News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Mantle is officially launching its metal 3D printing technology for toolmaking, with the P-200 3D printer and F-200 furnace. The system was developed to simplify the way mold tool components are made and accelerate how manufacturers making molded parts – a $265 billion market – go from product idea to launch. Deliveries of the first production systems are planned for the first half of 2023.
PUNCH Torino and Roboze, both at the forefront of the additive manufacturing sector, have signed a partnership agreement that will see the pair work towards accelerating the industrialization of 3D printing in the automotive and marine sectors.
Formula One team McLaren Racing is responding to the FIA’s tighter vehicle production time and budget limits by 3D printing tens of thousands of parts with the large Neo 800 stereolithography 3D printers from Stratasys.
Formula One team McLaren Racing is responding to the FIA’s tighter vehicle production time and budget limits by 3D printing tens of thousands of parts with the large Neo 800 stereolithography 3D printers from Stratasys.
Xact Metal, a company focused on making 3D printing technology affordable and accessible, is set to launch the XM300G series of mid-size metal 3D printers at IMTS 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. The series aims to bring affordable metal 3D printing to small- to medium-sized companies and decentralize metal 3D printing.
Australian company AXT has been appointed the official distributor for Exaddon, a Swiss-based manufacturer of metal additive micromanufacturing (µAM) technology. Their systems are ideally suited to printing complex metal geometries in the range 1 to 1000 µm with sub-micrometer resolution.
MakerVerse, the additive manufacturing platform for sourcing industrial grade parts on demand, has appointed Ward Ripmeester as the company’s Chief Operations Officer. Ward Ripmeester brings a decade of additive manufacturing supply chain and operations experience to this newly created role.
Nanoe is partnering with the Royal Netherlands Navy to explore the possibilities of equipping LPD Ships with Zetamix systems – to enable the production of metal and ceramic parts on site.
The LEHVOSS Group has further expanded its presence in one of the world’s most important high-tech regions, with the founding of the company’s Shenzhen, China, branch. LEHVOSS (Shanghai) Chemical Co. Ltd. Shenzhen is already the fourth branch of the group in China. In addition to the headquarters in Shanghai, and the production site and technology center in Kunshan, there is also a representative office in Dalian.
SLM Solutions Group AG (“SLM Solutions”, “SLM” or the “Company”) and Nikon Corporation (“Nikon”) have entered into an Investment Agreement in relation to a voluntary public takeover offer that Nikon intends to launch for all outstanding shares of SLM at a cash consideration of EUR 20 per share. Nikon, a manufacturer of – among other things – tomography systems for NDT, had previously entered the metal AM service market by acquiring a majority stake in Morf3D, a leading California-based AM company serving the aerospace industry and a major user of SLM Solutions technologies (among others).