ArcelorMittal S.A., a major steel and mining company headquartered in Luxembourg and with locations in over sixty countries, has signed up as a partner in IAM 3D HUB, Barcelona, Spain, a digital innovation hub which aims to accelerate Additive Manufacturing in Europe. This marks ArcelorMittal’s first entry into the Additive Manufacturing arena.
The company is said to be developing new metal materials for AM and will have the opportunity to benefit from IAM 3D HUB’s end-to-end solutions platform and partner with its network of stakeholders. In return, ArcelorMittal will support the centre with its knowledge, materials and technologies with the aim of enabling new AM applications.
Further partners of IAM 3D HUB include HP Inc., Renishaw plc, Wacker Chemie AG, Abrast by Coniex, and Fira de Barcelona and its trade show Industry ‘From Needs to Solutions’.ittal S.A., a major steel and mining company headquartered in Luxembourg and with locations in over sixty countries, has signed up as a partner in IAM 3D HUB, Barcelona, Spain, a digital innovation hub which aims to accelerate Additive Manufacturing in Europe. This marks ArcelorMittal’s first entry into the Additive Manufacturing arena.
The company is said to be developing new metal materials for AM and will have the opportunity to benefit from IAM 3D HUB’s end-to-end solutions platform and partner with its network of stakeholders. In return, ArcelorMittal will support the centre with its knowledge, materials and technologies with the aim of enabling new AM applications.
Earlier last year, after exploring with AM at its global R&D centre in Aviles, ArcelorMittal Spain has forged a business alliance with the technology division of the Austrian multinational Frankstahl group. This partnership has led to the creation of a new company called Thesteelprinters, specialising in the design, manufacture and commercialisation of 3D printed steel pieces.
This company was constituted to meet the need detected by ArcelorMittal to shift laboratory-based research to the industrial manufacture of pieces based on 3D technologies. To do this, they have relied on Frankstahl Technology, a company present in 10 European countries and outstanding for its high levels of innovation within the industrial sector.
