DEEP Manufacturing expands capacity at Bristol facility
DEEP Manufacturing has marked eighteen months of operation with an expansion of its Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) capacity, including new CNC machining equipment, its Rollerbot 2.0 hybrid machine and additional WAAM robots at its Bristol, UK, facility.
Launched in January 2025, the company has expanded from a single site to facilities in Bristol and Houston, Texas, USA. DEEP Manufacturing states that it is the ‘first and only’ manufacturer with full DNV approval for WAAM production of pressure vessels for human occupancy (PVHOs), pressure hulls and associated equipment.
The Bristol facility now combines WAAM and CNC machining, enabling large-format metal components to progress from the AM build stage to machining and certification on one site. DEEP Manufacturing states that it has moved to 24/7, DNV-approved production.
Components delivered to customers include hemispheres, cylinders, propeller blades and material development blocks. The company’s material portfolio has also expanded to include carbon steel, stainless steel (ER316LSi), duplex and super duplex (UNS S32750), nickel aluminium bronze (ERCuNiAl), copper alloy (ERCuNi30) and aluminium (ER2319/2219).
DEEP Manufacturing says the expanded capability is intended to support customers in the defence, aerospace, energy and maritime sectors. The company claims that its production route can provide lead times up to three times faster than casting or forging, while meeting certification requirements for safety-critical components.
“We’re not seeing a spike in demand for large-format Additive Manufacturing. We’re seeing the market arrive at where we always believed it was heading,” stated Peter Richards, CEO of DEEP Manufacturing. “The question was never whether this shift was coming, it was who would be ready to meet it. Eighteen months ago, this was a single site and an idea. Today it’s a facility that can take a component from design to raw print to a certified part ready to ship.”
The company said that bringing large-format production, machining and certification together at Bristol is intended to reduce the number of suppliers involved compared with conventional casting and forging routes.
DEEP Manufacturing’s expansion in Bristol follows the opening of its Houston facility earlier in 2026. Parent company DEEP has also announced a $100 million investment in a permanent engineering and development hub in Florida.
Richards added, “Bristol and Houston aren’t two separate stories – they’re the same one, told on both sides of the Atlantic. Customers in defence, energy and maritime need this capability wherever they’re building, and that’s exactly what we’ve set out to deliver. The first eighteen months were about proving this works. From here, it’s about proving how far it can scale.”
Read more about DEEP Manufacturing in the Summer issue of Metal AM magazine
From requirement to reality: How DEEP Manufacturing is scaling large-format metal AM
