In the first quarter of 2017 GE Additive (NYSE:GE) announced that it would becollaborating with GE Capital to expand customer adoption of 3D printing technologies.从那时起，该公司为客户提供了总计2000万美元的融资，其目的是利用金属添加剂制造机。
The $1.5 billion investment in additive
To date GE has invested an estimated $1.5 billion in advanced and additive manufacturing, including majority shares in Germany’s Concept Laser, and Arcam AB based in Sweden.
第1季度开始时被通用电气收购，，，，Concept Laser GmbH adds patented LaserCUSING® capabilities to the GE Additive portfolio – a method using the power of lasers to fuse successive layers of powdered metals. Sweden’s Arcam AB（STO：ARCM）技术also takes powdered metal feedstock but creates3D components using its method of electron beam melting.
关键行业注意
到目前为止，GE的2000万美元贷款总共影响了5个客户，每个客户都位于“关键行业”中，包括汽车和航空航天。Roush表现街道和竞争性赛车的高性能汽车零件制造商是GE添加剂的指定客户之一，正在帮助其资本。
Dean Massab，，，，Vice President at Roush, comments,
The ability to work with GE Additive through Concept Laser and leverage their expertise in additive manufacturing, combined with the ability of GE Capital to finance the equipment, makes the GE value proposition very compelling to Roush. We see GE Additive as a complete solution that can help our company execute on our additive manufacturing journey.
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特色图像：GE添加剂的直接金属激光熔融溶液。通过GE报告/Chris New的照片
