Demcon, a expertise improvement firm, has acquired Bond3D, a Dutch 3D printing expertise agency specializing in high-performance polymer printing. Bond3D, based in 2014, will preserve its operations on the Demcon Know-how Middle in Enschede, the place it has been situated for the previous 4 years.
The acquisition brings collectively Bond3D’s experience in printing leak-proof merchandise with Demcon’s in depth R&D capabilities and engineering sources. Bond3D has developed a singular expertise that permits the manufacturing of 100% leak-tight parts whereas sustaining excessive power in all instructions, setting it aside from conventional additive manufacturing strategies.
The corporate’s major focus has been on printing with PEEK (PolyEtherEtherKeton), a high-performance polymer identified for its mechanical power, chemical resistance, temperature stability, and biocompatibility. Present functions embody medical implants, semiconductor business parts, and small-series merchandise for the clear power sector.
Dennis Schipper, Demcon CEO, describes the acquisition as a strategic transfer: “We are able to strengthen one another mutually. To start with, we offer Bond3D with extra monetary capabilities. This permits them, with the assist of our R&D individuals and engineers, to take their 3D printing expertise to a fair greater stage and develop new promising PEEK merchandise.”
Demcon, which employs over 1,100 individuals throughout places in Finest, Delft, Enschede, Groningen, Leiden, Maastricht, Münster, Tokyo, and Singapore, provides Bond3D’s polymer printing capabilities to its current portfolio of metallic and glass printing applied sciences. The merger goals to increase the appliance of high-performance 3D-printed polymer merchandise throughout varied industrial sectors.
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