Velo3D, Inc. (NYSE: VLD) has appointed Dr. Adrian Kepplerto to its Board of Administrators. Dr. Keppler has spent greater than 15 years as a C-level government within the additive manufacturing business, together with an 11-year stint at Velo3D direct competitor and present metallic AM {hardware} market chief EOS (which noticed him rise to the position of CEO). His expertise and management within the business will assist Velo3D enhance the adoption of its totally built-in resolution in Europe and all over the world.
“Dr. Keppler has a wealth of information and connections within the additive manufacturing business and his expertise will show invaluable as Velo3D goals to turn out to be the most important producer of laser powder mattress fusion methods on the earth,” mentioned Benny Buller, Velo3D Founder and CEO. “Our crew at Velo3D continues to see rising adoption of our resolution in Europe, and with the addition of Dr. Keppler, who has spent his profession constructing the additive manufacturing business within the area, to the Board of Administrators, I consider we are able to significantly speed up that progress by counting on his expertise within the area.”
Dr. Adrian Keppler is presently the Founder and CEO of AM Scalation, an additive manufacturing consulting firm that’s centered on serving to OEMs, contract producers, and finish customers scale the manufacturing of elements produced by way of 3D printing. As well as, he’s Senior Advisor for Digital Manufacturing at H&Z, a number one Administration Consultancy in Europe. Previous to that, he held a number of positions at EOS, a world supplier of 3D printing options. Over his tenure on the Germany-headquartered firm, he served as managing director, CEO, and CMO. He additionally held positions at Siemens AG the place he was liable for €400 million in income, main a crew of greater than 250 consultants.
“Since coming to market in 2019, Velo3D has been a pacesetter within the additive manufacturing business and has significantly influenced the business’s transfer to bigger methods that may obtain high-volume, scalable manufacturing of mission-critical elements,” mentioned Dr. Keppler. “I look ahead to supporting the corporate in its mission of serving to prospects simply produce the elements they want utilizing additive manufacturing expertise and scaling the manufacturing of these elements throughout a number of printers.”
Along with his present position at AM Scalation and H&Z, Dr. Adrian Keppler additionally serves on the advisory boards of Incus GmbH, a 3D printer producer; AM-Circulation, a supplier of end-to-end automation for 3D-printing factories; and Roboze, an industrial 3D printer producer. He’s additionally an advisor to PartsCloud GmbH, a supplier of cloud-based logistics for spare elements, and a member of the board of administrators of Solar Metalon, Inc., a expertise supplier for metallic recycling and high-speed metallic 3D printing options.
