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Alphaform AG: Alphaform making good progress in the industrialisation of serial production using 3D printing

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Alphaform AG: Alphaform making good progress in the industrialisation
of serial production using 3D printing

15.04.2015 / 07:50

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Press release

Alphaform making good progress in the industrialisation of serial
production using 3D printing

- Start-up of new production facility complete after 100 days

- Milestone reached in 11-point plan

Feldkirchen, 15. April 2015. Alphaform AG, Europe's leading industrial 3D
printing service provider, is progressing step by step with its 11-point
plan unveiled in autumn 2014 for restructuring production in the Additive
Manufacturing Plastic (AM Plastic) business segment at the Feldkirchen
location. In particular, a new production facility is now available to meet
the aim of increasing industrialisation of production. Only as recently as
December 2014 had the company rented the required capacities one kilometre
away from the company headquarters. Production using newly purchased laser
sintering machines was brought to the planned level there within 100 days,
even though water damage forced operations to be temporarily suspended and
therefore delayed production start-up. Alphaform CEO Dr Hanns-Dieter
Aberle: "Congratulations to the entire team on this achievement. Without
any extra help, you coped with all of the foreseeable and unforeseeable
challenges associated with a new production facility."

With the new location entering normal operation, Alphaform has reached a
milestone in the ongoing optimisation of production. While implementation
of the 11-point plan entailed significant extraordinary expenses in the
first quarter of 2015 in particular, this has enabled Alphaform to now also
increase the efficiency of production in the AM Plastic business segment
over the long term. The efficiency and profitability of the two other
business units were successfully improved back in 2014.

Self-developed technologies such as electroforming equipment play a key
role in this ongoing optimisation process. This method considerably
shortens the time required to produce ready-to-use sheet metal parts for
prototypes and small-scale series and recently received the Federal Award
for Outstanding Innovative Achievement in the craft trade. Alphaform Chief
Financial Officer Thomas Kresser: "Innovations not only help to
industrialise production but also open up new applications for 3D printing.