WAAM3D CEO Filomeno Martina has stepped down after six years within the function.
He has additionally vacated his place of the board as a part of a ‘wholly private choice’ that was ‘not made frivolously.’ Confirming his choice to go away on LinkedIn, Martina mentioned his time with WAAM3D has been ‘a most rewarding and vital expertise.’
WAAM3D was included in 2018 after a number of years of analysis and improvement work at Cranfield College. Martina accomplished his grasp’s at Cranfield round 15 years in the past, and went on to assist lay the groundwork for what would grow to be WAAM3D within the interim years. In 2019, the corporate raised a collection A funding spherical, transferring into a brand new headquarters the next 12 months and rising to a group of 25 workers by 2021.
By 2022, the corporate was able to launch its RoboWAAM metallic 3D printing platform at TCT 3Sixty, with its wire arc additive manufacturing management software program following in 2023 and the compact MiniWAAM metallic 3D printer and RoboWAAM XP Chilly-Wire Gasoline Metallic Arc system in 2024. WAAM3D has additionally contributed to a 22.5 million GBP plane touchdown gear analysis challenge in recent times, whereas it was introduced Progressive Area Provider have been to make use of its WAAM3D 3D printing know-how for propellant tanks final August.
In his LinkedIn assertion, Martina mentioned: “I’m extremely pleased with what we have now completed collectively. We’ve got grown from a small educational group right into a industrial organisation that has contributed considerably to our discipline. We’ve got all the time moved ahead unscathed, tougher than nails, even when proper after our first funding in December 2019, c-19 hit the entire world. Irrespective, we left Cranfield’s campus, arrange store in Milton Keynes, and constructed the group and tradition from scratch. This was an unimaginable achievement.
“To our prospects, particularly those that have been with us since our early Cranfield days, I need to say a heartfelt thanks. Your religion in our know-how, your willingness to collaborate, and your steady help have been instrumental in shaping WAAM3D’s trajectory. It has been a privilege to serve you, and I’m excited to see how WAAM3D, of which I’ll stay a shareholder, will proceed to fulfill your wants and exceed your expectations within the years to come back.
“There have been tens of peaks and 1000’s of valleys. Thanks all for the belief and shared perception in what we have now constructed collectively. All the pieces is impermanent, however I’ll all the time get up for the work we have now finished collectively; the reminiscences of our journey will stick with me eternally.”
Chee Weng Lee, a member of WAAM3D’s BoD, Managing Director of Addept3D & Vice President of Superior Manufacturing at Accuron, has been named interim CEO of WAAM3D.
