A consulting firm says a new additive manufacturing complex planned for Pittsburgh will create nearly 6,000 jobs and generate nearly $2.2 billion in wages by 2030.

Neighborhood 91 will be built on a 195-acre site adjacent to the Pittsburgh International Airport, and is being called the first-ever global epicenter for additive manufacturing process. It is being built with input from the University of Pittsburgh.

Also consulting on the project, the Pittsburgh-based Barnes Group Advisors says that Neighborhood 91 will concentrate what has been a fragmented supply chain for additive manufacturing into one focused development.

The University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and the Pittsburgh International Airport CEO Christina Cassotis signing a memorandum of understanding for Neighborhood 91.

A cluster does two key things,(…), It enables process owners to focus on developing and optimizing their core process, and it creates a skilled regional labor pool.”

-The Barnes Group Advisors

The project will consolidate supply — even with a dedicated microgrid for energy supply from natural gas sourced on site. The airport in western Pennsylvania is about an hour’s drive from the Youngstown, Ohio-based America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Neighborhood 91 takes its name from Pittsburgh’s 90 distinct neighborhoods, saying it will be the 91st.

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Bill Bregar, Plastics News Neighborhood 91 to focus on additive manufacturing   https://www.plasticsnews.com/news/pittsburghs-neighborhood-91-focus-additive-manufacturing, published on Jan29 2020, re-edited and published by João Andrade on Feb13 2020;

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