Bowman Additive, part of Bowman International, is adding value to the group's core business of bearing design and supply, innovating via plastic additive manufacturing and replacing what is traditionally a pressed metal part. It is set to multiply the company's turnover many-fold. Bowman International's bearing activities have their roots in the 1970s, with a speciality in plain, Oilite sintered bronze bearings, supplying these through distribution. And while these days they are manufactured overseas, the company has much manufacturing process expertise that it brings to bear, defining manufacturing processes and process control criteria, explains head of additive production Jacob Turner.
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