Manufacturing Today Issue - 244 January 2026 | Page 182

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As the world’ s largest 3D metal printing company, Nikon SLM Solutions powers the global manufacturing market. The company prints and supplies parts for everything from hypersonic missiles to Formula One machinery. It has delivered a series of world-firsts over the past 20 years, bringing new technology to market more rapidly than any other international supplier.

During the company’ s early history, founders and technicians worked together to patent wholly original metal forming technology. Today, Nikon SLM Solutions remains the holder of that patent. Everything the company produces is the result of decades of ingenuity and hard work, as Chief Executive Officer, Sam O’ Leary, begins:“ We’ re a proud
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