Additive Engineering Solutions acquires Momentous Mold, boosting precision tooling

Source | AES

Additive Engineering Solutions (AES, Akron, Ohio, U.S.) has acquired Reuther Mold & Manufacturing (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, U.S.) — and spun it off into Momentous Mold & Machine — a company with a rich 75-year history of building and delivering complex, high-precision hard metal tooling and assemblies for mission-critical programs.

“Momentous was previously an AES supplier. We saw tremendous value in their reputation and the work the company has done,” says Austin Schmidt, president of AES. “At AES it’s taken us 9 years to build up a staff of seven high-end tooling CNC machinists. Then you look at Momentous, who has 30 CNC machinists, which is a high-end skill set. You can’t just go out and find that experience in a reasonable amount of time.”

The family owner-operator held business has a 60,000-plus-square-foot shop with large-format CNC milling and turning centers, specialty machining equipment (deep-hole drilling and surface grinders), support equipment (spotting presses, bridgeport mills, etc.) and quality equipment (laser trackers, coordinate measuring machines, etc.).

The real highlight, however, is the 60-plus person staff that has a combined 2,000 years of toolmaking and precision manufacturing experience across design and process engineering, CAD/CAM, CNC programming, machining and inspection.

Over the years, Momentous has supported space launch booster systems, composite rotor blade molds, VTOL inlet structures and other high-consequence applications requiring extreme dimensional accuracy and process rigor — all of which are backed by ITAR registration and an AS9100-approved quality management system. The shop is all about high-rate production of commercial metal tooling (Invar, steel). Meanwhile, AES’ strength lies in large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) prototype tooling, 80-85% of which serves aerospace and defense industries.

“Combining these capabilities will provide AES customers with a wide breadth of service, covering both prototyping and commercial tooling,” Schmidt says. “Together with Momentous, we’re more than ready to tackle your toughest challenges.”