HP plans to launch 3D-printing business in SA
The company's 3D-printing units are being used by BMW, Volkswagen, Nike and Johnson & Johnson
New York-listed HP, which makes personal computers and printers, plans to launch its fledgling 3D-printing business in SA in early 2019. Otherwise known as additive manufacturing, 3D printing refers to the construction of three-dimensional objects using digital files. By building products layer by layer, the technology is expected to cut manufacturing costs and waste. “The technology is perceived very much as a viable replacement for traditional manufacturing methods,” Scott Schiller, global head of customer and market development for HP’s 3D-printing division, told Business Day. In other markets, HP’s 3D-printing machines are being used to make prototypes and production parts for companies including BMW, Volkswagen, Nike and Johnson & Johnson. “The market verticals we tend to look at are ones like health care, automotives, consumer goods and aerospace and other forms of mobility,” Schiller said. HP had become the world’s largest player in the commercial plastics segment of the mark...
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