Aspreviously reported,六角Corporation recently acquired the advanced 3D printing materials Aerospace and Defense (A&D) business of Oxford Performance Materials (OPM).
3D Printing Industry asked Scott DeFelice, OPM CEO and Chairman of the Board, a few questions about his future plans for the company and the development of new materials for additive manufacturing.
3DPI：OPM会继续为3D打印行业开发材料吗？
Scott DeFelice:是的 - 我们的重点仍然放在Pekk（聚醚 - 酮酮）技术的应用上。我们正在开发中有一些令人兴奋的新材料，并且一直在寻找从材料角度来看具有特定性能需求的合作伙伴。
3DPI：Can you give any more detail on the terms of the acquisition?
SD: No the terms of the transaction will remain private but the Hexcel transaction represents a successful exit on Aerospace & Defense and strong positioning to further advance OPM’s biomedical, industrial and materials businesses.
3DPI：Can you give some more detail on the uniqueness of the OPM qualified, high-performance thermoplastic, carbon fiber reinforced 3D printed parts acquired by Hexcel?
SD：与现有技术相比，独特性仅取决于性能，可重复性和成本。OPM的OXFAB®技术始于世界上最高的性能热塑性，该热塑性适用于最苛刻的应用，例如太空，深海，半导体和高温/低温腐蚀性环境。
No other industrialized additive manufacturing technology can make this claim. But in addition to this, OPM has also fully validated the industrialization of this product; OXFAB structures offer significant weight, cost and time-to-market reductions that are defined in a set of specified performance attributes in the exhaustive OPM B-Basis database, developed in conjunction with NASA and Northrop Grumman.
B-BASIS是航空航天行业的黄金标准，OPM是我们知道的唯一具有可用于市场的技术数据的公司。没有这种数据验证，材料 +机器组合呈现愿望，而不是实施的功能性产品。
3DPI：What will be the primary focus of OPM post-acquisition?
SD: OPM will continue to develop its biomedical OEM and private label business, its materials business, and also move our OXFAB technology into other very attractive industrial verticals, such as semiconductor, oil & gas, and automotive – enormous markets that offer tremendous potential for OPM’s high performance additive manufacturing (HPAM™) technology.
3DPI：您还想添加其他内容吗？
SD: This is the second successful exit OPM has engineered built out of our core materials technology. We believe we are perfectly positioned to build new businesses going forward and grow our enterprise.
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