{"id":80810,"date":"2013-06-13T19:06:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T11:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/astrium-shares-technology-with-african-ngo-partners\/"},"modified":"2013-06-13T19:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T11:06:59","slug":"astrium-shares-technology-with-african-ngo-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/astrium-shares-technology-with-african-ngo-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrium Shares Technology With African NGO Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"113\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/Benin.jpeg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Benin.<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>[Satellite TODAY 06-13-13] <b>Astrium<\/b> took its commitment to the \u201cALM with Africa\u201d initiative a step further this week. The program\u2019s first pilot phase is launched in Porto Novo, Benin, with a comprehensive workshop to open the dialogue between participating parties and identify industrial and training needs. <b>Songhai<\/b>, a sustainable development NGO based in Benin, is the key partner in this project. The aim of the \u201cALM with Africa\u201d initiative is to encourage the uptake of affordable, autonomous, and sustainable additive layer manufacturing (ALM) technology by SMEs, NGOs and universities in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; Discussions in Porto Novo will focus on learning when, and how, ALM is most suited for parts manufacturing and identifying the training and technology transfer requirements to build capability and capacity within the African entrepreneur community.&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cWe are always looking at bringing new players into space \u2013 and thanks to \u201cALM with Africa\u201d, we will see new technologies being used and new suppliers emerging ready to meet the needs of the industry. Much more than simple corporate citizenship, the \u201cALM with Africa\u201d initiative is also in line with European Union green manufacturing directives and European Space Agency (ESA)\u2019s Clean Space sustainability objectives,\u201d Christian D\u00e9sagulier, \u201cALM with Africa\u201d Project leader at Astrium, said in a statement.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; Additive Layer Manufacturing is particularly appropriate for developing economies and as an eco-efficient manufacturing process. Astrium will pursue this initiative and work on raising funds to implement the upcoming phases: education and training, building capacity, and industrialization. The company aims to support its African partners in providing training, materials, and the appropriate ALM machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benin. [Satellite TODAY 06-13-13] Astrium took its commitment to the \u201cALM with Africa\u201d initiative a step further this week. The program\u2019s first pilot phase is launched in Porto Novo, Benin, with a comprehensive workshop to open the dialogue between participating parties and identify industrial and training needs. Songhai, a sustainable development NGO based in Benin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}