Fabrisonic, the world’s leader in ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM), has announced Jason Riley as Chief Executive Officer, following Mark Norfolk’s retirement after nearly 14 years of leadership.
Jason Riley has served as Fabrisonic’s Chief Operating Officer since 2021. UAM is a hybrid (additive & subtractive) metal manufacturing process that employs solid-state welding to join dissimilar metals, create complex geometries, and embed sensors into fully dense metal parts.
“As Chair of the Fabrisonic board, I am thrilled to announce that Jason Riley has been appointed as our new CEO,” said Henry Cialone, Fabrisonic’s Board Chairman and CEO of EWI. “Jason had served as COO for the past three years and has emerged as the best candidate to take Fabrisonic forward in the current market. He brings to the company an understanding of materials processing, experience in technology commercialization, and a strong leadership profile.”
Previously, Jason served as COO of Amorphology, an amorphous metals NASA spinout company where he was employee number 1 and led the early growth and expansion of the company. Jason not only brings experience in technology-based business, he also served as a Marine Corps officer for more than 20 years of active duty and reserve service. He is a combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
While the additive manufacturing industry has experienced significant ebbs and flows over the past decade, Fabrisonic has weathered these storms by focusing on delivering high-quality parts via UAM and building a robust customer base, from aerospace and space companies, various industry partners, electric vehicle battery manufacturers, and universities. From 2019 until 2022, Fabrisonic partnered with Wiegel Tool Works in Chicago to develop fully automated, high-volume production UAM machines that produced 35 million parts in 2023 alone for an electric vehicle battery application.
“Fabrisonic is built on a culture of innovation, problem solving, and delivering unique solutions to our customers using our hybrid,3D printing process,” said Riley. “I am humbled to be given the opportunity to lead Fabrisonic into its next phase of growth. We have a fantastic team and an incredible technology. These are exciting and volatile times in the additive manufacturing industry. Fabrisonic sets itself apart through its hybrid process, and our ability to make parts in ways that other processes simply can’t. I look forward to capitalizing on the momentum we have and taking Fabrisonic into new industries and new opportunities.”
About Fabrisonic
Fabrisonic is an advanced manufacturing company that strives to inspire the world with new ways of manufacturing. Fabrisonic’s patented metal 3D printing process allows customers to create new concepts impossible with traditional manufacturing. The company operates out of a 25,000 square foot facility in Lewis Center, OH. It spun out of EWI (Edison Welding Institute) in 2011.