Meltio and Phillips Corporation collaborate to advance hybrid CNC technology for defense industry

This milestone marks a significant evolution in hybrid manufacturing, combining additive and subtractive technologies.

Hanover (Maryland, USA)/Linares (Spain), June 05, 2025 – Phillips Corporation, and Meltio – a disruptive laser metal deposition technology manufacturer – have announced a major advancement in defense manufacturing: Phillips Corporation has become the first Meltio partner worldwide to successfully integrate the Meltio Engine Blue into a Haas CNC machine. This milestone marks a significant evolution in hybrid manufacturing, combining additive and subtractive technologies into one streamlined workflow, paving the way for advanced applications in the defense sector.

Meltio’s pioneering laser-wire metal 3D printing solution is built around welding wire; the safest, cleanest, and most affordable metal feedstock available. The Meltio Engine Blue empowers defense and industrial manufacturers to elevate their CNC machining capabilities with integrated metal additive manufacturing, providing an agile and scalable solution for mission-critical parts.

Phillips Corporation, a global leader in manufacturing technology and a key partner to defense and government agencies, strengthens its long-standing collaboration with Meltio through this integration. The company is renowned for delivering high-performance solutions that enhance operational readiness, innovation, and competitiveness across industry, defense and academia.

The first Meltio Engine Blue was successfully integrated into a Haas TM-1r, a CNC platform recognized for its precision and reliability, and showcased at RAPID TCT in Detroit, MI, this past April 2025. This hybrid configuration enables defense manufacturers to produce complex metal parts with greater precision, shorter lead times, and reduced material waste—capabilities essential for logistics, sustainment, and rapid deployment environments.

This milestone builds upon previous successful defense collaborations between Phillips and Meltio, including the deployment of Meltio technology aboard a US Navy ship for onboard metal part manufacturing and the US Department of Defense’s adoption of Meltio’s wire-laser metal 3D printing systems to increase supply chain resilience. These successes highlight the growing relevance of hybrid manufacturing in meeting the evolving demands of military operations.

To share this achievement and demonstrate its full potential for defense applications, Meltio and Phillips Corporation will host a live webinar on June 11, 2025 at 17:00 CET (11:00 AM EDT). The event will introduce the Meltio Engine Blue, explain its integration with Haas CNC machines by Phillips, and highlight how this hybrid solution improves efficiency, precision, and flexibility. The session will also include a live demonstration of the system in action and conclude with a Q&A with experts from both companies. Join the webinar here.

“Integrating Meltio's impressive new Engine Blue into the Haas CNC platform unlocks a new level of control and versatility for manufacturers,” said Brian Kristaponis, General Manager of Phillips Additive Hybrid. “We’re proud to be the first Meltio partner to deliver this configuration through our Hybrid product line, which is already proving its value in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments like defense.”

Meltio is proud to mark this milestone integration with Phillips Corporation, reinforcing its commitment to advancing metal additive manufacturing accessibility and scalability—especially within the defense sector and other critical industries.

Meltio Channel Manager in the United States, Gabriel Ortiz, expresses enthusiasm for this partnership: “The demand for manufacturing increasingly complex 3D printed parts with Meltio's DED metal technology using a CNC machine is increasing in different industries in the United States. As our long-standing partnership with Phillips Corporation in the United States demonstrates, the integration of Meltio into Haas CNC certifies that we continue to keep pace with this growing industrial demand for DED metal parts. Meltio’s laser-wire metal 3D printing solutions offer all types of industries in North America the ability to manage the entire manufacturing process using Hybrid solutions like those offered by Phillips Corporation It is extremely rewarding to help a large range of industries, from automotive to aerospace, as they aim to print and repair reliable metal parts with our reliable laser-wire DED  solutions.”

The webinar link:https://meltio3d.com/webinar-unlocking-hybrid-manufacturing-meltio-engine-blue/