News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Siemens is putting the Industrial Strategy into action with the opening of its 15th UK factory in Worcester. Materials Solutions – a Siemens business, which officially opened on December 12, sees a £27 million investment to create a new state-of-the-art additive manufacturing factory, taking a traditionally experimental laboratory process and turning it into a valuable industrial practice.
While much of the focus of industrial additive manufacturing is on the aerospace, automotive and medical sectors, there is another industry that is chugging along with its adoption of 3D printing: the rail industry. Today, the intersection between AM and the railway sector has been further reinforced, as Angel Trains, a leading train leasing company in the UK, has announced a partnership with ESG Rail and 3D printing company Stratasys.
One of the reasons why Boston is becoming a global hub for advanced additive manufacturing is MIT. Several high- profile startups have spun-off from the prestigious University and went on to become AM industry pioneers and unicorns. And traditional industry leaders have… adapted. Now MIT has launched a new industry-facing consortium, the Center for Additive and Digital Advanced Production Technologies (aptly named ADAPT).
Even now, news from Formnext 2018 is still trickling in. 3YOURMIND announced this week that it recruited AM veteran Stefan Ritt as its new Head of Global Marketing at the industry event and now a new partnership between AK Steel International B.V. and Bralco Advanced Materials Pte. Ltd. has been revealed.
AM software company 3YOURMIND has appointed Stefan Ritt as its new Head of Global Marketing. Working with the Berlin-based company, additive manufacturing veteran Ritt will build on 3YOURMIND’s end-to-end 3D printing software workflows and will help the company in its expansion across the U.S. and European markets. Ritt will take on the new position in January 2019.
David Michael Tait, general manager of voxeljet America, passed away this week, after an extended illness, at the age of 63 years. He was surrounded by his loving wife and children. Mr. Tait was a pioneer of the global and in particular the American, additive manufacturing industry. He started three separate companies and guided each one to improved sales and profits in every year of operation. He also received numerous customer citations for excellence award including Textron Marine & Land Systems, L-3 Communications and Formtech Industries.
Swedish bioprinting company CELLINK has entered into a partnership with organ and tissue engineering company Prellis Biologics, Inc. with the goal of commercializing high-resolution holographic bioprinting technology for micro-scale printing. By combining their IP and respective expertise, the companies will introduce what they call the “first system enabling ultra-high resolution bioprinting of microstructures” for producing vascular networks.
Israeli metal and ceramic 3D printing company XJet has announced that Russian company AB Universal has signed on as its latest distribution partner. The distribution agreement, penned at Formnext 2018, will see AB Universal market and sell XJet’s Carmel AM systems in Russia.
CECIMO, the European Association of the Machine Tool Industries, has announced the establishment of a new additive manufacturing committee. The newly formed committee, which will be chaired by Stewart Lane, the corporate manager at Renishaw, will become the primary platform for discussing the challenges and opportunities for AM in relation to EU policy.
AMFG, a UK-based specialist in automation software for additive manufacturing, has announced a partnership with LEO Lane, a provider of security and IP protection solutions for the AM industry. Through their agreement, the companies will integrate their respective software solutions to offer a more secure, end-to-end workflow management platform for additive manufacturing.