MUNICH and LUBECK, Germany, Dec 2, 2015 – EOS and SLM Solutions, both leading providers of the metal-based additive manufacturing technology (3D printing), have announced that they have entered into a cross licensing agreement. The licence includes patents of both parties for laser sintering and selective laser melting, and is in addition to the existing patent licences between EOS and SLM Solutions. The parties have agreed not to disclose the details of the agreement.
Dr. Hans J. Langer, founder and CEO of the EOS Group: “We welcome this opportunity to intensify our collaboration with SLM Solutions with regard to patents that will enable both companies to continue to expand their innovations in the area of metal-based additive manufacturing.”
The chief executive officer of SLM Solutions, Dr. Markus Rechlin, adds: “We are all players in a very dynamic market environment. The potential industrial applications of these additive technologies are enormous. This agreement provides us with an opportunity to tailor our additive manufacturing solutions even more to the challenges faced by our customers.”
About SLM Solutions
SLM Solutions Group AG in Lübeck is a leading provider of metal-based additive manufacturing technology (also referred to as “3D printing”). The company’s shares are traded in the Prime Standard market of the Frankfurt Stock market. The company focuses on the development, installation and distribution of machines and integrated system solutions in the area of selective laser melting, as well as vacuum and metal casting systems. SLM Solutions currently has more than 240 employees in Germany, the US, Singapore, Russia and China. Its products are used around the world by customers in the aviation and aerospace industry, the energy sector, health care and the automotive sector. SLM Solutions stands for technological progress and innovative and highly-efficient integrated system solutions.
About EOS
EOS is the world’s leading technology and quality leader for high-end solutions in the area of additive manufacturing (AM). The company, which was founded in 1989, is a pioneer and global leader in the area of direct metal laser sintering, and also a provider of a leading polymer technology. For these industrial 3D printing processes, EOS offers a modular solutions portfolio that consists of systems, software, materials, as well as technical and AM consulting services. EOS is the partner of choice for industrial AM-based production, and provides long-term solutions for industry. Customers using these solutions are able to take advantage of a technology that is heralding a paradigm shift: light-weight structures, cost reductions based on functional integration, product customization and accelerated product development and production.
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