XAAR to expand its 3D business with new centre in 2017

XAAR has recently announced the opening of its new XAAR 3D Centre in Nottingham, UK, in January 2017. With the opening of the new facility, XAAR will deliver 3D printing services and equipment to OEMs, material suppliers and end users. The company is also delighted to announce its new 3D team, headed up by prof Neil Hopkinson. The expansion of the company’s 3D business is a key part of the Company’s 2020 strategic vision. Professor Hopkinson, the original inventor of the transformational High Speed Sintering technology (HSS), joined XAAR in March 2016 to develop the Company’s 3D business.

HSS is a revolutionary technology which uses inkjet printheads and infrared heaters to manufacture products layer by layer from polymer powder materials at much higher speeds than other additive manufacturing processes. This technology is therefore of interest to companies looking to use 3D in volume manufacturing. Since joining XAAR, Neil has been building his 3D team and earlier this year appointed project managers and 3D engineers who are now based at the XAAR 3D Centre.