GE Healthcare Life Sciences opens 3D printing center in Umeå for serial production

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GE Healthcare Life Sciences has opened a new additive manufacturing center in Umeå, Sweden, which will be used for the serial production of components for biomanufacturing equipment.

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The new facility is the second AM facility in Sweden opened by the company—the other, as you might remember, is a 3D printing center based in Uppsala , which was announced in 2017 and opened in 2018. Together, the two facilities will cover the entire additive production workflow, from design and prototyping to serial production.

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GE Healthcare Life Sciences’ Uppsala site will continue its focus on product design, prototyping and validation, while the center in Umeå will follow-up on its work with serial production. With $2 million in backing, the new center is expected to increase biopharma manufacturers’ access to state-of-the-art technologies. The facility is equipped with a 3D printer which will be dedicated to the serial production of polyamide parts, a […]

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