AMPOWER and TAAG Partner to Bridge AM Market Data and Production
A new partnership between AMPOWER and TAAG aims to connect additive manufacturing market intelligence with practical industrial production expertise, addressing a gap in the sector.
AMPOWER, a consultancy founded in 2017, provides clients with AM market strategy, technology assessments, and operational adoption guidance. Their services cater to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), investors, and policy bodies across Europe, North America, and Asia.
TAAG, established by Daniel Johns, former CEO of 3T Additive Manufacturing, functions as an industrialization and investment platform for industrial AM. It comprises TAAG Advisory for commercial transformation, TAAG Invest for early-stage AM company co-investment, and TAAG Xchange, an executive roundtable program set to launch with the University of Bristol Business School in December 2026.
The collaboration targets three primary client groups. AM service providers and in-house production facilities can leverage AMPOWER's customer segmentation and competitive benchmarking, combined with TAAG's commercialization methodologies. Investors performing due diligence on AM businesses will gain access to market data and operational assessments of production scalability and merger and acquisition readiness.
Industrial OEMs and tier-one manufacturers exploring AM adoption will receive both market context and support for transforming operations within regulated production environments. Joint engagements will be offered globally, integrating AMPOWER's intelligence workstreams with TAAG's structured production programs to meet specific client needs.
Recent market reports highlight a consistent outperformance of contract manufacturers with diverse client bases and steady production orders compared to those focused on prototyping. This suggests a misalignment between production investment and market demand, a gap the AMPOWER-TAAG partnership is designed to address by unifying market intelligence with production execution.
This partnership addresses a critical industry need by integrating market intelligence with hands-on production scaling expertise. Such a unified approach is vital for the industrialization of AM, particularly for sectors like aerospace and defense requiring robust, scalable, and qualified production pathways. It moves beyond theoretical market analysis to practical implementation for end-use part production.
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