Framatome officially opened the Amiral Bernard-Antoine Morio de l’Isle Additive Manufacturing Centre in Romans-sur-Isère, France, on July 2. Less than a year after laying the first stone, the 6,000 m² facility, backed by a €25 million investment, is now fully operational and is producing critical spare parts for the primary circuits of French nuclear reactors.

The centre leverages MX3D’s Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM), a wire-based Directed Energy Deposition (DED) process, to manufacture critical components with complex geometries. These include medium-sized parts such as 1-ton impellers up to massive structures weighing between 20 and 25 tons, intended for the nuclear and French defence sectors.