Sintavia, LLC, the leading independent additive manufacturer supporting the Aerospace & Defense industry, announced today that it had acquired QC Laboratories, Inc., a non-destructive testing services company based in Hollywood, Florida.

The acquisition greatly enhances Sintavia's NDT capabilities for commercial aerospace applications, particularly with respect to surface finish conformance testing. Post-closing, it is expected that QC Labs will operate as a stand-alone subsidiary of Sintavia. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"We have worked with QC Labs for a number of years to develop surface finish inspection metrics that are relevant for the additive manufacturing industry," said Doug Hedges, Sintavia's President and Chief Technology Officer. "Today's announcement is a natural extension of this same process, and we are looking forward to deepening the relationship with QC Labs as we continue to develop acceptable NDT metrics for production AM components."

"For more than 50 years, QC Labs has been trusted by critical industries, including Aerospace & Defense, to deliver high quality NDT services," said John Ahow, QC Labs' General Manager. "It is very exciting to apply these same services to the developing field of additive manufacturing through Sintavia."