Divergent unveils Monolith One metal printer and 430,000 sq ft Long Beach factory
Six in-house printers are operating in Torrance, with another 64 planned for a new factory that connects metal additive manufacturing to Divergent’s automated production platform.
Divergent Technologies unveiled Monolith One on 17 June 2026, an internally developed metal 3D printer, alongside a 430,000 sq ft factory in Long Beach, California. Six machines are already operating at its Torrance headquarters. The company plans to bring another 64 online at Long Beach over the next 24 months.
The laser powder bed fusion system combines twelve 2 kW lasers with a 700 × 700 × 835 mm build volume. It supports alloys including aluminium, nickel, steel and titanium, with closed-loop powder recovery, exchangeable build modules and active thermal control intended to support continuous production. Divergent developed the printer over 28 months for use within its DAPS manufacturing platform.
DAPS connects structural design, additive manufacturing and automated assembly for aerospace, defence and automotive customers. Producing the printer in-house gives Divergent control over the equipment and process settings used to make its structures. The Long Beach expansion targets an eightfold increase in annual output, with capacity planned for tens of thousands of airframes or hundreds of thousands of individual components.
The factory programme follows Divergent’s US$290 million Series E in September 2025, led by Rochefort Asset Management at a US$2.3 billion valuation. Its manufacturing work already spans customers including Lockheed Martin, RTX, General Atomics, Bugatti and McLaren, linking the new printing capacity to an established cross-industry production business.