The ExOne Company announced that it will begin to refocus how it demonstrates and provides its industrial sand core and mold binder jet 3D printing services in North America. To facilitate faster adoption of its technology, ExOne will refocus its production service centers located in Troy, Michigan and Houston, Texas into ExOne Adoption Centers. ExOne will expand these existing centers to provide a greater variety of its latest binder and material sets, including cold hardening phenolic and sodium silicate production, as well as an expanded range of its machine platforms and machine options. In addition, ExOne will create more robust, regionally-based material development services, as well as expand its technical and training services within the EACs.

As part of its refocus efforts, the company will consolidate certain of its 3D printing operations at its production service center in North Las Vegas, Nevada into its Houston, Texas and Troy, Michigan facilities.

The company plans to exit its non-core Machin-A-Mation specialty machining operation in Chesterfield, Michigan. Both actions are expected to better prioritize ExOne's human and capital resources toward advancing the adoption rate of its binder jet printing.