Prodways, Subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, Signs a Major Strategic Partnership with the Chinese Company Farsoon, One of the Globa...
23 Septembre 2015 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Prodways extends its offer of technologies
to selective laser sintering for plastics and metals
Prodways Group, subsidiary of Groupe Gorgé, has announced the
signing of a major partnership with the Chinese company Hunan
Farsoon High-Tech, regarding selective laser sintering technologies
for plastic and metal powders. Prodways’ group will rapidly develop
a full range of plastic and metal printers under the "Prodways
powered by Farsoon" line, based on the current range of Farsoon’s
machines. These 3D printers will be marketed worldwide by Prodways
in the coming months, together with related materials.
These machines, which are world-class industrial 3D Selective
Laser Sintering printers, will enable Prodways to compete with the
existing market players becoming the only non-American company to
offer a very large range of technologies using plastic and metal
powders, as well as liquid resins.
Farsoon is, according to Farsoon, the third-largest manufacturer
in the world of industrial 3D printing machines using selective
laser sintering of plastics and is developing high quality plastic
and metal technologies. The company, created in 2009 and employing
200 people, also boasts its own industrial facilities including, in
particular, a chemical plant dedicated to the manufacture of
sintering powder for additive manufacturing, which, according to
Farsoon, makes it the second-largest manufacturer in the world of
materials for selective laser sintering of plastics.
This strategic partnership brings together the acknowledged
skills of Dr. Xu, founder of Farsoon and a global reference in the
field of selective laser sintering for more than 20 years, and Dr.
André-Luc Allanic, co-founder of Prodways and inventor of the
MOVINGLight® technology.
" Farsoon and Prodways share the same vision and the same values
of innovation and a constant search for the best solutions for
their industrial customers. Moreover, Dr. Xu and Dr. Allanic have
already worked together at 3D Systems before founding their own
companies and developing groundbreaking 3D printing solutions,"
announced Philippe Laude, Deputy Managing Director of Prodways
Group.
Combining the two companies' R&D resources will create a
very powerful research facility, allowing us to rapidly develop
selective laser sintering printers using plastic and metal powders.
These will be marketed by Prodways worldwide under the "Prodways
powered by Farsoon" brand. A dedicated assembly line for these new
machines will be installed in Les Mureaux (Prodways’ site).
Farsoon will benefit from the global coverage provided by
Prodways: "I am delighted by this partnership with Prodways, which
boasts a well-known brand and has a very extensive network of
dealers and service providers, and allows innovative solutions
based on our technologies to be proposed to industrial customers
worldwide," commented Dr. Xu, founder of Farsoon.
A significant new investment in Varia 3D
Prodways announced that a significant stake had been taken in
Varia 3D, based in Texas (USA). As the commercial long-standing
partner of Farsoon, Varia 3D offers service bureau activities,
machine maintenance and also technical upgrades on machines, with
significant expertise in selective laser sintering.
Its founders, Brian Bauman and Chuck Kennedy, are acknowledged
experts in selective laser sintering using plastic and metal
powders; they will join the Prodways Americas teams.
Their expertise will boost the selective laser sintering
technology know-how already available in Prodways following the
acquisition of the assets of the British company, Norge Systems,
last March. This stake of 45% may be increased in the future. It
strengthens Prodways' footprint in the United States, a move which
was first made with the creation of the Prodways Americas
subsidiary in Minneapolis in February 2015, and confirms the
Company's global ambitions.
These two strategic announcements represent a major stage in
Prodways' technological and geographical development strategy for
the market for 3D Printing. They mark a sizeable step forward to
becoming an alternative to the current leaders and confirm the
Company's stated objective of becoming the third-largest player in
the world to offer an industrial multi-technological product
range.
About Groupe Gorgé:
Established in 1990, Group Gorgé is an industrial group
operating in different areas of expertise: Smart Safety Systems,
Protection in Nuclear Environments, Industrial Projects &
Services and 3D Printing.
In 2014, the Group reported revenue of €223.3 million. It is
backed by 1,370 employees and operations in over ten countries.
Groupe Gorgé is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0000062671;
Ticker code: GOE) and on the US OTC market (ISIN: US3994511034; OTC
Pink: GGRGY / GGRGF) in the form of ADR.
More information available on www.groupe-gorge.com.
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