EINDHOVEN, Netherlands and FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov 19, 2018 – During FormNext, the number 1 global tradeshow for 3D printing in Frankfurt, Air Liquide and Additive Industries have announced intensify their long term relationship and enter into a professional partnership. Air Liquide is adding their solutions for supply and storage of shielding gasses to the proposition of Additive Industries in the field of industrial additive manufacturing. A dedicated infrastructure blueprint for the MetalFAB1 system will enable the Additive Industries customers in demanding markets like aerospace, automotive, medical and high tech equipment to increase both the quality and safety of the 3D printing process as well as post processing.
(From left to right: Jan Nijsing, Daan Kersten, Diederick Luijten, Patrick Schipholt, Remco Pennings, Wim Velghe, Jan-Cees Santema, Max Vliegenthart, Nadia Bakker)
“We are proud to team up with Additive Industries to provide the optimum solution at a customer site to create the perfect environment for their production processes”, said Diederick Luijten, managing director IM Benelux of Air Liquide. “On our continuous quest to improve the performance of our systems while offering our users a fully integrated solution, we have identified the gas infrastructure for argon and nitrogen as an often overlooked but important piece of the puzzle. Because of our partnership with Air Liquide, we now can offer a blueprint to our customers to guarantee a reliable gas storage and supply as well as a higher level of safety, our number one priority,” added Daan Kersten, CEO of Additive Industries.
About Additive Industries
Additive Industries is accelerating industrial additive manufacturing of high quality, functional, metal parts by offering a modular end-to-end 3D printing system including a 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 series production of additive manufacturing applications in aerospace, automotive, medical technology and high-tech equipment.