Hexcel has now provided more than $25m of strategic funding for thermoplastic parts producer Oxford Performance Materials, which will now expand manufacturing capacity.

Composite materials producer Hexcel Corporation has provided $10m of funding for US-based advanced materials technology developer Oxford Performance Materials (OPM).

Founded in 2000, OPM uses 3D printing technology to make structural parts out of thermoplastics for use in the biomedical, aerospace and industrial sectors.

OPM will use the capital to expand manufacturing capacity following a recent deal with aerospace group Boeing to supply 3D-printed parts for the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft capsule it is developing with space station module producer Bigelow…