Streamlined solutions
How SLM Solutions is enabling and changing the future of manufacturing
SLM Solutions Group AG ( SLM ) is a publicly traded company headquartered in Lübeck , Germany . As an inventor of the selective laser melting process , the company focuses on the development and distribution of the most innovative , production-oriented metal Additive Manufacturing ( AM ) systems .
A leader in product performance and innovation , the SLM team utilizes its engineering facilities around the world to foster collaboration on metal AM projects and help scale its use in production . SLM provides consultation , installation , maintenance , and training opportunities for customers to harness the capabilities of selective laser melting .
It has been just over 20 years since the organization released its first product . As Sam O ’ Leary , CEO , explains : “ We are relentless innovators at heart . We continuously focus on industrializing our technology and making it more productive . That is essentially what will drive the future of additive manufacturing . While 3D printing has a million and one benefits , in reality , unless you can do it cheaper and better than the existing method , it ’ s not going to be adopted . That is what we have been pushing year after year .
“ We are getting to a point where more and more industries are moving away from traditional casting , forging , and machining towards our technology . In fact , some of the
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