The US company Haddy has commissioned a new microfactory in St. Petersburg, Florida, which it says sets new standards in the field of large-format 3D printing in terms of production capacity and degree of automation. The facility is designed to use robotic manufacturing, AI-powered process control and sustainable materials and is intended to serve as a platform for scalable, decentralized manufacturing in various industrial sectors.
“Haddy’s new facility represents one of the most significant leaps forward for the ‘reindustrialization’ movement in the United States,” explained Haddy CEO Jay Rogers. “Emerging tech is paving the way. Hard-to-make products can be re-shored to regions all over the United States – and made even better than when they were concentrated in low-labor locations abroad.”
According to Haddy, the new facility surpasses previous industrial standards with a production output equivalent to 16 times that of conventional 3D printing systems. The infrastructure is based on a network of autonomous robotic systems that carry out fully integrated production processes – from digital design to final post-processing. Only recyclable materials are used, which is intended to position the factory in terms of the circular economy and resource efficiency.
“This isn’t just a factory opening,” said Lex Kiefhaber, COO of Haddy. “This is America planting a flag in the future of making things. We can build smarter, faster, and cheaper, while improving overall quality. And we can do it right here at home. If you time-traveled to this moment you’d think this was insane. But it’s real.”
“This is the next quickening in the Industry 4.0 movement,” says Gat Caperton CEO of Gat Creek and Board member of the AHFA. “Haddy has created a clean factory that takes digital designs and turns them into beautiful, lasting objects. The materials are circular. The process generates no waste. The process is fast accurate and repeatable. Haddy is doing the kind of manufacturing we long wished we could do. And though it will expand region by region globally, it has begun in the United States.”
Originally active in the designer furniture sector, Haddy is now expanding its activities to applications in the disaster relief, defense and modular construction industries. The technical basis allows the flexible production of large, robust components that can be used on site or further processed.
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