BCN3D, an additive manufacturing provider of 3D printing solutions, closed 2020 with record growth, appointing 11 new sales partners and doubling its number of employees. Additional achievements during the past year include €2.8m of investment, launching a full new product portfolio, and moving to new facilities. In order to support this expansion, BCN3D hired 70 new employees during 2020, effectively doubling its team. Now reaching a total of 150 staff, the company relocated to a new plant near Barcelona to allow for more space dedicated to the production of its 3D printing solutions.

For further information www.bcn3d.com

Following strong organic growth in US markets, Pemamek has delivered a Pema VRWP-C robot welding station to the LaShip shipyard in Louisiana. The Pema VRWP-C robot station is a compact solution to automate micro-panel welding, but also other small-to-medium-sized assemblies. The basis of the system is Pema WeldControl 200, which Pemamek says enables easy weld-path creation and robot programming. Additionally, thanks to the station’s compact size, commissioning and ramp-up is possible within one week.

For further information
www.pemamek.com

Bumax has recently invested several million SEK in three new state-of-the-art machines to further enhance its operations. Two bolt-pointing machines and one flat-die thread-rolling machine have arrived at the company’s headquarters in Åshammar following a year of planning and preparation. “The machines replace five older semi-manual pointing and thread-rolling machines, and enable us to produce fasteners even more efficiently and safely,” explains Anders Sjölund, who is both manager of the company’s service and maintenance function, and project manager.

For further information www.bumax-fasteners.com

Italy’s national association for machine tools, robots and automation systems, UCIMU-Sistemi Per Produrre, is predicting recovery in the year ahead. According to forecasts developed by UCIMU, production should grow to €5795m (+16.6% versus 2021), driven by the recovery of exports, which should amount to €3220m (+11.8%), and by an increase in deliveries of Italian manufacturers to the domestic market, which should rise to €2575m (+23.2%). Consumption should also regain its dynamism, registering a 23.3% upturn and reaching €4175m, while UCIMU expects imports to attain €1600m (+23.6%).

For further information www.ucimu.it

DMG Mori has selected Sigma Labs Inc, a developer of quality-assurance software for the commercial metal 3D-printing industry, as the preferred melt-pool monitoring system supplier for its LaserTec SLM machines. Engineering teams from both companies worked extensively to test the integrated solution, ensuring that it meets the needs of industrial manufacturers utilising DMG Mori’s family of metal 3D printers. DMG Mori will be providing an interface with its printers so that the systems are PrintRite3D ready. The terms of the agreement remain private between both parties.

For further information
www.sigmalabsinc.com