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| Christina Cassotis |
PITTSBURGH, PA, Oct. 28, 2019 — Additive manufacturing now has a
place to call home.
Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday announced plans
for Neighborhood 91, the world’s first development to condense and
connect all components of the additive manufacturing/3-D printing supply chain
into one powerful production neighborhood concept.
Neighborhood 91, developed in conjunction with the
University of Pittsburgh, is the first development of the 195-acre Pittsburgh
Airport Innovation Campus and will be built adjacent to the airport terminal
and runway. Argon gas supplier Arencibia – has committed to be the anchor
tenant.
“The Pittsburgh region has always been a world leader in
manufacturing,” said Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald.
“Now
that industry has evolved into additive manufacturing and 3-D printing, and
through Neighborhood 91, we have laid the groundwork to become the global
epicenter.
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| Rich Fitzgerald |
"The
neighborhood concept will create enormous efficiencies but just as important is
leveraging our region’s universities, which will provide necessary research and
development and fuel the workforce to the fill these jobs.”
The name Neighborhood 91 is based on Pittsburgh’s 90
distinct neighborhoods with the 91st being a key component to additive manufacturing
into the future. Construction will begin next year.
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| Patrick Gallagher |
“Additive
manufacturing is looking for a place to call home and no one has made that
happen – until now. The Pittsburgh region is natural fit based on its history
and its assets of today. And our airport is leading the way to get it done
along with our university partners.”
The University of Pittsburgh is a key partner in the
development of Neighborhood 91 – both for its research and development and
workforce development.
The
university’s dual strengths of applied additive manufacturing and supply chain
research in addition to piloting programs to augment the professional pipeline
help fuel the neighborhood concept.
“Neighborhood 91 brings together the kind of collaborative
environment needed to lead in today’s competitive advanced manufacturing
economy,” said University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher.
“It
combines the region’s strength in additive manufacturing and advanced materials
industries with the intellectual capital of its world-class research
universities.”
Neighborhood 91’s first tenant – Arencibia – has already
signed up. Arencibia is the industry leader in recycling gases throughout the
aerospace and additive manufacturing supply chain, creating more efficiencies
and saving money for companies.
“The Neighborhood 91 model is innovation at its core:
marrying technological, commercial, and public-private collaboration to
fundamentally change the industry,” said Joe Arencibia, President. “This is
something that isn’t happening elsewhere and we are excited to be the
foundation upon which the Neighborhood is built.”
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| Pittsburgh International Airport |
The Neighborhood 91 concept is based on shared capital
resources at the core of the development. It will house a complete end-to-end
ecosystem offering:
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· Powder,
parts, post-production, testing and analysis
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· Communal
powder storage facilities
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· Efficiencies
in production/post-production and delivery
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· Tenants’
clients cost savings from on-demand printing
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· Reduced
transportation costs
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· Airport
access
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perhaps the most important, argon, helium and other noble gases, which are
essential elements of additive manufacturing, reaching up to 60 percent of
additive manufacturing costs.
As part of Neighborhood 91, the airport is planning to
construct a second microgrid to power the development to further increase cost
savings for tenants. The airport is in the process of developing its first
microgrid to power the terminals and airfield.
The Neighborhood campus concept will contain all the
elements of the additive manufacturing supply chain in one concentrated place,
including an onsite communal supply of powder, a proposition too expensive for
most in the industry on their own.
Officials estimated that manufacturing lead times will
shrink by 80 percent and transportation costs will shrink by even more.
For more information, visit www.Neighborhood91.com.
Read more about the development announcement from Blue Sky News here.
About Allegheny County Airport Authority:
Allegheny County Airport Authority, which manages Pittsburgh
International Airport and Allegheny County Airport, is committed to
transforming Pittsburgh’s airports to reflect and serve the community, inspire
the industry, and advance the region’s role as a world leader.
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| Allegheny County Airport |
Pittsburgh International Airport serves more than 9 million
passengers annually on 16 carriers. Air Transport World named Pittsburgh
International its 2017 Airport of the Year. Travel + Leisure again named
Pittsburgh International a Top 10 Domestic Airport in 2019 and 2018.
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