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Distributed Manufacturing to Lead U.S. into Industry 4.0

by | Apr 4, 2025

Summary

Learn how medical manufacturer Becker Orthopedic applies parallel prototyping and just-in-time printing with Project DIAMOnD.
While COVID-19 was the catalyst for Project DIAMOnD, Automation Alley saw broader, more long-term opportunities for advancing digital manufacturing.
“Interestingly, during the pandemic, supply chains retooled quite quickly so the PPE problem went away very quickly,” says Pavan Muzumdar, COO of Automation Alley and CEO of Project DIAMOnD. “The other part of Project DIAMOnD was to tell our companies, you can use this printer as if it were your own, because the whole idea was that we wanted to catalyze digital transformation.”

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