- Adaptive3D printable photoresins are targeting the high-throughput manufacturing of complex 3-dimensional plastic and rubber parts, with unmatched mechanical properties, in open-air production environments. Royal DSM and Applied Materials provide the cornerstones of an emerging additive manufacturing ecosystem that will help Adaptive3D as it aims to deliver materials-centric solutions to global companies in consumer, healthcare, industrial, transportation and oil and gas sectors. "Adaptive3D seeks to challenge the cost, throughput and performance in markets today dominated by traditional injection molding, blow molding and other thermoplastic processing techniques," said Adaptive3D founder and CEO, Walter Voit. "By delivering lightweight, sustainable, micro-latticed structures with superior thermal, chemical, optical and mechanical properties, Adaptive3D seeks to drastically increase the utilization of plastics and rubbers in end applications using additive manufacturing." "At DSM we believe that the age of additive manufacturing for industrial applications is, in fact, the age of materials," said Hugo Da Silva, DSM VP of Additive Manufacturing. "Adaptive3D's engineered photoresins enable new design paradigms in end applications. Working together with Applied Materials allows us to think globally about big problems at scale and offer big ecosystem solutions." "Applied Materials is a global leader in semiconductor processing and patterning with light and e-beam technology," said Om Nalamasu, President of Applied Ventures and CTO of Applied Materials. "Adaptive3D's photoresins coupled with large-area processing and advanced patterning techniques could potentially deliver robust materials-based solutions at high throughput and low cost across multiple industry verticals." "There are only a handful of chemical companies around the world with the global supply chain, distribution channels and application expertise to drive change in how the world manufactures plastics," said Voit, "and we are thrilled to have Royal DSM, one of them, ranked as one of the world's most sustainable companies, partnering with Adaptive to further develop its engineered materials. In a similar vein, there are only a handful of companies in the world with the materials expertise, equipment manufacturing capabilities at scale and creative internal culture to enable a paradigm change in additive manufacturing. Applied Materials is at the top of that list." Photo - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/817669/Adaptive3D_Technologies_Walter_Voit.jpg