Neighborhood 91
World's first dedicated end-to-end additive manufacturing industrial campus, co-locating the full AM supply chain at Pittsburgh International Airport.
- Team Size
- 1-10
- Stage
- Active
Technology & Products
Key Products
Co-located AM production campus with shared infrastructure: pad-ready building sites; multi-tenant 44,683 sq ft facility; on-site powder storage; argon gas partnership (Arencibia); multi-axis CNC machining; heat treatment; inspection/NDT; reverse engineering; shared logistics via airport/highway/rail; microgrid power (Peoples Natural Gas)
Differentiation
Value Proposition
Condenses the entire additive manufacturing supply chain into one physical campus to reduce lead times, lower production costs, and simplify logistics. What traditionally took six months and 1,000 miles of shipping now takes weeks and stays within the same building.
How They Differentiate
First-of-its-kind co-location model where every stage of AM supply chain (powder production → printing → post-processing → inspection → shipping) exists on one campus; shared infrastructure reduces capital costs; proximity to airport enables global same-day/next-day shipping; DoD-funded Resilient Manufacturing Ecosystem provides defense-specific validation
Market & Competition
Target Customers
AM part producers, powder producers, post-processing providers, R&D companies, and defense/aerospace OEMs seeking co-located supply chain integration
Industry Verticals
Aerospace & Defense; Automotive; Industrial Manufacturing; Rail/Transit; Energy; Medical Devices
Growth & Milestones
Major Milestones
Late 2018: Concept developed by ACAA CEO Christina Cassotis, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, and John Barnes (TBGA); October 2019: Groundbreaking; 2020: Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award finalist; 2021: First tenant (Wabtec) opens; October 2022: Cumberland Additive grand opening; April 2023: Metal Powder Works & HAMR grand opening; October 2023: JEOL installs first North American EBM system at N91; March 2024: DOD-funded Resilient Manufacturing Ecosystem announced; September 2024: Max Manufacturing Initiative Act signed in Pennsylvania; March 2025: RIDC takes over property management and business attraction; May 2025: FormAlloy X5R DED machine installation announced
Notable Customers
Cumberland Additive (contract AM manufacturer); HAMR Industries (advanced materials/manufacturing); Metal Powder Works (metal powder producer); Wabtec (anchor tenant, Fortune 500 rail technology); Arencibia (gas recovery systems); RJ Lee Group (materials analysis); Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research (materials testing); JEOL (electron beam AM equipment, installed at Cumberland)