PDAC: Submission #704 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Economic Development

2. Project title Growing the Greater Dayton Regional Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem

3. Short description This project leverages $9.5 million current and prior DoD investment with several Dayton area organizations and develop several key proprietary Additive Manufacturing related technologies. Development of these technologies will provide these companies and the Dayton area with a strategic competitive advantage in the emerging market of Additive Manufacturing. This project will focus on materials development, Additive Manufacturing develop, qualification of materials and transfer of technology.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request SHEPRA Inc

5-8. Address 728 Blanding Blvd. Suite #2
Orange Park, Florida. 32065

9. County clay

10. Recipient organization SHEPRA Inc

11-14. Address 2769 Culver Ave
Kettering, Ohio. 45429

15. County montogmery

16. Organization type For-profit

Organization Contact Details

17. Name fred herman

18. Title Manager - Additive Manufacuturing

19. Organization SHEPRA Inc

20. Telephone 8172331942

21. Email fred.herman@shepra.com

22-25. Address 2769 Culver Ave
kettering, Ohio. 45429

26. County montgomery

27. Additional contacts Steve Roadfeldt, SHEPRA, 937 838 6711

Location Details

28. City Kettering

29. County OH

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 7250000

32. Total Cost 16000000

33. Other sources of funds SHEPRA and Open Additive have received a total of $9.5 Million in DoD funding for related efforts

34. How the funds will be used Equipment Purchases

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. No

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) Matching funds from the Air Force Strafi / Tacfi are possible once project funds are obtained.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

fy-24-congressional-add-budget--ecosystem.pdf (89.25 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Immediately

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify Pursuing DoD SBIR and STTR funds as well as DoD Broad Agency Announcements

Community Details

40. Community Need This project addresses one of the critical needs in the post COVID economy, the reshoring of the manufacturing base to America. This project focuses on several aspects of the Additive Manufacturing value chain including raw materials, processing of materials, manufacture of Additive Manufacturing production systems, certification and qualification of Additvely Manufactured materials and transfer of the technology to service bureaus that can address defense and commercial needs. Implementation of this project will provide a competitive advantage to the greater Dayton regional Additive Manufacturing ecosystem

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. Parts of this project were recommended for funding by the DDC for the FY'23 congressional budget. No congressional funds were obtained.

42. Direct new jobs created 26 to 50

43. Existing jobs retained? 26 to 50

44. Sustained permanent jobs? 51 to 100

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. This project would engage several companies in the existing greater Dayton regional Additive Manufacturing ecosystems and would require engaged of personnel from several Air Force Research Lab and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center directorates. In the end if successful a product line to Additively Manufacture the hypersonic thermal protection tiles and require manufacturing systems and raw materials made in the greater Dayton region. Most of these jobs would be experienced engineers with graduate level education.

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? More than $100,000

47. Is your project a workforce development program? Yes

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? Yes

Which industry? Advanced Manufacturing

49. Counties in which jobs will be created Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren

Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

Fy24 Congressional Add- Ecosystem Final.pdf (1.91 MB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. fred herman

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 8172331942

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. fred.herman@shepra.com

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? {Empty}

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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