WIMBORNE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 20, 2026--
Intelligent power management company Eaton opened a European Centre of Additive Manufacturing in the U.K., advancing its strategy to scale additive manufacturing globally and support growing global demand for next-generation aerospace platforms.
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As aerospace manufacturers continue to seek lighter, more efficient components and more resilient supply chains, additive manufacturing is gaining broader interest across the industry. Eaton’s newest additive manufacturing facility is designed to support localized, production-scale additive manufacturing in Europe and help customers address complexity, supply chain resiliency and production-readiness needs.
“By expanding our additive manufacturing capabilities in Europe, we’re enabling customers to move faster from design to production of certified components,” said Tomasina Bailey, vice president, engineering, Aerospace Group, Eaton. “With deep engineering expertise and integrated capabilities, Eaton is setting the standard for scaling additive in aerospace—delivering the performance, reliability and design flexibility customers need to deliver next generation platforms at scale.”
Located at Eaton’s aerospace manufacturing campus in Wimborne, the facility integrates design, engineering, printing and validation in a single environment. With its European Centre of Additive Manufacturing now operational, Eaton strengthens its ability to support regional aerospace programs and enables more resilient, localized production in Europe.
“Eaton expects to expand the facility’s capabilities to further boost its ability to support high-reliability commercial and military programs at scale,” said Mike York, director of additive manufacturing and digital design, Aerospace Group, Eaton. “Based on customer requirements and operational readiness, the company anticipates using titanium and electron beam additive processes and is working towards achieving rigorous AS9100 aerospace quality certification.”
Eaton’s additive manufacturing capabilities enable the production of lighter, more efficient components while reducing material usage and minimizing the need for tooling. At the core of the facility is Eaton’s largest metal additive manufacturing system, capable of delivering up to twice the productivity of previous platforms—enabling faster development cycles, increased throughput for complex, safety-critical components.
Eaton’s global manufacturing network spans multiple regions—providing dual-sourced, regionally aligned solutions for customers. This expanded network gives global aerospace customers improved supply chain resilience and redundancy, reducing logistical delays and ensuring business continuity for critical programs.
In the aerospace industry, Eaton is a leading provider of hydraulic, fuel, oxygen, fluid and air conveyance, electrical, motion control and engine solutions, as well as aftermarket service and support for commercial and military aircraft.
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial and institutional, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.
Eaton opens new European aerospace additive manufacturing center in the U.K. to support growing global demand for next-generation aerospace platforms. Image courtesy of Eaton.
PARIS (AP) — The NFL closed its “NFL House” in Paris on Saturday as the city braced for street protests with a heavy police presence and storefronts boarded up.
The league announced the closure to fans on Saturday morning through its “OnePass” app and it came a day after it said its pop-up NFL shop would also be shut Saturday — in both cases citing “potential accessibility issues.”
Security concerns have overshadowed the NFL's debut in Paris. The New Orleans Saints will play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday at Stade de France in the league's first-ever regular-season game in France.
Also Saturday, the Saints announced that “ Saints House has been postponed until Sunday.”
Events planned Saturday at NFL House included “French Athletes in Football” and “From the Field to the Community.”
“I was looking forward to just checking out some of the installations they had — they were going to have the Lombardi Trophy,” fan Nick Paiva said.
Major museums including the Louvre and Orsay Museum are closed Saturday, though tourists were lined up to enter Notre Dame Cathedral. French authorities are intent on preventing a repeat of recent violent unrest.
The U.S. State Department this week issued a security alert that cautioned “Americans in Paris for the NFL game” to “exercise caution and be aware of their surroundings” because of protests.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said this week that preparations were made in consultation with U.S. and French authorities. Street protests, he said, “are not unusual in France.”
On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron met with Goodell along with Saints owner Gayle Benson and Steelers owners Art Rooney II at the Élysée Palace to “discuss Sunday’s game and the long-term future of the NFL in Paris.”
The NFL said Friday that its pop-up shop in the city center would be closed Saturday but that fans could use an alternative shop set up at Stade de France, located north of the city in Saint-Denis.
A weekend event for Steelers fans was canceled Thursday because of security concerns.
Paiva, an American who lives in France, wanted to visit NFL House, where his partner, who is French, could learn more about the sport.
He had also expected to participate in the league’s activation called “Hail Mary over the Seine” in which you try to throw a football across the famed waterway, at a location near Notre Dame. Despite having registered, Paiva was told at the site that he needed to also have made a time-slot reservation.
“That was not communicated very well,” he said after being turned away. “C’est comme ca — it’s the way it is.”
French teenager Oskar Le Gall, wearing a Bryce Young jersey, was able to give it a shot. His throw came up a bit short. A worker on the other side stayed busy scooping balls out of the river using a long pole with a net attached.
Le Gall, who is from the Brittany region, said “the atmosphere of the NFL in Paris is amazing,” noting that French sports leagues and teams typically don't promote themselves that much.
Le Gall and his brother were keeping an eye on the planned path of the protests Saturday.
“It doesn't feel calm and good to be a tourist in Paris,” he said. “It's not good for the NFL.”
At one point during the Hail Mary event, 11 national police vans with their emergency lights flashing drove past on the street above as a fan got ready to throw a ball.
Steelers fan Monika Allen was able to avoid any protests thanks to advice posted on fan-led Facebook groups.
“The fans are doing a good job keeping each other informed of where to be and where not to be,” Allen said by the ‘Hail Mary’ event.
Her cousin, Viktor Toth, was wearing her Terry Bradshaw black-colored Steelers jersey.
“We're not worried,” she said. "My cousin is Hungarian, so he knows that the protests happen regularly in Paris."
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Police officers patrol the empty Place de la Bastille ahead of a demonstration against rising living costs in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers leaves a press conference in Paris, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)
A fan participates in the Hail Mary event on the banks of the Seine river in Paris, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026 in the build up to the Saints against Steelers NFL game. (AP Photo/Dave Shopland)
A man walks past stores boarded up with wooden planks in the Les Halles shopping district, which is under a nighttime curfew following weekend protests over the cost of living that turned into rioting and looting across France, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Teresa Suarez)
An exterior view of the Stade de France with NFL branding on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, ahead of Sunday's game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/Greg Payan)
