Announcing the first PAMA “mini” magazine

PAMA was formed as a collaboration between the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and RadTech, a nonprofit trade association, as additive manufacturing (AM) begins to accelerate on its journey into the manufacturing supply chain. The shift from advanced prototyping toward the use of AM in the production of commercial and consumer goods only has begun to gain traction. As AM hardware and materials become more commonplace in industrial markets, we feel it is important that our industry begins to selfregulate to keep AM users (and their end customers) safe while at the same time developing shared language, methodologies and testing standards that will enable customers to make well-informed decisions when comparing different technologies.