Just prior to the start of the TCT UK 2019 exhibition in Birmingham, UK, Additive Industries has signed an Agency Agreement with two new agents. With the appointment of Benson Machines, a well-established company specializing in precision manufacturing solutions, and CMI Electronics Trading, an experienced aerospace and high tech industrial supplier for industrial metal 3D printing solutions and part printing services, Additive Industries is nearing completion of its global coverage.
Yesterday during the Formnext Forum in Tokyo, Harry Kleijnen, our Key Account manager, and Mike Goh, our General Manager Asia Pacific, presented our MetalFAB1 System to the Japanese market. They explained how to Accelerate Industrial Additive Manufacturing with process automation and integration of functionalities.
We are very proud to announce that Lars Ryberg, until recently as a Senior Sales Director responsible for Arcam and Concept Laser in various countries at GE Additive, joins Additive Industries with over 12 years of experience in metal additive manufacturing servicing Aerospace-, Medical implants-, and other industries. From the new Process & Application Development Center in Filton (UK), Lars will be primarily responsible for Sales in the United Kingdom and Ireland and later he will expand his territory to the Nordics (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland) where he feels right at home being born in Sweden. We are very happy to welcome Lars in the Additive Industries team! Please read the entire Press Release and find a picture of Lars Ryberg on our Press Page.
We are very proud to announce the purchase of 6 MetalFAB1 systems by a prestigious aerospace company located in California. This firm order validates the Additive Industries’ concept of production-based metal powder bed fusion systems for maximum overall equipment efficiency. When the order for six machines arrives at the customer site later this year, it will bring the installed base of MetalFAB1 systems to 10 with more possible in 2020. This customer was able to consolidate approximately 700 kilograms of powder in the month of June with the 4 laser MetalFAB1 systems currently in operation. The application represents an inflection point in metal powder bed fusion part production where candidate parts were typically limited to fist size volumes to meet ROI calculations. With the MetalFAB1 systems this customer is able to cost effectively produce over 420 [mm] diameter by 400 [mm] tall parts weighing a whopping 180 kilograms. Please read our press release and see different visuals of the MetalFAB1 system on our Press Page.
APWORKS located at the Airbus headquarters close to Munich was Additive Industries’ first customer and has extensively tested the MetalFAB1 Beta system since its installation in March 2016. The partners have jointly decided to now move to the next phase of industrial additive manufacturing: certification and series production. APWORKS, a 100% subsidiary of Premium AEROTEC and part of Airbus, main focus in Taufkirchen is on development and production of complex and advanced applications for metal additive manufacturing in non-regulated industries such as automotive, robotics or tooling, as well as new material and software development. The collaboration on series production of certified applications for the aerospace industry will be done closer to actual production at the new Additive Industries Process & Application Development Center on the aerospace campus in Filton, close to Bristol. Please read a press release on our Press Page and watch the video here.
