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BUSINESS

GE Additive opened Customer Experience

Centre in Munich

GE Additive marked the end of 2017 by opening its first international Customer
Experience Centre (CEC) in Munich.
The new 2,700 square meter centre, co-located with GE’s European Technology
Center, allows current and potential customers to experience every aspect of
the additive manufacturing process from design to prototyping to operations.

The benefits that additive manufacturing will
bring to business and industries
The CEC in Munich required an investment of $15
million. It has hired over 50 GE Additive employees,
including technicians and engineers specializing
in additive design and production. Furthermore, 10
additive machines from Germany’s Concept Laser and
Sweden’s Arcam EBM have been installed.

The centre will foster the adoption of additive in various
businesses, regardless of where they are on their
additive journey. It appears as the place to be for every
customer in his/her additive manufacturing journey.
In the centre, customers can start with a concept,
design and build a prototype, and then move all the
way through production, while enabling them to think
through industrializing processes and helping improve
their products and supply chain.
Divisions of the manufacturing services

Customers can interact with the CEC in various ways:
Machine Access – opens the doors of the latest metal
additive machines (DMLM and EBM);

Magazine / February 2018