EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, Feb 19, 2016 – Additive Industries has been nominated for the ‘International Additive Manufacturing Award 2016’ (IAMA). The MetalFAB1 industrial 3D metal printer together with its Additive World Platform has been selected by a jury of ten international experts out of a total of 16 candidates from Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the USA. The IAMA is the result of a partnership between the American Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT) and the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association). The award honours fit-for-purpose innovations and solutions in the field of industrial 3D printing. The winner will be announced on February 24, 2016 at the METAV in Düsseldorf.
“A potential client has mentioned the award to us and we are proud to be selected finalist, being a newcomer in this innovative technology domain. We see this as a confirmation of the big step forward our MetalFAB1 system offers for industrial applications of 3D metal printing,” said Daan Kersten, co-founder and CEO of Additive Industries.
About Additive Industries
Additive Industries is dedicated to bringing metal additive manufacturing for functional parts from lab to fab by offering a modular 3D printing system and seamlessly integrated information platform to high-end and demanding industrial markets. With substantially improved reproducibility, productivity, and flexibility, Additive Industries redefines the business case for additive manufacturing applications in aerospace, automotive, medical technology and high-tech equipment.
About International Additive Manufacturing Award (IAMA)
The aim of the IAMA is to actively promote and publicise additive manufacturing on the international stage. For this purpose, the IAMA was specially launched in 2014, as an annual accolade for innovations in the field of 3D printing. The prize is supported by media partners like Gardner Business Media and VDI News, plus Cecimo, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries. The IAMA jury is composed of ten top-ranking representatives from the industrial, research and academic communities, the military, the media, and sectoral organisations. The applications are rated in the following categories: degree of technological innovation, clearly discernible advantages for the industrial sector, the natural environment and society as a whole, cost-efficiency, and industrial-scale feasibility. The IAMA was awarded for the first time in February 2015, to the American firm Hybrid Manufacturing. Besides the IAMA Trophy, the prize-winner receives a money prize amounting to 20,000 US-dollars, plus a media package worth 80,000 US-dollars for marketing its prize-winning technology.
