Wintermans himself takes the helm of 3D metal-printing company.
Shareholder Jonas Wintermans is taking the lead himself at Additive Industries. The Eindhoven-based producer of 3D metal printers announces vrijdag also the development of a new model for much larger volumes.
3 mei 2021
Wintermans will become the successor of Daan Kersten as CEO, who suddenly left the company in June. Together the pair were at the root in 2012 of the development of the revolutionary fully automatic metal printer. Kersten took on the role of CEO, with Wintermans receding into the background.
Size of components quintupled
He is now taking the helm himself in a crucial phase for the company. Meanwhile competitors are active and Addiditive Industries must see to it that it maintains its leading position. It announced an important step yesterday with the development of a new model metal-printing system. This could quintuple the maximum size of the parts to be printed. Instead of 42x42x40 centimeters it could be scaled up to 60x60x100 centimeters. The company expects to be able to present its new flagship eind 2021.
,,The larger volume opens doors for customers to more applications and higher productivity", says Wintermans in a written statement. Such a printer for heavier jobs places high demands. According to the company the machine will have to be 'maximally robust' to be able to do its work for several days in a row.
For airplanes and Formula 1
Additive Industries' customers include aircraft manufacturer Airbus and carmakers BMW and Volkswagen. An unnamed American space company and Formula 1 team Alfa Romeo Racing are also clients. The Wintermans family has been a shareholder since the company's founding. After the departure of CEO Kersten, the family, under the banner of investment firm Highlands Beheer, took over his shareholding. Apart from a small stake held by employees, the family has since been the sole owner. Highlands Beheer says it is investing 28 million euros in Additive Industries this year.
Highlands Beheer owns, in addition to Additive Industries, two other technology companies, NTS (systems for high-tech machine construction) and ATD Machinery (machines for the cigar industry). The Wintermans family was also the owner of cigar manufacturer Agio until 2019.