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The Guam Additive Materials and Manufacturing Accelerator (GAMMA) applications center will reach full operating capacity by February 2027, according to Neal Orringer, co-founder, president and board chairperson of the Applied Science and Technology Research Organization of America (ASTRO America), the non-profit managing the initiative.
The date lands roughly 15 months after the facility’s ceremony at Dededo’s Pacific Industrial Park on November 6, 2025 and it revises a more aggressive schedule ASTRO set out earlier this year. Previously, Orringer had targeted initial operating capability for late summer 2026, with machines installed, a quality management system in place and first parts potentially rolling out by the end of August.
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