Largest Publicly Announced, Single Order in EOS History: Beehive Industries Spends $50M on M4 ONYX 3D Printers

• Earlier this year, Beehive Industries received a $29.7 million contract to produce its Frenzy 6 and Frenzy 8 engines for the US Air Force. The metal additive manufacturing (AM) user...

Earlier this year, Beehive Industries received a $29.7 million contract to produce its Frenzy 6 and Frenzy 8 engines for the US Air Force. The metal additive manufacturing (AM) user with facilities in Colorado and Knoxville, TN claims that its process is both faster and 60 percent cheaper than the conventional methods used to make engines for uncrewed systems. Beehive Industries leverages its large fleet of EOS 3D printers to support its workflow, a fleet that’s about to increase by more than double: EOS just announced that Beehive has ordered another 30 machines to be delivered over the next 12 months, which will bring Beehive’s total EOS capacity to 50 printers. Specifically, Beehive has ordered the EOS M4 ONYX, the company’s newest, most sophisticated metal AM system. The original equ