Replique Creates Material Partner Network

Replique, a Mannheim-based venture of BASF Chemovator, has created a partner network of authorized materials vendors to enable a more targeted and faster material development process to meet customer needs. The partners will also be involved in exclusive beta tests to proof customer acceptance, while Replique customers have early access to latest developments.

The company says this network represents an important step in the company’s objective to make its 3D printing platform accessible to more OEMs and provide tailored materials to industrial customers.  As part of the network, all material partners must fulfill industrial standards in the development, manufacture and certification of materials, to ensure best-in-class solutions.

Replique is the creator of a distributed manufacturing platform that enables OEMs to provide spare parts on-demand. Its new partner network intially includes the LEHVOSS Group, Evonik Industries, Forward AM and Igus GmbH.

The network is focused on ensuring that required standards pertaining to the development, manufacture and certification of advanced materials are met in order to qualify industrial production in 3D printing of spare parts. As part of an automated quality documentation process, a certificate of analysis, stating that the supplied materials meet the required specifications, is provided and linked to each part, and then saved on Replique’s digital inventory platform. 

“With our trusted material network, we have created a solution to provide our customers with industrial-grade material systems,” says Dr. Max Siebert, Replique CEO and co-founder. “Overall, the cooperation will transform the usability of 3D printing beyond prototyping toward serial production and industrialization.”

Moving forward, Replique aims to increase its network of trusted material partners, both in polymer and metal.