Two new sites, one network from printed part to finished component.

Precision Resource is moving the finishing steps inside the same network that prints the part.

A metal part leaving a laser powder bed fusion machine is not yet a component. It usually travels to a heat treater, then a machine shop, then inspection, and every hop is a schedule the customer has to manage. The two new locations are being fitted with in-house heat treatment and expanded complex machining to close that loop.

The two sites are not the same size of bet. Huntington Beach already prints metal, and the new building doubles that plant's industrial additive capacity. Shelton is the company's first additive site in Connecticut, built so it can be extended as orders arrive. Both are expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2027, the year Precision Resource marks 80 years in business, and the machines come from 3D Systems.

Precision Resource supplies components to automotive, heavy-duty, aerospace and medical device customers, and the expansion is aimed at the commercial and defence work where a part has to arrive ready to fit. Chris Gratton, director of additive and machine operations, described the intent as connecting the two operations into one network rather than simply adding machines. Reji Puthenveetil, chief commercial officer at 3D Systems, framed it as additive moving from prototyping into production.

Capacity is the easier half to buy. Buyers in defence and aerospace tend to audit heat treatment and machining as closely as the printing itself, so a supplier that controls all three takes a coordination job off the customer's desk and carries the process risk instead. Whether two plants behave as one network is a process question rather than a hardware one, and the announcement gives no expected volumes, no investment figure, and no indication of which programmes the first parts are for.

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