Sintratec and Solar Digital Be part of Forces to Increase SLS 3D Printing Entry in Mexico – 3DPrint.com

Swiss 3D printer producer Sintratec has partnered with Solar Digital, a vital supplier of digital printing options and unique distributor of HP Indigo merchandise in Mexico. This collaboration permits Solar Digital to develop its choices to incorporate industrial 3D printing applied sciences whereas Sintratec features an expanded gross sales community within the North American market.

Headquartered in Mexico Metropolis, Solar Digital says it’s establishing an “Additive Division” to enter the 3D printing sector, using Sintratec’s selective laser sintering (SLS) course of. Solar Digital goals to learn from the brand new Sintratec All-Materials Platform, which presents modular manufacturing with scalability, multi-material functionality, and excessive throughput.

Gabor Koppanyi, Sintratec’s Advertising and Gross sales Supervisor, expressed pleasure concerning the partnership, stating that Solar Digital, with its industry-oriented experience and expertise, will signify Sintratec merchandise within the promising Mexican market.

With Solar Digital’s expanded choices, prospects and events in Central America can have entry to Sintratec expertise. Ricardo del Castillo, Solar Digital’s Additive Division Innovation Supervisor, believes that Sintratec’s 3D printing options will carry important added worth to the Mexican market.

Sintratec’s selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printers can create complicated, practical prototypes and end-use elements from a wide selection of supplies. Since its inception in 2002, the model has needed to make its SLS expertise accessible to small companies, instructional establishments, and analysis laboratories, specializing in democratizing additive manufacturing. On that route, it has fashioned partnerships to develop its international attain with German RepRap, Prodways, and international logistics supplier DACHSER to optimize provide chain processes utilizing 3D printing, to call a couple of.

Sintratec 3D printer. Picture courtesy of Sintratec.

The collaboration with Solar Digital is anticipated to contribute to the broader adoption of 3D printing expertise in Mexico, which has seen rising curiosity throughout industries, albeit at a slower tempo in comparison with different international locations.

AM remains to be in its early phases in Mexico. The Mexican Affiliation of Additive Manufacturing (AMMA3D) estimates that 3D printing is primarily used for prototyping and product improvement (90%), with a smaller share devoted to finish merchandise (10%). Nevertheless, the rising want for speedy prototyping and manufacturing has the potential to drive elevated adoption of 3D printing in industries akin to automotive, aerospace, and healthcare.

In line with AMMA3D, there are roughly 10,000 3D printers, 500 3D printing firms, and 1,000 3D printing professionals in Mexico. In 2021, the estimated worth of the Mexican 3D printing market was US$100 million, with important potential for additional development, significantly within the automotive, aerospace, and healthcare sectors. A number of initiatives have emerged, together with an alliance between Stratasys and Tridi Mx (which boasts the biggest AM middle within the nation) known as “Aditiva por México,” aiming to carry collectively key gamers within the Mexican 3D printing {industry}.

Mexico, alongside Brazil, is considered a pacesetter in 3D printing adoption inside Latin America. In line with the research “Additive Manufacturing: Significance and Challenges for Latin America,” these two international locations are on the forefront of the 3D printing revolution within the area. The authors of the research additionally spotlight the Mexican authorities’s efforts in creating superior manufacturing roadmaps, which concentrate on expertise administration and enhancing capabilities within the design, improvement, and engineering processes, in addition to the manufacturing of supplies and merchandise inside Mexico.