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Share this article HAGERSTOWN, Md., June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- During a groundbreaking ceremony today, the Volvo Group announced a $33 million expansion of its powertrain research and development site in Hagerstown, Maryland for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art Vehicle Propulsion Lab (VPL). Volvo Group executives were joined by several Delegates of the Maryland State Assembly and Maryland Senator Paul Corderman at a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new, state-of-...

Volvo Breaks Ground on Vehicle Lab SHARE June 9, 2021 Volvo’s VLP will be the first facility in North America to allow testing of current and future products for Volvo Trucks, Mack Trucks, Prevost, and Volvo Bus to meet new government regulations. According to the company, the lab will consist of two environmental chambers. One will have a chassis duo capable of emissions measurements and simulating extreme weather and altitude....

GM opens 3D printing facility in Detroit December 23, 2020   Stephen Law General Motors announced the opening of the 15,000-square-foot Additive Industrialization Center (AIC), a ground-up facility in Detroit MI exclusively dedicated to productionizing 3D printing technology in the automotive industry. The AIC is the capstone of GM’s expertise and increased investment in 3D printing over the last several years. “The core component of GM’s transformation is becomi...

GM’s new 3D printing shop will speed up production, cut costs By Jamie L. LaReau, Detroit Free Press Published: December 20, 2020, 6:02am Share: Cadillac V-Series 3D printed HVAC ducts and electrical harness bracket made at the GM Additive Industrialization Center at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. (Steve Fecht/General Motors/TNS) General Motors is increasing its use of 3D printing across more production vehicles with a new 3D printing shop at its Global Technical ...

General Motors GM is already on the bleeding edge of the movement to incorporate more 3D printing technologies in manufacturing. Back in June, it was revealed that GM 3D-printed an advance prototype of the new Chevrolet Corvette C8 in order to ensure that the whole car fit together properly, with adequate access to certain key areas. Later, the company revealed that the new Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing would use 3D-printed production parts, like the shifter knob emblem and a...

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA General Motors Manufacturing Engineer Benjamin LeBlanc inspects a 3D printer at the General Motors Additive Industrialization Center at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. (Steve Fecht/General Motors/TNS) GM’s new 3D printing shop will speed up production, cut costs General Motors is increasing its use of 3D printing across more production vehicles with a new 3D printing shop at its Global Technical Center in Warren, Mich. The Additive Industrialization Center...

Something from Nothing? GM Using “Additive Printing” for Prototype and Even Production Parts A GM engineer works with a 3D printer at the automaker’s new Additive Industrialization Center. At a clip too rapid for the human eye to discern, a laser beam fires into a pool of liquid polymer. Each time it does, it causes a tiny droplet of the goo to harden. Eventually, these little “pixels” start to come together, forming a solid part. The process goes by a variety of names, including both...

Sponsored Links General Motors is currently developing a swath of new technologies, including tech that aims to revolutionize the automaker’s extensive production operations. To that end, GM has announced the grand opening of its new Additive Industrialization Center (AIC), a facility dedicated to “productionizing” 3D printing technology, located at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. For those that may be unaware, 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a process by whi...

GMs New Additive Center Will Take Care of Series-Production 3D-Printed Parts 15 Dec 2020, 9:02 UTC · by A few days ago, GM’s premium brand Cadillac released a new teaser into the wild concerning the upcoming 2022 CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing models. That’s hardly a surprise, considering the couple is the hottest subject for the brand. What’s interesting is that Cadillac highlighted the return of the stick shift, complete with the introduction of some neat details created through additi...