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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

From the start, the company embraced the benefits of metal additive manufacturing (AM). Initially, that involved 3D printing metal tool components, details and geometries that would otherwise need to be EDM’d. Last year, Linear merged with on-demand digital manufacturer Shapeways Inc.

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Nikon Decision to Submit a Public Takeover Offer for Shares of SLM, based in Germany

Additive Manufacturing

million and will be used for the partial repayment of convertible bonds 2017/2024 as well as for funding ongoing business operations. SLM’s CEO Sam O’Leary commented: “Nikon has more than a century of history in developing cutting-edge opto-electronic technology and precision equipment.