Airbus APWorks Purchases First MetalFAB1 System
February 1, 2016
Airbus APWorks, a subsidiary of the Airbus Group, has placed an order with Additive Industries for its first industrial 3-D metal printing system, MetalFAB1. Airbus APWorks is the first confirmed Beta customer for Additive Industries and brings a broad range of experience with metal additive manufacturing. It covers the entire value chain, from optimizing component design to the choice of suitable materials, from prototyping to qualified serial production. Airbus APWorks supplies customers in industries such as robotics, mechanical engineering, automotive, medical technology and aerospace.
"We are proud to team up with Airbus as our first customer to further develop the process, new materials and applications as well as verifying the performance of the MetalFAB1 system. The company's commitment emphasizes the potential of our new metal additive manufacturing system for industrial series production of functional parts," said Daan Kersten, Co-Founder and CEO of Additive Industries.
"With the integrated MetalFAB1 solution, we believe that we will be able to simultaneously improve the product consistency and lower the cost price for metal additive manufacturing," said Joachim Zettler, Managing Director of Airbus APWorks.
For more information contact:
Additive Industries b.v.
www.additiveindustries.com
Airbus APWorks GmbH
www.apworks.de
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