Callaway Golf Company plans to put $15 million into a Fort Worth plant for 3D printing, the company announced Friday, moving titanium club work it has done in small batches for several years into dedicated U.S. production.
The plant will be built next to Callaway's North America Distribution Center. The company expects it to be operating by mid-2027 and to start filling some of its domestic demand in 2028, starting with custom titanium products.
Callaway did not say in its release how many people the facility would employ or how large it will be.
Why 3D printing
Additive manufacturing, as 3D printing is known in the industry, builds parts layer by layer, which lets engineers design internal shapes that casting and forging cannot produce. Callaway said the new plant will expand its titanium research and manufacturing so its engineers can pursue designs that conventional methods cannot achieve.
The company said the investment builds on about seven years of additive manufacturing research. Since late 2022 it has been making prototypes and custom models in-house.
"We believe 3D printing represents one of the most significant opportunities to advance golf club performance in decades, and we're investing to lead that future," Chip Brewer, Callaway's president and CEO, said in the release.
Callaway tied the Fort Worth project to earlier spending on American manufacturing, including more than $100 million it says it has put into its golf ball plant in Chicopee, Massachusetts, in recent years.
