HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution
HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution
HP has made a series of announcements which see its presence in the Asia-Pacific 3D printing market increased significantly.
The technology giant continues to show a commitment to the 3D printing market, and sees the Asia-Pacific region as playing a key part in the industry’s continued growth.
Among the announcements are partnerships with Shining 3D’s ePrint Tech subsidiary and Infinite 3D Printing, who will look to deliver HP’s Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution to an array of technology centres across China. Shining 3D ePrint serves over 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries. As part of its agreement with HP it will deploy HP’s 3D printing technology in more than 50 Chinese locations, from Beijing, to Shanghai, to Guangzhou. Shining 3D ePrint will also join the HP Partner First 3D Printing Specialisation reseller program.
“As the leading 3D printing provider in China we are honoured to partner with a technology innovator like HP to bring production ready 3D printing to the largest manufacturing market in the world,” said Mr. Zhao Dong Lai, President, Shining 3D ePrint. “The speed, quality, and economics of HP’s Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing solutions make them an ideal foundation for the next-generation of 3D services and parts we deliver to our wide array of customers across the globe.”
Meanwhile, Infinite 3D Printing also plans to deploy Jet Fusion machines in locations across China, and join HP’s reseller program.
Shining 3D ePrint and Infinite are just two of over a dozen additions to the reseller program as HP has made a concerted effort to maximise its global reach. The program now has more than 40 members, as Aurora; AM Korea; ECSS; evok3d; Eye2Eye; FormX; Huxen; Hyunwoo Data; Trustworthy; Wenpoo; 3D Pro; and, of course, Shining 3D ePrint and Infinite 3D Printing. With these additions, the program now serves Greater China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Australia, having previously only concentrated on Europe and North America.
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Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Company is planning to collaborate with HP to develop polyolefin-based powders for use on HP’s Multi Jet Fusion platform.
Sinopec Yanshan Petrochemical Company, another new HP partner, will join the company’s growing materials ecosystem, which already includes Arkema, BASF and Evonik. The Chinese company is planning to collaborate with HP to develop polyolefin-based powders for use on HP’s Multi Jet Fusion platform.
Finally, HP and its partners are to set up a number of new 3D Printing Reference and Experience Centers in Beijing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shanghai, Suzhou, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, and Melbourne. In these facilities, users will be able to test and qualify new 3D printing use-cases, making clearer the entire 3D printing process from prototyping to full scale 3D production.
HP recently made a similar series of announcements at the RAPID+TCT event in May. They included new partners to its reseller and open materials programs and the launch of several 3D Printing Reference and Experience Centers in the U.S. and Europe. Now HP has looked east-wards, and is excited at the prospect of working with new partners and ‘transforming’ global industry.
“Ubiquitous connectivity and technologies like robotics, artificial intelligence, sensors, and 3D printing are sparking the Fourth Industrial Revolution. And perhaps no industry, and no region, has more opportunity in front of it than the nearly $6 trillion Asia-Pacific manufacturing sector,” said Stephen Nigro, President of 3D Printing, HP Inc. “We are excited to bring the industry’s leading 3D printing technology, most robust partner community, and most innovative materials ecosystem to help this world-class manufacturing community accelerate their reinvention.
“Anchored by some of the most advanced companies in the world, the region’s diverse and dynamic collection of global brands, large contract manufacturers, and materials leaders is primed to play a significant role in this global industry transformation.”
