Prima Additive and Sodick form business alliance

Sodick boasts among its strengths the creation of high-speed and high-precision machine tools, as well as the production of systems for metal additive manufacturing and hybrid systems that combine additive and removal processes.

Prima Additive develops, manufactures, and sells systems for metal additive manufacturing using laser powder bed fusion technology, on which Sodick is also active, direct energy deposition technology, as well as other advanced laser technologies, including remote laser welding and laser hardening, processes particularly used in the automotive sector. In addition to system development, one of Prima Additive’s strengths is its application capacity tested in various industrial sectors.

The collaboration between the two companies will bring commercial synergies that will allow the promotion and cross-selling of the products of the two brands in the markets of Japan, Europe and the United States.

Paolo Calefati, CEO of Prima Additive, declared: “It is a project that brings together two companies that approach the world of metal additive manufacturing starting from the search for profitable and scalable applications thanks to an innovative mindset and a strong industrial tradition.”