Additive Innovation Centre (AIC) Highlights
- A*STAR Team Wins International Magnesium Award for Innovative Process of the Year 2025
AIC is proud to announce that the A*STAR SIMTech team (Dr. Sharon Nai, Dr. Mojtaba Salehi, and Dr. Seet Hang Li) has been awarded the International Magnesium Award 2025 for Innovative Process of the Year. This prestigious recognition celebrates the team’s outstanding contributions to advancing magnesium processing innovation and underscores their commitment to excellence and impactful research.
- Dr Sharon Nai Recognised as NUS Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2025
A*STAR SIMTech is proud to celebrate Dr Sharon Nai, Senior Principal Scientist at A*STAR SIMTech and Director of the Additive Innovation Centre (AIC), for receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award at the 2025 NUS Alumni Awards. This award recognises Dr Nai’s outstanding contributions to Singapore’s manufacturing ecosystem and her global scientific impact. As one of the world’s top 2% of scientists, Dr Nai has been instrumental in advancing additive manufacturing technologies, driving innovation, and strengthening industry collaborations that enable enterprises to accelerate technology adoption and enhance competitiveness.
- Advancing Metal-Ceramic 3D Printing: A*STAR, CSIRO & Industry Partners Drive Innovation
CSIRO has developed a novel way to generate metal-ceramic powders for 3D printing. Using this powder as feedstock, optimised direct energy deposition and laser powder bed fusion processes were developed by CSIRO and A*STAR SIMTech as part of an A*STAR - CSIRO Research-industry (2+2) partnership project. Trials to generate 3D printing parts were successfully achieved by Romar Engineering in Sydney, Australia and A*STAR SIMTech who respectively fabricated a prototype brake disc and a topology optimised lightweight air intake manifold. The designs for both parts were generated by Meisterform Pte Ltd, Singapore, in a truly collaborative effort.
- Partnership Between Additive Innovation Centre (AIC) and ELH Tech For Cost-Effective, High-Throughput AM Technologies
ELH Tech, a leading additive manufacturing (AM) service bureau in Singapore, has successfully transitioned from traditional manufacturing to advanced manufacturing through the integration of additive manufacturing processes. The company has now announced a strategic collaboration with the A*STAR Additive Innovation Centre (AIC), hosted at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and supported by the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Cluster (NAMIC).
- Metal AM for Mold and Die: Overcoming Production Challenges
In this white paper, Univac Precision Engineering Pte Ltd, a company specialising in tooling and molding assemblies, worked with Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology & GF Machining Solutions Pte. Ltd to leverage the remarkable benefits of additive manufacturing and harmonise with traditional manufacturing in a full end-to-end AM workflow to produce high-quality tooling inserts at a lower cost and shorter lead time.
- Osteopore, IMCB, SIMTech and NDCS Form Partnership In A$19m Project For Next Generation Jaw Implant
Osteopore International, the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), and the National Dental Centre Singapore (NDCS) held a Research Collaboration commemoration ceremony on 7 June 2022 to formalise their partnership in the development of next-generation bone regeneration technology.
- Hitachi Metals Singapore, A*STAR Extend Joint Lab Collaboration In Metal Powders To Develop New Solutions For Local Additive Manufacturing Players
Hitachi Metals Singapore (HMS) and A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) have extended by three years their existing joint lab collaboration to develop metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM) to enable players in the local AM ecosystem to reap more benefits from 3D printing.
- ST Engineering and A*STAR’s SIMTech Team Up in Additive Manufacturing Research Programme
ST Engineering and Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a unit of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), have teamed up in a three-year research programme to co-develop additive manufacturing (AM) processes for applications in aerospace maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO).
- A*STAR's SIMTech and Entegris Asia Establish Joint Research Laboratory in Additive Manufacturing to Advance Product Development Capabilities And Expand Market Opportunities
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and Entegris Asia Pte Ltd have established a joint research laboratory to explore new product design capabilities and expand market opportunities in additive manufacturing (AM).