to sum up the business of the area, a great many people say, 'We still make stuff.'
鈥淥ne of the assets we talk about is the depth of the industrial base here that鈥檚 in a position to use the technology and the customer-base that鈥檚 here to take advantage of it. So, yes. We still make stuff. And that is an important part of the work of this study.鈥�
The additive manufacturing map is expected to be done later this month.