Ford Motor CompanyAutomotivesince 2015
Ford AM Centre — Fastest Growing Production Tool User
Prototype parts, production tools, end-use parts across all vehicle programmes
Automotive85% confidence
AUTOMOTIVE · PART PHOTO
Challenge
Ford's global product development cycle required faster, lower-cost prototype and tooling production. Traditional model shops were bottlenecks.
Solution
Ford operates one of the world's busiest AM centres (Dearborn, MI) — producing hundreds of thousands of parts per year spanning prototype validation, production tooling, jigs, and manufacturing aids. Ford owns one of the US's largest private AM fleets.
Outcomes
- 01One of largest private AM fleets in US automotive
Technologies
Fused Deposition Modeling
Source
Benchmark for automotive AM integration; cited in US automotive 3D printing market at $1.6B (2024)
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2015). Ford AM Centre — Fastest Growing Production Tool User. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/ford-am-centre-2015
BibTeX
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title = {Ford AM Centre — Fastest Growing Production Tool User},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2015},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/ford-am-centre-2015},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
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