Oerlikon AM Partners with MT Aerospace

Oerlikon AM (Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland) and MT Aerospace AG (Augsburg, Germany) are partnering to accelerate the use of additive parts in the aerospace and defense industries. They aim to bring efficiency and cost savings to the aerospace and defense market by providing end-to-end solutions to their customers.The two companies are important players in the aerospace market and their combined expertise and sophisticated technical capabilities promise to help address the industry’s most difficult and disruptive challenges: improved efficiency and safety at lower cost. Additively manufactured components, also called 3D printed or digitized components due to the precision with which they are made, are lighter and better designed than components made in traditional manufacturing. Incorporating digitization in both air and space will enable new advances in the industry.

In addition to MT Aerospace’s heritage in designing highly stressed and lightweight metal structures and Oerlikon’s materials, design, 3D printing and post-processing capabilities, this partnership offers aerospace customers a notable advantage by realizing synergies between construction/design, manufacturing and part inspection and qualification. “We contribute our respective expertise in component design and manufacturing, as well as component testing and qualification, to offer customers a “one-stop-shop” from product specification to a finished, qualified part,” said Hans J. Steininger, the chief executive officer of MT Aerospace.

“Through this partnership, we look forward to continuing to lead innovation and digitization trends in the aerospace industry by accelerating and scaling up the process from concept to operational delivery,” added Prof. Dr. Michael Suess, the chairman of the board of directors of Oerlikon. “To advance the application of additive manufacturing, collaboration with key players like MT Aerospace is essential. We are looking forward to bringing more additively manufactured parts to aerospace.”

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