Sintavia Welcomes New Senior Leadership Appointments

Rapidly growing additive manufacturer expands operations and sales
teams

DAVIE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#3DPrinting–Sintavia, LLC, the global independent leader for metal Additive
Manufacturing (AM) services, announced today two new additions to its
leadership team, supporting the firm’s manufacturing activities and
customer growth. The announcement of the hiring of Sintavia’s Global
Vice President of Sales, J Louis Schlegel IV, and Vice President of
Operations, Rick Clark, follows recent news of the company’s factory
expansion in 2018, and is reflective of Sintavia’s position as the
global independent leader in the development of the AM manufacturing
supply chain for precision industries.

Rick Clark, Sintavia’s Vice President of Operations, comes to Sintavia
with a decade of production leadership experience, including operations
management at Eaton Corporation, where he was most recently responsible
for the production team and operations at Eaton’s North Charleston
facility. Mr. Clark will be responsible for efficiently managing
customers’ production builds through Sintavia’s vertically integrated
operation. Mr. Clark will also work to establish process flows and
procedural infrastructure for Sintavia’s digital factory of the future,
set to open in 2018.

As a collaborative leader with 30 years of experience in technology
hardware, J Louis Schlegel IV, Sintavia’s new Global Vice President of
Sales, has a proven record in metal additive printing technology
systems. Mr. Schlegel will be responsible for the leadership of the
Sintavia sales team, developing new business opportunities, and
providing Sintavia’s vertically integrated AM supply chain solutions for
Fortune 500 industrial companies globally.

Doug Hedges, Sintavia’s President and COO said, “Rick and J’s experience
with OEMs and advanced manufacturing technologies has made these
appointments a crucial addition to the future of Sintavia. Their
experience will help shape the direction of Sintavia’s digital factory,
which will represent an entirely new way of approaching metal component
production for OEMs in precision industries. Sintavia has become the
independent benchmark for companies in Additive Manufacturing, and we
are fortunate to have their leadership and experience to conduct our
future operations. We are looking forward to the future.”

About Sintavia

Founded in 2012, Sintavia is the global leader for independent metal AM
for precision industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Natural
Gas, Automotive, and Ground Power Generation. Sintavia holds AS9100,
ISO17025, and ANAB accreditation, as well as being OASIS and ITAR
registered.

Contacts

Sintavia, LLC
Carolyn Allan, 954-474-7800
www.sintavia.com.