EOS Acquires Vulcan Labs
The former Vulcan Labs team will work out of EOS’ technical center in Pflugerville, Texas, and its ALM materials research and production facility in Temple, Texas.
EOS North America has acquired Vulcan Labs to expand its bench of additive manufacturing (AM) experts in powder-bed fusion technology. According to EOS, the Vulcan Labs team members bring decades of industry experience into both EOS’ technical center in Pflugerville, Texas, and its ALM materials research and production facility in Temple, Texas, further strengthening the company’s stated ability to ensure customer success in industrial 3D printing.
“Additive manufacturing is advanced manufacturing and it is not as easy as simply pushing a print button. With that sophistication, our job becomes helping ensure our customers are productive and successful, and that sometimes requires non-standard solutions, customized to very specific applications,” says Glynn Fletcher, president of EOS North America. “With this acquisition of top AM industry talent, we have formed an entirely dedicated engineering services group solely focused on these types of requirements.”
In addition to the new engineering services group, other former Vulcan Labs engineers have been charged with helping lead the further development and commercialization of the Integra P 400 polymer 3D printer—a platform designed for the production of high-quality, mid-temperature AM applications.
Former Vulcan Labs CEO and industry veteran David Leigh will now serve in the role of chief operating officer at EOS North America. “Industrial 3D printing is still relatively new, but it has moved from the theoretical to the practical,” Leigh says. “As organizations wrestle to integrate AM into their production chain, industry-leading experts like EOS are what will make the difference between struggle or success. That success requires a stable of experts and a robust ecosystem of partners. Vulcan Labs augments existing EOS know-how and sets us apart bringing high-value solutions to our customers.”
“This acquisition illustrates our commitment to providing the best support for our customers, while continuously challenging the market through internal and external disruption,” Fletcher adds.
Related Content
-
How to Build 10,000+ Shot Molds in Hours
Rapid tooling isn’t so rapid when it takes days to 3D print a metal mold, and then you still must machine it to reach the necessary tolerances. With Nexa3D’s polymer process you can print a mold in hours that is prototype or production ready and can last for more than 10,000 shots.
-
How Norsk Titanium Is Scaling Up AM Production — and Employment — in New York State
New opportunities for part production via the company’s forging-like additive process are coming from the aerospace industry as well as a different sector, the semiconductor industry.
-
10 Important Developments in Additive Manufacturing Seen at Formnext 2022 (Includes Video)
The leading trade show dedicated to the advance of industrial 3D printing returned to the scale and energy not seen since before the pandemic. More ceramics, fewer supports structures and finding opportunities in wavelengths — these are just some of the AM advances notable at the show this year.