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Michelin to Ramp up Metal 3D Printing in Japan with AddUp Solutions

In 2016, French tire giant Michelin and Paris-based industrial engineering corporation Fives Group partnered to establish AddUp Solutions, an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of metal powder bed fusion (PBF) 3D…

AddUp Partners with German Tooling Center for Metal 3D Printed Tools

WBA Aachener Werkzeugbau Akademie is a competence center for the production of tooling on the RWTH campus in Aachen. The centre is partnering with French laser powder bed fusion (LPBF)…

3D Printed Watch Parts Made via AddUp and Kif Parechoc Partnership

When it comes to 3D printing, jewelry and watchmaking are typically the realm of vat photopolymerization systems due to the very fine features involved. For that reason, laser powder bed…

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AddUp Launches FormUp 350 Modular Metal 3D Printer

AddUp, a joint company owned by Michelin and Fives, has just launched the FormUp 350 metal laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) machine. A variety of companies attempt to improve their…

3D Printing News Briefs: November 14, 2017

We’re getting down to business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs…business news, that is. Rize announced an addition to its corporate staff at formnext today, and 3D printing bureau Hobs…

BeAM at formnext: The “Beginning of a Great Metallurgical Industry Story”

Last week at formnext, France-based BeAM was on the scene in Frankfurt to present its industrial 3D printing machines – MOBILE and MAGIC 2.0, along with the latest machine, MODULO, which…

Michelin & Fives Team to Enter 3D Metal Printing Space in a Big Way Via Joint Venture

Over that past year or two we have seen a handful of large companies decide to enter the 3D printing/additive manufacturing space in one way or another. Typically these companies…