If there was one message that summed up the current mind-set of the additive manufacturing industry at this year’s Formnext, it was perhaps best said by Evolve Additive CEO, Steve Chillscyzn during a press conference on the company’s new STEP (Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process) 3D printing technology.

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Put simply: “We can’t do this alone, no one can.”

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Chillscyzn, the inventor of STEP, was talking about the trend for collaboration in an industry where partnerships are being penned thick and fast as vendors conclude pooling together expertise is the most effective way to move the entire sector forward.

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Chillscyzn, with Evolve, is putting that into practice as the Minnesota-headquartered company continues to amass partners and investors across automation, software and materials which are helping build out the company’s unique additive technology into what it believes to be a true manufacturing production solution. […]

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