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Media and analysts assess some of the latest applications to come of HP's Multi Jet Fusion process during the company's 2018 Global Innovation Summit.
HP has announced its first production-grade 3D printing centre in China in partnership with Guandong (Dali) 3D printing Collaborative Innovation Platform.
The facility will be home to 10 Multi Jet Fusion machines, the company’s largest deployment of its 3D printing systems in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, to meet the demand for functional prototypes and production-grade parts.
China stands as the largest manufacturing country in the world, and with HP’s well-documented goal of disrupting the market with its 3D printing technology, a centre of this kind was inevitable. The HP Multi Jet Fusion Technology Mass Manufacturing Center opened its doors on Saturday June 16th. Located in Dali, Foshan in the Guandong Province, it will be operated by Guandong Lanwan Intelligence Technology and exclusively use HP’s additive manufacturing platforms to provide parts for customers operating in the automotive and consumer goods industries in the Greater Bay area of Southern China.
“Everything starts with applications – and digital manufacturing innovators are leading the transformation of the $12 trillion manufacturing sector by producing industrial-grade parts across industries on HP Multi Jet Fusion,” commented Stephen Nigro, President of 3D Printing, HP Inc. “We are thrilled that Guangdong (Dali) 3D Printing Collaborative Innovation Platform is deploying HP Multi Jet Fusion technology at factory-scale to drive its business growth and accelerate industry innovation. HP is committed to helping our global digital manufacturing partner community expand and thrive.”
“The demand for 3D-printed production-grade parts will grow exponentially over the next few years as we shift from analogue to digital manufacturing,” said Luo Jun, Executive Director of China 3D Printing Technology Industry Alliance and President of Guangdong Lanwan Intelligence Technology. “By deploying HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology in our new digital manufacturing centre in China, we can better – and more quickly – deliver cost-effective and production-grade parts to our customers.”
At the grand opening of the facility last weekend, HP, Guandong Lanwan Intelligence Technology and the Institute of Foshan, Nanhai Guandong Technology University signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the adoption of 3D printing in southern China.
