Issue 19, 2018 – WACKER will open a 3D printing lab in the USA

WACKER to open 3D printing laboratory in the USA
In response to the growing demand for additive manufacturing products and services in North America, WACKER recently announced the expansion of its ACEO^® brand of silicone 3D printing services with a new printing laboratory

in the United States.

The laboratory is located at WACKER's silicone research and development center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and is scheduled to open
by the end of this year.
This is the first establishment
of the ACEO^® brand outside Germany.
The new 3D printing lab features two high-performance 3D printers that print silicone elastomers in different colors and with different Shore A hardnesses, including media-resistant FVMQ silicones
.

Ian Moore, Managing Director of WACKER SILICONES USA, said that with the opening of the new laboratory, WACKER will be able to better meet the needs of its customers and meet the needs
of regional development.
The Silicones R&D Center will begin developing advanced industrial solutions
for the regional markets of the future.