Digital Metal and Etteplan Enter Design Partnership in Additive Manufacturing 

Digital Metal and Etteplan join forces to offer guidance to existing and new customers to make this transition efficient. Etteplan and Digital Metal have agreed to enter a strategic partnership in additive manufacturing. 

The partnership aims to offer design optimization solutions for Digital Metal binder jetting processes and to offer manufacturing companies the full benefit of the technology—from idea to complete component with volume production in mind.

“Together with Etteplan we will be able to offer a stronger value proposition, covering a complete design and manufacturing process, to our customers. The partnership gives us access to a world-class design team that complements our business very well,” says Christian Lönne, CEO at Digital Metal. 

“Etteplan has invested heavily in additive manufacturing and has been involved in groundbreaking engineering already for a long time. We look forward to exploring and create synergies together with Digital Metal. The partnership will strengthen both Etteplan’s as well as Digital Metal’s offerings towards existing and future customers,” says Riku Riikonen, senior vice president, Engineering Solutions, Etteplan. 

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.