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Autodesk to acquire
netfabb and enter strategic
partnership with FIT AG
Autodesk, Inc., headquartered in California, USA, has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire netfabb GmbH,
a developer of software solutions for industrial additive
design and manufacturing based in Lupburg, Germany.
Autodesk announced it will also make a strategic
investment in FIT Technology Group, the parent company
of netfabb and provider of various Additive Manufacturing
services. The two companies will collaborate to increase
adoption of the technology for industrial Additive
Manufacturing.
“Autodesk has always been impressed by FIT’s
track record in creating powerful solutions to meet the
challenges of industrial Additive Manufacturing and
together we will accelerate a new future of making
things,” stated Samir Hanna, Autodesk Vice President
and General Manager, Consumer & 3D Printing. “We look
forward to welcoming the netfabb team to Autodesk and
helping designers and manufacturers worldwide take
3D printing beyond prototyping and plastics to reliably
creating production-grade parts at scale.”
More than 80,000 designers, manufacturers, artists,
researchers and developers worldwide currently use
netfabb solutions as part of their 3D printing process.
Autodesk plans to support and expand this community by
continuing to develop, sell and support netfabb software
as well as integrate netfabb technology into Autodesk’s
solutions for product design and additive manufacturing,
including Autodesk Fusion 360 the Spark 3D printing
platform.
“Autodesk shares FIT’s goal of delivering high quality
industrial additive manufacturing. We’re looking forward
to cooperating with Autodesk, our newest investor, and
we are confident that netfabb will continue to thrive and
grow as part of Autodesk,” stated Carl Fruth, CEO, FIT
AG, parent company of the FIT Technology Group.
www.autodesk.com | www.pro-fit.de
www.netfabb.com
MetalFAB1 to premiere at
formnext
Additive Industries b.v., based in Eindhoven, The
Netherlands, has announced that its new industrial
metal Additive Manufacturing system, MetalFAB1, will
be launched at the formnext exhibition taking place
in Frankfurt, Germany, November 17-20, 2015. The
company states that its MetalFAB1 is the first integrated
metal AM system designed for high-end industrial
applications in demanding markets such as aerospace,
defence, medical, high-tech equipment, tooling and
automotive.
The Additive Industries team began working on the
development and realisation of an integrated metal Additive
Manufacturing solution aimed at industrial series
production in 2012. The modular MetalFAB1 system has
a broad range of new features including fully automated
build plate and product handling, multiple full field
lasers, continuous in-process calibration and integrated
heat treatment.
“Last year we exhibited in Frankfurt with a large
wooden machine crate and promised to launch our
industrial 3D metal printing system in Frankfurt this year.
Now we are fulfilling our promise and we are planning to
show how the future Additive Manufacturing will look like
and rock the show,” stated Daan Kersten, CEO of Additive
Industries.
www.additiveindustries.com
8 Metal Additive Manufacturing | Autumn/Fall 2015
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