The next Industrial Revolution is upon us and Potomac is preparing to meet the excitement and challenges we face in the next phase of our growth by moving a bit north in Maryland to the innovation center created at BWTech@UMBC in Baltimore, MD.
For our loyal customers and collaborators there will be no visible change in our long time commitment to providing the highest quality products and services in digital fabrication including laser and CNC micromachining, 3D Printing, laser marking, micro hole drilling and all manner of new technologies. But with access to a world-class technology innovation center, Potomac will be able to expand our capabilities to include a clean room for processing medical devices and microelectronics, integration of new processes into our contract services and access to talent in a myriad of tech fields associated with UMBC.
Potomac President and CEO Mike Adelstein elaborates: “Rather than just renting space, being part of a leading innovation center gives us access to collaboration with faculty at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, an institution with an engineering and physics focus. Even more importantly, we’ll be able to access student talent at all levels as potential employees and interact with other companies in the biotech and clean energy space. We are grateful to Baltimore County and the State of Maryland who provided key financial incentives to facilitate the move.”
The new location also provides Potomac conference, classroom and workshop space to interact with innovators, inventors and makers. Already a distributor of production equipment for 3D Systems Corporation in the Mid-Atlantic region, the new location offers expanded service, training and demo facilities on high-resolution 3D Printers such as the ProJet series.
The new facility also gives Potomac the opportunity to collaborate with the non-profit FabLab Hub, which provides training and workshops for anyone new to Digital Fabrication. FabLab Hub is associated with the MIT International FabLab Network based at the Center for Bits and Atoms in Cambridge, MA
On a personal note, Mike Adelstein is a graduate of UMBC. Also, Potomac founder Paul Christensen, moved the company from a government contracting focus at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D. C. to the first incubator at the University of Maryland, College Park to take the company on a commercial path. So there is a long history with the University of Maryland system.
And as for us, we’re planning to continue making history and hope you can visit us at our awesome new facility to see how our digital fabrication technologies foster innovation for the benefit of humanity!
