# How to Accelerate and Mature Manufacturing with Barry Hulce of VTMC

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2024-02-06
- Length: 57m
- Episode: 3
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/06f59199

## Summary

Barry Hulce, Executive Director of the Vermont Manufacturing Collaborative (VTMC), explains how his organization is building a robust advanced manufacturing ecosystem in rural Vermont to address workforce shortages and supply chain resilience. Hulce details VTMC's 'industry project program,' which pays learners to train on industry-standard equipment like EOS metal 3D printers while fulfilling real client needs, effectively creating a paid apprenticeship model. He highlights specific partnerships with companies like Bivo for laser etching and Benchmark Space Systems for qualifying complex rocket thruster components through rapid design-of-experiment iterations.

## Chapters

- [0:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=4) Introduction: Barry Hulce and VTMC's Mission
- [1:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=99) Barry Hulce's Career Journey from Engineering to Leadership
- [8:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=512) VTMC's Ecosystem Model: Industry, Learners, and Partners
- [12:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=740) Workforce Development and Paid Apprenticeship Model
- [23:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=1436) Educational Gaps and Open Source Curriculum for Additive Manufacturing
- [34:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=2077) VTMC Technology Capabilities and Holistic Value Chain
- [43:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=2592) Case Study: Bivo Water Bottles and Benchmark Space Systems
- [51:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2024-02-06-how-to-accelerate-and-mature-manufacturing-with-barry-hulce-of-vtmc#t=3107) Qualification, Certification, and Future of Additive Manufacturing

## Topics

- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Certification & compliance](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/certification-and-compliance)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Vermont Manufacturing Collaborative (company)
- Intel (company)
- Efficiency Vermont (company)
- EOS (company)
- EOS M100 (product)
- EOS M290 (product)
- X125 Pro (product)
- Bivo (company)
- Benchmark Space Systems (company)
- NCDMM (company)
- Barnes Global Advisory Group (company)
- DMG Mori (company)
- Icon (company)
- Prusa (company)
- Kuraray (company)

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