2021 Tech 25: Oxford Performance Materials' 3D-printed parts find use in medical implants, aerospace fields
When chemical giant DuPont pioneered work in polymers, it saw a host of commercial applications in the aerospace industry. And DuPont was right. But that was so last century. Much of the 21st-century buzz around high-performance polymers has been for its uses in 3D printing, where the Polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family of thermoplastics has been king. Scott DeFelice, CEO of Oxford Performance Materials, has taken a different path. Since 1998, he’s been crafting the less celebrated polymer Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) into a success story in South Windsor. Under his leadership, the firm has t...
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