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AMI appoints Stephan Biller as CEO AM Industry

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Advanced Manufacturing International, Inc. (AMI), a Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group, Inc. (MTDG) subsidiary, appointed Stephan Biller, Ph.D. as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Dr. Biller will report directly to MTDG President Dean L. Bartles, Ph.D., FSME, FASME.“I have had the extraordinary pleasure of knowing Stephan as both a colleague and a friend for many years,” said Dr. Bartles. “He is a technological visionary. Stephan possesses all the leadership qualities, a strong commitment to excellence, and an extensive background in digital transformation technologies needed to grow AMI into the trusted and recognized leader of digital and smart manufacturing solutions. I am excited to be working with Stephan in growing the organization and empowering all manufacturers to implement digital innovations that will enable them to better compete in the global economy. From all of us at the MTDG family of companies, we extend a warm welcome to Stephan.”

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3D Systems names Jagtar Narula As new CFO AM Industry

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Jagtar Narula will join 3D Systems as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 14. He will report to President and CEO, Dr. Jeffrey Graves, and lead the company’s Finance organization, including all finance operations and investor relations. With a strong technical foundation and extensive experience in investment strategy, Jagtar will play a central role in capital deployment for growth and margin expansion.

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3D LifePrints releases the ‘Distancer’, a reusable PPE device Marketing and Content

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The Coronavirus Disease 2019, Covid-19, outbreak has battered the world’s economies, instilled widespread fear and caused change in public and company policy to protect individuals from exposure to a highly infectious disease. Personal protective equipment (PPE) runs scarce due to a spike in Covid-19 related illnesses and hospitalizations, which leaves frontline healthcare professionals to risk the lives of their patients, their families and themselves by reusing single-use PPE.

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Women in 3D Printing publishes 2020 Diversity for AM report AM Industry

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Women in 3D Printing this week published the latest edition of its Diversity for Additive Manufacturing report, a special volume which not only focuses on gender diversity in our industry but also on the inclusion of minorities. The newly released report reckons with the issue of diversity and systemic racism, a long running and deeply embedded problem in our world, which has been in particular focus this year due to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement. Importantly, the report positions AM within this unequal dynamic, aiming to promote diversity and inclusion in the sector as well as to highlight existing initiatives that support them.