JuggerBot 3D, a Youngstown-based manufacturer of large-format 3D printing systems, plans to build on strategic partnerships it secured last year and further scale its business in 2026, its principals say.
These collaborations include a strategic partnership signed in June with Texas-based Firehawk Aerospace, a leading developer and manufacturer of materials for defense and aerospace applications, says JuggerBot President Zachary DiVencenzo. This partnership, he says, will help advance the development of next-generation solid rocket engines that are powered by propellants produced through additive manufacturing.
“The production of additive-manufactured propellants delivered through JuggerBot 3D printing systems demonstrates the urgency and commitment to advanced flight at a rate the United States requires,” DiVencenzo says. “We’re proud to support Firehawk’s mission to strengthen the U.S. industrial base to be capable of responding to conflict at scale and at speed.”
Overall growth in 2025 was driven by the expansion of JuggerBot’s large-format additive manufacturing solutions, support for national manufacturing programs, growing demand across emerging innovative industries, and investments in its workforce within the Mahoning Valley, DiVecenzo says.
The Firehawk partnership, for example, further enhances agile manufacturing capabilities that enable the rapid production of components critical to next-generation, high-performance flight systems, he says.
JuggerBot in 2025 also continued to advance several federally supported programs focused on multimaterial printing, hybrid manufacturing system development, and improved process reliability, DiVencenzo says. These programs were conducted in collaboration with nationally recognized entities, including Firehawk, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission, he says.
The company made important operational investments to support business, DiVencenzo says. It added roles across several engineering disciplines to meet these project demands – keeping design, assembly and testing within the Youngstown area. The strategy helped improve collaboration and streamline development.
“Looking at 2026, JuggerBot plans to further scale its systems and partnerships to meet growing demand across its primary markets to solve new, complex manufacturing challenges,” DiVencenzo says. “The company remains steadfast in its mission to provide top-of-the-line additive manufacturing systems while creating long-term, highly skilled jobs in the region.”
Pictured: JuggerBot 3D engineers collaborate on a large-format 3D printed energy-sector component at the company’s Boardman facility.
