Nexa3D Acquires Addifab
The maker of polymer 3D printers and the creator of technology for injection-molding-ready printed tooling are fully joined after announcing a collaboration last year.
Polymer 3D printer manufacturer Nexa3D (Ventura, Calif.) has acquired Danish firm Addifab (Taastrup), the creator of the proprietary and patented digital tooling process Freeform Injection Molding (FIM).
Last year, Nexa3D and Addifab reached an arrangement where Nexa3D would supply its NXE 400 system—including an industrial 3D printer and wash and cure units—to users of FIM, while Addifab agreed to supply its proprietary tooling resins and post-processing equipment, as part of a joint go-to-market collaboration.
The companies reported that this joint sales and marketing effort successfully converted dozens of customers from traditional tooling to digital tooling. With this new deal, Nexa3D said it augments its European presence via Addifab’s existing customer center, resin manufacturing Facility and fulfillment operation in Copenhagen, Denmark, and that it strengthens its
Nexa3D software platform with CAD-to-tool generation workflow, while also builds out Nexa3D’a intellectual property.
Addifab allows users to print soluble tools with complex cavities that are soluble post molding. It’s proprietary xMOLD can run standard resins allowing companies to test run designs in a molding process using off-the-shelf materials.
Addifab has been acquired by Nexa3D, combining the former’s technology for soluble, printed injection mold tooling with the latter’s high-speed polymer printing platform.
Photo Credit: Nexa3D
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