EOS has acquired a 100% stake in Metalpine to bolster its steel additive manufacturing providing.
The corporate first invested in Metalpine in 2021.
With this acquisition, EOS says it additional strengthens its strategic deal with supplies, notably in response to the rising demand for titanium additive manufacturing. The combination of Metalpine’s capabilities will allow EOS to broaden entry to ‘high-quality titanium powders’ produced by way of Metalpine’s patented atomisation course of, which is alleged to be identified for its ‘consistency and efficiency in demanding industrial functions.’
Customers of EOS have been instructed to count on tightly built-in supplies, parameters and course of experience, with enhancements anticipated throughout course of stability and qualification.
“For a few years, Metalpine has been a powerful and modern associate to EOS,” stated Joachim Zettler, CTO of EOS. “By integrating Metalpine into EOS, we’re taking the following logical step in our collaboration, strengthening our steel supplies provide and accelerating innovation, notably in titanium, the place we see vital and sustained market demand.”
Metalpine will proceed to function as an unbiased firm inside EOS, ‘sustaining its established model, organisational construction, and enterprise operations.’ The corporate will proceed to serve its international buyer base, together with companions throughout the additive manufacturing ecosystem, with its high-quality steel powders. EOS says it’s dedicated to an open ecosystem and continued collaboration with a variety of companions throughout the additive manufacturing business.
“In the course of the previous few years, we now have constructed a rock-solid basis with EOS,” stated Gerald Pöllmann, CEO of Metalpine. “Turning into a part of EOS is a pure development of this partnership, enabling us to additional develop our applied sciences and scale our capabilities whereas persevering with to reliably serve prospects worldwide.”
Dr. Martin Dopler, CTO and Head of R&D at Metalpine, added: “Our patented course of stands for distinctive powder high quality and consistency. As a part of EOS, we’ll additional advance materials innovation and help the rising necessities of commercial additive manufacturing, whereas persevering with to supply our merchandise to a broad market.”
