Renishaw sets up AM center in China

Metal Powder Report  Volume 00, Number 00  July 2017

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Additive Manufacturing Renishaw sets up AM center in China Renishaw has signed an agreement with FalconTech Co Ltd to build an additive manufacturing (AM) solutions center in Wuxi, China. Located in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, FalconTech focuses on the rapid manufacturing components for aerospace, biomedical, marine, chemical and other engineering applications. Through the partnership, FalconTech will be Renishaw’s distributor for its AM technology in China. It will also purchase 10 RenAM 500 M metal additive manufacturing systems over the next eighteen months, with the first three units to be installed by the end of July 2017. ‘We are excited to be a Renishaw Solutions Centre partner in China,’ said Shen Yu Lan, managing director of FalconTech Co Ltd. ‘Combining FalconTech’s expertise in aerospace with Renishaw’s technology and manufacturing expertise, the Additive

Shen Yu Lan, managing director of FalconTech Co Ltd (right) with Paul Gallagher, managing director/ vice president of Renishaw (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Manufacturing Solutions Centre can create a platform on which we can work in close partnership with customers to help them

realise the benefits of AM in their products and manufacturing processes.’ Renishaw; www.renishaw.com

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