www.launchfirestorm.com Firestorm Labs Inc, headquartered in San Diego (California) and a specialist in advanced additive manufacturing (AM) and drone production, has secured exclusive distribution rights from
www.hp.com/gb-en/home.html HP Inc for its mobile Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3-D printing technologies. This collaboration sees Firestorm as the sole provider of HP’s 3-D printers in mobile and field-deployable environments and ‘marks a major leap forward in how commercial, humanitarian, and medical sectors respond to urgent, on-the-ground needs’.
At the core of the agreement is Firestorm’s xCell system, a scalable manufacturing system housed in two expandable 20ft containers that can be deployed around the world; and with the entire system able to run on power generators, battery backup systems, or traditional power sources, it can be used in remote locations, including forward operating bases and disaster zones for producing mission-critical components and unmanned aerial systems (UASs) — in real-time and at the point of need.
Firestorm says its vision is to create a distributed, resilient global production network where customers can leverage regional and localised supply chains to adapt to shortages, deliver products more quickly, and flexibly develop needs-based modifications to products with long lead and shipping times.
Ian Muceus, Firestorm’s co-founder and CTO, said: “This agreement is a game-changer. For nearly a decade, we have trusted HP’s technology to meet high-volume, high-quality demands of polymer AM. Now we can take that capability directly to the edge — military bases, disaster zones, and remote medical outposts — where time and logistics matter most. We are excited to keep pushing boundaries, fine-tuning 3-D print settings, developing new materials, and maximising throughput, material properties, and lightweighting.”
He concluded: “The collaboration also signals an investment in workforce development, creating new high-tech jobs in system operations and maintenance, field deployment, and drone manufacturing and assembly. Our expanding ecosystem will require skilled technicians, engineers, and logistics experts to support the growing demand for mobile manufacturing solutions.”