The very existence of BMW Group’s state-of-the-art Additive Manufacturing Campus, located close to Munich, speaks volumes about the potential of AM technology in the automotive industry. In April, Metal AM magazine’s Technical Consultant, Martin McMahon, and Managing Editor, Nick Williams, had the opportunity to visit the campus. As is revealed here, they discovered an operation that not only functions as an application development centre and centralised location for the BMW Group’s AM expertise, but also operates as a model AM factory built around the concepts of productivity and automation.
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GKN Sinter Metals has announced that it will showcase key Powder Metallurgy developments in engine component design at this year’s Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany, May 31 to June 2. The company will also give insight into its Additive Manufacturing ca
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Nanoval GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany, manufactures a wide range of metal powders for numerous applications using its own, patented atomisation technology. Currently the company focuses on traditional Powder Metallurgy technologies, but it is now respond
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Experts from many different sectors are expected to gather at the 11th International Laser Technology Congress AKL’16, scheduled for April 27-29, 2016 in Aachen, Germany, according to the event’s organiser
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Premium Aerotec, headquartered in Augsburg, Germany, has announced it will begin the series production of metal additive manufactured parts for the Airbus Group at its Varel site in Friesland, Germany. The company has constructed a new production hall for
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Concept Laser, Lichtenfels, Germany, has reported that in 2015 orders for the company’s Additive Manufacturing systems totalled 161 machines, up 46% on the previous year’s figure. The company achieved record sales that were up 54% on 2014 and it state
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Toolcraft, Georgensgmünd, Germany, has announced the signing of a cooperation agreement with Premium Aerotec, Augsburg, Germany, to advance the rapid industrialisation of metal laser melting for use in aerospace applications and utilise toolcraft’s exper
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SLM Solutions Group AG, headquartered in Luebeck, Germany, has announced it will be giving a live demonstration of its SLM 500HL quad laser metal Additive Manufacturing system at this year’s Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference in St.
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SLM Solutions Group AG, a provider of metal-based additive manufacturing systems based in Luebeck, Germany, has announced it is entering into a cooperation venture with PKM Future Holding GmbH to manufacture metal powders. PKM is the main shareholder of T
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The Additive Manufacturing Association within Germany’s VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen und Anlagenbau/ German Engineering Federation) recently held an information session at its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, where around 100 participants took t
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Retsch GmbH, based in Haan, Germany, has expanded its product range with a new line of instruments for applications with large feed sizes and high throughput rates. The new equipment will be integrated into the company’s existing product line under the
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Additive Manufacturing systems provider EOS has introduced the EOS M 100, a new compact system for Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS), at this year’s formnext exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. The company, based in Munich, Germany, also announced the EOS
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