Tech Valley Center of Gravity: HATCHED Speaker Night: Playing A Long Game: High Value Materials Manufacturing

Free Form Fibers path to its present commercialization efforts involved important support from the local Capital District community as well as various state and federal agencies through programs to assist small businesses in their development. CEO Shay Harrison will discuss the history of the company, its technical progress to date, and the present and future impact of high-performance materials in technology fields such as land- and air-based power generation and hypersonic vehicles.

About Free Form Fibers
Free Form Fibers (FFF) is a start-up manufacturing company located in Saratoga Springs, NY that is commercializing laser-driven chemical vapor deposition (LVCD) technology to produce high performance materials such as fibers, powders, and composite structures for challenging, high value-add applications. LCVD technology developed out of early additive manufacturing work from the 1990's and has progressed as advancements in laser technology and precision control software have been made. The drive to scale up production capacity is rooted in the need for advanced materials solutions in fibers for composites, particularly ceramic matrix composites, and high purity powders for next generation semiconductors.