Oak Ridge Today reports UMaine, ORNL to announce $20 million manufacturing partnership
Oak Ridge Today reported Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maine will announce a $20 million 3D manufacturing partnership that will help the forest products industry. ORNL, UMaine and three U.S. senators will announce the partnership at 11:30 a.m. May 2 in Washington, D.C. The partnership will involve the launch of a large-scale, bio-based additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, program that will combine ORNL’s leadership in additive manufacturing and UMaine’s expertise with bio-based composites to advance efforts to create a new market for Maine’s forest products industry, the article states.