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Rapid Manufacturing Providers Merge to Create Uptive Brand 

Mold Making Technology

The Uptive brand provides production-grade parts across numerous end markets including medical, electronics, consumer, automotive, aerospace and defense, automation and industrial, among others. Uptive also announces the launch of its new branding and an enhanced online presence, available at uptivemfg.com.

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Forging the future for additive manufacturing in Defence

Manufacturer's Monthly

It basically means we can build things that are secret, we have staff with clearance (up to Top Secret) and have the facility and manufacturing processes which are secret.” In Australia, Sydney’s Garden Island Naval base has both composite and metal Markforged printers. Markforged has more than 10,000 connected printers globally.

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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

That led to many aerospace companies knocking on Linear’s door, asking to observe the machine running, since the only other company with an EOS metal additive printer was another aerospace competitor. Last year, Linear merged with on-demand digital manufacturer Shapeways Inc.