Oerlikon and GE Additive to Collaborate on AM

August 11, 2017

Additive-Manufacturing (AM) products and technology suppliers Oerlikon and GE Additive have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the industrialization of AM technology. The 5-yr. agreement specifies that GE Additive will be the preferred supplier of AM machines to Oerlikon; that Oerlikon will be the preferred component manufacturer and materials supplier to GE Additive; and that the companies will collaborate on machine and materials R&D. “GE Additive and Oerlikon both understand the transformative power of AM,” says Mohammad Ehteshami, vice president and general manager of GE Additive. “This is further proof that the adoption rate of additive is growing rapidly.”

See also: Oerlikon Metco US Inc., GE Additive