Siemens Xcelerator Aids Haddy in Scaling AI-fueled Microfactories

Siemens reports that Haddy, a U.S.-based additive manufacturing company, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform. The plan is to scale local additive manufacturing using circular materials across industries including defense, marine, and furniture.

Haddy produces large-format components using robotic additive manufacturing processes and recyclable and biodegradable materials. Products are made to be reprocessed into feedstock and returned to production, helping reduce waste, Siemens reports. Materials are sourced domestically in the United States to reduce transportation-related emissions and support local supply chains.  

“Our goal is to keep materials in use and production close to where products are needed,” says Jay Rodgers, chief executive officer, Haddy. “Adopting Siemens Xcelerator helps us connect design, automation and manufacturing in a way that supports circularity, local sourcing and rapid iteration while using data and AI to continuously improve how our microfactories operate.” 
  
Haddy delivers this model via a network of digitally standardized, AI-enabled microfactories. By producing products where needed and relying on data and software for consistency across sites, the company aims to reduce supply-chain complexity and support low-waste production.  

Haddy uses Siemens Xcelerator to connect product design, manufacturing planning, and automation via a digital thread. Siemens’ Designcenter software is used to design large-format parts via additive manufacturing and prepare designs for robotic production. Teamcenter software manages product data and configuration across sites, while SINUMERIK, Siemens’ CNC control platform primarily for machine tools, is used in Haddy’s microfactories to orchestrate robotic AM systems, combining CNC-based path control with industrial robot kinematics.

Additionally, Haddy is expanding use of Siemens’ softwar. It has adopted Simcenter Optistruct software for product optimization and validation of large-scale products. Also, Haddy is leveraging NX X Manufacturing, a cloud‑enabled manufacturing solution, for build strategies, to support NC programming, simulation and execution of complex large‑format robotic AM processes. Haddy also uses subtractive CNC machining.

“Haddy is showing how manufacturers can rethink production by combining the power of the AI-enabled digital twin and local manufacturing with circular material strategies,” says Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “By building a digitally connected, software‑defined manufacturing model, Haddy is creating a scalable approach that helps maintain consistency across sites while supporting more resilient and sustainable production.”

Haddy was slated to share its perspective at Realize LIVE Americas this week in Detroit, where Jay Rodgers, CEO, Haddy, is delivering a keynote focused on the future of sustainable, AI‑enabled manufacturing.

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 Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.