3DMZ to acquire Freemelt eMELT-iD Additive Manufacturing machine as part of strategic collaboration
July 10, 2024
Freemelt AB, headquartered in Mölndal, Sweden, has entered into a strategic collaboration with 3DMZ (3D Makers Zone), based in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Within the collaboration, 3DMZ aims to establish a new metal field lab and invest in an eMELT-iD, Freemelt’s Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-EB) Additive Manufacturing machine, by Q4 2024.
As a result of its increased commercialisation efforts, Freemelt is reportedly gaining substantial interest and growing demand from European companies. This includes the development of critical tungsten components for defence and energy applications, as well as industries with a high sense of urgency to establish local manufacturing to secure supply chains.
3DMZ is a technology and innovation hub with extensive knowledge and experience in industrial Additive Manufacturing, facilitating a wide range of Additive Manufacturing systems. Through strategic partnerships, 3DMZ supports global industrial companies in the transition from traditional manufacturing to industrial serial production through Additive Manufacturing.
“As a result of our intensified commercialisation efforts, we are experiencing an increased interest from European industrial companies regarding support with material process- and application development,” stated Daniel Gidlund, Freemelt CEO. “[This is] why the collaboration with 3DMZ is critical as it will increase our capacity to meet the growing demand to support industrial customers in the transition from traditional manufacturing to AM.”
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Herman van Bolhuis, 3DMZ CEO, added, “We are thrilled to enter this collaboration. The AM market is maturing, and the manufacturing world is in need of digital supply chain solutions. Freemelt offers the next generation of metal printers. However, there is a lot to learn and to develop at the same time. By shaping this new field lab, the AM Campus Amsterdam will offer additional technology to its scope of solutions already in place. At the same time, several industrial partners will be invited to enter the new field lab ecosystem.”
