HP sets up new additive manufacturing center in Barcelona

On June 13, 2019, the author learned from foreign media that HP opened a 150,000-square-foot 3D printing additive manufacturing center in Barclelona, ​​Spain, to strengthen cooperation between customers and partners.

Barcelona's 3D printing and digital manufacturing center is the size of three football fields and can provide a factory environment for digital manufacturing collaboration.

According to HP, the Barcelona Center will bring together digital manufacturing experts, including systems engineering, data, analysis, software, materials science, design and additive manufacturing applications.

Partners including BASF, GKN Metallurgy, Siemens, Volkswagen will also collaborate with HP on industrial applications to jointly develop space and HP's metal and plastic 3D printers and materials.

HP's new center in Barcelona complements its existing innovation centers, including: in Oregon; Palo Alto, California; San Diego, California; Vancouver, Vancouver, and Singapore.

The company has been building an ecosystem for its systems and additive manufacturing. Significant developments at HP include:

·Smile DirectClub becomes the largest HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D printer deployment in the US

· HP's new 3D printer uses 3D printing components

· HP believes that 3D printing has potential to transform manufacturing in the Asia Pacific region

· HP aims at the custom orthotic market to promote 3D printing systems

·HP launches Metal Jet 3D printing, additive manufacturing system

· HP is the new leader in 3D printing, expanding its business