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CECIMO presents four points to support AM’s growth in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis AM Industry

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CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industry and Related Manufacturing Technologies, is actively involved in advocating and promoting the added value of our sector in our society’s effort to control and overcome the COVID-19 outbreak. The European Commission is ready to approve an unprecedented stimulus package of €750 billion (as proposed by European Commission President’s Ursula Von der Leyen today), for total financial firepower in the EU budget of €1.85 trillion. Along with financial support, CECIMO believes that this crisis has highlighted different important issues that will need to be addressed for the future of manufacturing in Europe.

Anouk Wipprecht presents new 3D printed Proximity Dress for social distancing Consumer Products

Anouk Wipprecht presents new 3D printed Proximity Dress for social distancing Consumer Products

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The concept of a mechanical, 3D printed smart dress, to safeguard one’s proximity and personal space, was first explored by Anouk Wipprecht several years ago with her Spider Dress. In times of social distancing, the Dutch designers is presenting an evolution of that early work, extending her research into proxemics and the body. The new Proximity Dress creates physical barriers when a person is detected in the immediate surroundings of the wearer.

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EOS’s SVP Markus Glasser: “Distributing AM to exit the COVID-19 crisis” Marketing and Content

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The COVID-19 crisis is going to cause a massive shock to global manufacturing, pretending it isn’t so is like pretending there is no elephant in the room. While crises often accelerate technological trends with positive long term effects, a slowdown in many segments of manufacturing will be inevitable in the immediate future. As a trade media for the AM industry we want to understand if and how additive manufacturing can help manufacturers overcome these short term challenges. So we sat down with Markus Glasser, Senior Vice President of EOS for the EMEA region. This is EOS’s largest region and includes Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Glasser has been building EOS’ AM business for more than 20 years so there are few people in the world that can help us better understand what is going to happen to the AM industry over the next 20.

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Rapid Manufacturing AG develops 3D printed glove remover for COVID-19 protection AM Industry

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Swiss 3D printing service bureau Rapid Manufacturing AG, together with Swiss creative agency Atoll and Zurich-based Pragma Engineering, developed a simple solution to address the issue of disposable glove removal: a 3D printed glove remover. This is something many of us have become quite familiar with during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic: personal protective equipment has become part of our daily lives in dealing with the risk of contamination.

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Nexa3D partners with 3DZ to enter the Southern European market AM Industry

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Nexa3D, the maker of ultra-fast stereolithography production 3D printers, announced today a reseller partnership with 3DZ Group, southern Europe’s largest additive manufacturing value-added reseller – providing products from top-tier brands like 3D Systems, HP, Markforged, Formlabs, Artec and Materialise, along with training, maintenance, and on-demand 3D printing to blue-chip clients across Europe and around the world. For several years, 3DZ has offered consultancy and services in the additive manufacturing industry, achieving a leading position in EMEA to offer the distribution and application of high precision 3D printing and scanning solutions.