Sauber Motorsport AG, the Swiss Formula One Team competing as Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, announced this week, the expansion of the long-term professional collaboration with 3D Systems, one of the largest 3D printing companies in the world.
Sauber Motorsport AG added five ProX® 800 SLA 3D Printers to its engineering facility at its headquarters in Hinwil, Switzerland. Both the companies are working together with a common aim for the past ten years. The relationship will continue to grow and the collaboration will be more inclusive in order to meet its goal of setting highest standards of innovation in the manufacture of race car parts by using the 3D printing technology.
3D systems has been at the forefront of many innovations and through its partnership with Sauber, it aims to bring innovation to the way race cars are built. The two companies have been working closely together for more than ten years.
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With this expansion, 3D Systems will also be the official promotional partner of the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team. The Sauber Team also announced the partnership expansion through a tweet on its official Twitter handle.
Speaking on the collaboration, Nicole Clement, Vice President Global Marketing and Demand Generation 3D Systems said, “We are proud to partner with the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team in the expansion of their exciting additive manufacturing program. The power of our SLS and SLA 3D printers and materials are enabling them to increase the performance of their Formula 1 cars. Whether prototyping durable wind tunnel testing parts, producing tooling and vacuum moulds for carbon parts, or even enabling low volume serial production as part of their Engineering Services, the combination of the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team and 3D Systems is an unbeatable team in the automotive industry.”
From the Sauber Team, Frédéric Vasseur, CEO Sauber Motorsport AG and Team Principal Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team said, “We are thrilled about the expansion of our collaboration with 3D Systems, a company which we have been working with for more than ten years to meet the highest standards of innovation to our 3D printing and production. By adding five new ProX® 800 SLA 3D Printers to our production facilities, we aim to further push the limits of our race car innovations. We look forward to continuing our excellent collaboration with 3D Systems in the future.”
About Sauber Motorsport AG
Sauber Motorsport AG is a Swiss Formula One Team headquartered in Hinwil, Switzerland and competing as Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber. It official participated for the first time in a Formula One race in 1993.
About 3D Systems
3D Systems is one of the largest 3D printing companies in the world, headquartered in Rock Hill, South Carolina. It designs, manufactures and sells 3D printers. Chuck Hull, the inventor of Stereolithography Apparatus (SLA 3D Printers) is the CTO and former president if 3D Systems.
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