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Grow Maine Show: Brian McLaughlin

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Grow Maine Show: Brian McLaughlin

Brian R. McLaughlin is the President & CEO, and Founder, of Amplify Additive, a Additive Manufacturing service provider with a focus on Orthopedic Implant manufacturing.  At his uniquely outfitted facility in Scarborough, ME, they 3D print Titanium using advanced equipment from GE Additive.  The equipment is highly specialized and operates under vacuum at elevated temperatures to provide material properties that exceed industry standards at the highest quality.  “By 3D printing Titanium with this Electron Beam Melting technology, we are able to produce implants that not only have never been able to be designed and manufactured before, but provide a better quality of care for patients.”  Brian graduated from the University of Vermont in 1998 with a degree in Biomedical Engineering.  He is passionate about Orthopedics and is fortunate to have found this career path where he is now helping lead the use of next generation technology for the design and manufacturing of life enabling technologies.

 

Brian resides in Yarmouth, ME with his wife Karen and 2 boys, Baden and Adam.  Brian and family recently relocated back to Maine in 2017 after being in Connecticut for 9 years.  Prior to that they lived in Portland where Karen and Brian met and started their family.  “We are so happy to be back in Maine, we missed it when we lived in CT and visited as often as we could.”  Brian is very active, with a passion for both skiing and soccer.  As for soccer, he still loves to play weekly, and has volunteered as a coach over the past 10-12 years.

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