Fungible Capacity: The Key to Resilient Manufacturing for the Health and Safety of Our Nation

Authored by Seurat's Chief Product Officer, Michael Kenworthy

Swappable Print Cartridges Enable Seurat to Efficiently Print Different Parts and Different Materials as Demand Dictates.

Increasingly unpredictability is the only certainty. Whether it’s a global health emergency, a supply chain breakdown, or the urgent demands of national defense, the ability to rapidly produce critical parts —where and when they’re needed—is more vital than ever. The key to this resilience? Fungible manufacturing capacity, the ability to flexibly shift production to meet demand without costly retooling, supply bottlenecks, or long lead times.  

At Seurat, we believe that manufacturing must adapt to the needs of the modern world, not the other way around. That’s why we’ve pioneered Area Printing, a breakthrough in production-scale metal additive manufacturing.  With Area Printing, metal 3D printing is finally cost-competitive with traditional methods such as casting and forging.  And, with Seurat’s distributed print factories, our customers gain the speed, flexibility, and efficiency needed to keep supply chains moving no matter the challenge.  

National Security Demands Agile Production.

Defense readiness depends on more than strategy, it requires logistical strength. Today, only six countries manufacture more than 3% of the world total with China rising to over one-third, while the G7 steadily declined. The US military maintains aging fleets with legacy manufacturing methods and a global supply chain that is increasingly vulnerable to geopolitical risks.  Mission capable rates across virtually all fleets are declining, with many systems performing well below even the modest targets of 75-80% typically. Both rebuilding and modernizing the industrial base in the U.S. are strategic imperatives that requires more than a brute force approach to close the gap. 

Born out of Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Seurat’s high-performance, modular printing architecture embodies American Dynamism through several exclusive, core technological innovations that enable our factories to execute at scale for nearly any product-material mix. Area Printing is built from the ground up with speed as a first principle, without trading quality and precision for unit economics. Seurat’s factories have unique capability to satisfy, at industrially relevant volumes, commercial needs like semiconductor manufacturing equipment or automotive components during the day and seamlessly respond to a defense demand signal and surge produce missile or drone components overnight. 

The B-52 Stratofortress, a cornerstone of our fleet for over 70 years, delivers unmatched range, payload capacity, and mission versatility.

Crises Require Speed and Scalability.

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the dangers of rigid manufacturing systems. When ventilators, testing equipment, and personal protective gear were needed most, supply chains buckled under the pressure. Traditional manufacturing struggled to keep up with demand, and reliance on offshore production further delayed critical supplies, increasing hardship and destroying trust. 

Our approach delivers fully fungible capacity. We can pivot production in minutes, free from the constraints of design-specific, tooling-based methods. Instead of waiting months for new tooling design and iteration loops or overseas shipments, Seurat’s print factories deliver high-fidelity metal parts on demand and far beyond the prototyping volumes typically associated with additive manufacturing. Whether ramping up to meet urgent demand or optimizing supply chains for long-term resilience, this is true surge capability, offering unmatched agility in both material and product mix. 

Under ideal conditions, sea freight from China to NYC can take 25+ days.

Supply Chain Disruptions Call for a New Approach.

We’ve all experienced the fragility of global supply chains and how chip shortages, shipping bottlenecks, and raw material scarcities have impacted nearly every industry. Companies that once relied on centralized, overseas production are now reshoring manufacturing to regain control, increase efficiency, and reduce risk. 

Seurat is making reshoring not only possible but practical and cost-effective. By replacing traditional casting and machining-from-solid with scalable, localized, and on-demand additive manufacturing, we de-risk the supply chain and enhance focus on achieving mission and product objectives. More jobs, more innovation, and restored industrial resilience delivered by US-born technology. 

Changing the world starts with changing manufacturing.

Scale Your Possible.

At Seurat, we believe in scaling what’s possible. Our Area Printing technology leapfrogs conventional metal 3D printing processes through marriage of cost-competitive, high-volume production with high fidelity. We simplify manufacturing operations and eliminate investment risk so you can build better and more adaptive businesses. 

But additive manufacturing isn’t just about making supply chains more resilient, it’s also about unleashing innovation. The next generation of products won’t be constrained by the limits of traditional manufacturing. Designs that were once too complex or costly to produce at scale can now be manufactured affordably, paving the way for a new era of product innovation and performance across all industries. 

Future-ready manufacturing and fungible capacity are the driving forces behind the next era of American Dynamism. By enabling smarter, faster, and more localized manufacturing, they will power a resilient supply chain and unlock breakthrough products that will define and secure our future. 

If you’re ready to embrace the future of manufacturing, let’s talk. Let’s Scale Your Possible. 

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