Renishaw Launches Inaugural North American Solutions Center

Renishaw has launched its first North American Additive Manufacturing Solutions Center in Kitchener, Canada. The new facility is intended to provide a secure development environment where customers can gain knowledge and confidence using additive manufacturing technologies. The Solutions Center is staffed with applications engineers and allows customers access to additive manufacturing technology and expertise at manageable cost, the company reports.

The Solutions Center will aid the acceleration of the development of industrial additive manufacturing processes, particularly in the medical and aerospace industries, the company says. The center contains a range of Renishaw technology including the company’s AM250 and AM400 additive manufacturing systems, as well as metrology and finishing equipment.

“The new Solutions Center will provide North American customers with a cost-effective, rapid learning environment where companies can build confidence and knowledge in the applications of additive manufacturing,” explains Marc Saunders, director of Global Solutions Centers of Renishaw.

“The Solutions Center contains everything a customer needs to create a functional part and verify that it is correct,” clarifies Mark Kirby, Renishaw additive manufacturing business manager. “Renishaw’s knowledge of metrology, machining and finishing means that for a predictable cost the customer can move down the additive manufacturing learning curve with minimal risk.”

The new Canadian Solutions Center is the latest step in Renishaw’s investment into making additive manufacturing a mainstream manufacturing technology used in series production in a range of industries including aerospace, medical, automotive, oil and gas and consumer products.

The Center complements Renishaw’s existing network of Solutions Centers in the UK, USA, Germany, India and China.

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Sources: Press materials received from the company.