EOS, a company that develops industrial metal and polymer 3D printing systems, has expanded its U.S. manufacturing and logistics operations through a $3 million investment in central Texas. The expansion includes changes to its manufacturing campus in Pflugerville, Texas, and the opening of a new warehouse facility in Belton, Texas. According to the company, the investment is intended to support regional assembly and delivery of metal additive manufacturing systems for North American customers.
The Pflugerville site has been reconfigured to support expanded assembly of several metal 3D printing platforms, including the EOS M 290-1, EOS M 290-2, and EOS M 400-4 systems.The facility now includes a dedicated powder handling area and an in-house machine shop. Ten new jobs were created at the Pflugerville production site, covering operations, quality assurance, engineering, and machine commissioning roles.
Expanded manufacturing space in Pflugerville was made available following the consolidation of the manufacturer’s North American warehouse and logistics operations into a new facility in Belton, Texas. The Belton warehouse spans 40,000 square feet and is intended to support a larger inventory of spare parts, peripheral equipment, and products. The company said the facility will support its U.S. customer base by increasing the availability of components and equipment used alongside its additive manufacturing systems.
Company representatives linked the expansion to growing demand for metal additive manufacturing systems in North America and to domestic procurement requirements. Kent Firestone, senior vice president of operations at EOS North America, said the Texas expansion allows the company to scale metal system assembly in the region. “Our Texas expansion enables us to scale North American metal AM assembly with both precision and consistency,” Firestone said. “From optimizing our production areas to onboarding new team members, every step has been carefully designed to accelerate turnaround times while maintaining the quality and reliability our customers expect from EOS.”
The expansion builds on existing U.S. activities, including assembly of the EOS M 290 system announced in September 2024, production of the INTEGRA P 450 polymer additive manufacturing system in Texas, and polymer material development and manufacturing through Advanced Laser Materials in Temple, Texas. The company also cited nearly two decades of experience supporting additive manufacturing hardware, software, and materials in North America, operating under ISO 9001-certified processes.
Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America, described the expansion as part of the company’s long-term presence in the United States. “This expansion demonstrates our continued commitment to support the resurgence of American manufacturing,” Fletcher said. “This manufacturing facility is not just an investment in our own infrastructure; it is also about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the U.S. manufacturing community to provide products and services for a superior customer experience.” Fletcher added that EOS views additive manufacturing as an important component of future domestic manufacturing activity and said the Texas facilities position the company to continue supporting U.S. markets where demand for its technology is growing.
EOS certifications and installed base highlight manufacturing constraints
EASA Part-21/G qualification put EOS metal 3D printing into a certified aviation production workflow through the Aviation AM Centre (AAMC), an EASA-approved aviation production organization. AAMC became the first independent additive manufacturing company to qualify EOS metal technology under its EASA Part-21/G approval, enabling certified aircraft components produced via powder bed fusion. The approval allows issuance of EASA Form 1 airworthiness certification for parts made from aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, and copper, with certified spares delivered directly to maintenance providers instead of routing certification through OEMs.
5,000th industrial 3D printer installation marked a separate scale milestone when EOS reported deployment of its 5,000th industrial system, an EOS M 400-4 installed at Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing in Statesville, North Carolina. Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, founded by race car driver and entrepreneur Brad Keselowski, said it applies advanced engineering solutions and 3D printing technologies to industrial applications. The installation brought the site’s total EOS machine count to 18, reflecting expanded metal additive manufacturing capacity within a single U.S. production operation.
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