In October 2013, together with 8 partners from the manufacturing industry, Additive Industries opens the doors of the AddLab at Stijp-S, Eindhoven. This week, after three fruitful years, the AddLab programme is going to end, but all the partners will continue with this technology.

• Persbericht Addlab wordt AddFab en richt zich op industriële serieproductie (Dutch)
• AddLab becomes AddFab (image), from left to right: Edward Voncken (KMWE), Daan A.J. Kersten (Additive Industries), Marc Hendrikse (NTS-Group), John Hagelaars (Machinefabriek de Valk), Arno Gramsma (KMWE), Remco Pennings (Additive Industries)
• AddLab becomes AddFab (image), from left to right: Edward Voncken (KMWE), Daan A.J. Kersten (Additive Industries), Marc Hendrikse (NTS-Group), John Hagelaars (Machinefabriek de Valk), Arno Gramsma (KMWE), Remco Pennings (Additive Industries)

Additive Industries has officially handed over its first industrial 3D printing system MetalFAB1 in the Netherlands, to the Kaak Group in Terborg. This manufacturer of industrial production, particularly for bread and pizza, with 850 employees over different production locations (in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy) will use the machine to manufacture the parts for their own bread baking lines. Please read the full press release below (in Dutch':

• Press Release Official handover MetalFAB1 to Kaak Group (Nederlands)
• Official MetalFAB1 handover to Kaak Group, from left to right, from standing to sitting: Daan A.J. kersten(Co-founder/CEO Additive Industries), Lodewijk van der Borg (CEO Kaak Group), Jan Kaak (Owner Kaak Group), Harry Kleijnen (Process & Application Development Manager, Additive Industries), Jimmy Gies (Designer, Kaak Group), Jonas Wintermans (Co-founder/COO Additive Industries); Jaap Bulsink (Senior R&D Engineer, Kaak Group), Baas van de Greef (Test Engineer, Additive Industries), Bob van Lochem (3D Metal Print Operator, Kaak Group)
• Official MetalFAB1 handover to Kaak Group
• Officiat MetalFAB1 handover to Kaak Group, from left to right: Lodewijk van der Borg (CEO Kaak Group) & Clemens Cornielje (King's Commissioner of the province of Gelderland)