# Oxford Performance Materials awarded Boeing contract for 3D-printed Starliner parts

Oxford Performance Materials has been selected by Boeing to manufacture 3D-printed OXFAB structures for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft and has begun shipping production parts.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-01-04
- Where: United States
- Value: $10.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: 3D-printed OXFAB structures for spacecraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Oxford Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/684.md)
- [Oxford Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/684.md) (supplier)
- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md) (customer)
- [Hexcel](https://endata.com/companies/15803.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/01/04/903323/0/en/Oxford-Performance-Materials-Awarded-Boeing-Contract-to-Supply-3D-Printed-OXFAB-Production-Parts-for-the-CST-100-Starliner.html), 2017-01-04: "From our earliest discussions with Boeing, they stressed the need to see significant reductions in weight, cost and lead times in order to consider replacing traditional metallic and composite parts with a new technology for their space program."
- [3dprint.com](https://3dprint.com/161928/opm-boeing-starliner-contract/), 2017-01-17: "Oxford Performance Materials (OPM), a leading US-based additive manufacturing firm, was awarded with a contract from the US$97 billion aircraft manufacturing company Boeing to provide 3D printed structures for the Boeing CST 100 Starliner."
- [3ders.org](http://www.3ders.org/articles/20170203-boeing-contracts-oxford-performance-materials-to-3d-print-600-parts-for-its-starliner-space-taxis.html), 2017-02-03: "Boeing contracted Oxford, a leading player in high performance additive manufacturing (HPAM), to make 600 3D printed parts for Boeing’s new Starliner space taxis."
- [executivebiz.com](https://www.executivebiz.com/articles/oxford-performance-materials-to-supply-structural-production-parts-for-boeings-cst-100-starliner), 2017-02-06: "Oxford Performance Materials has received a contract to deliver OXFAB structural production parts for Boeing's Crew Space Transportation-100 Starliner spacecraft."

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