Siemens hub to speed industrialization of additive manufacturing

Siemens announced the opening of its new Charlotte Advanced Technology Collaboration Hub (CATCH), located in Charlotte, NC. This new strategic research-and-development hub, spearheaded by Siemens Digital Industries, Siemens Technology and Siemens Energy to focus on helping our customers accelerate their plans for the industrialization of additive manufacturing (AM). Specifically, Siemens will use this space to collaborate with key machine builders (OEMs), end-users and US national laboratories to ensure the successful industrialization of additive manufacturing. In conjunction with this announcement, Siemens also recently announced partnerships with ExOne, Xerox and Roboze, leaders in building industrial 3D printers. This partnership will ensure that Siemens and its collaborators have the most advanced hardware on the market. “We are excited to launch this new additive manufacturing hub and to begin inviting customers in to collaborate and find ways to accelerate the industrialization of this technology,” said Tim Bell, additive manufacturing business manager, Siemens Digital Industries. “The benefits of additive manufacturing are clear from faster time-to-market, to better design through digital prototypes, to localized manufacturing helping to reduce supply chain constraints. We believe that future of manufacturing is additive.”