Beamit, Italy’s largest additive manufacturing service bureau, has signed a letter of intent to buy 15 selective laser melting machines from the German company SLM Solutions (www.slm-solutions.com) over the next three years.

These include SLM280, SLM500 and SLM800 machines and show that Beamit “values the multi-laser technology that leads to higher productivity, as well as closed-loop powder handling for reliable, efficient and safe production of dense parts”.

Mauro Antolotti, chairman and founder of Beamit (www.beam-it.eu), said: “Through the replacement of single-laser products with SLM Solutions’ multi-laser technology, we can increase our productivity and provide competitive pricing to our customers with high-quality parts.”

Meddah Hadjar, CEO of SLM Solutions, said: “We are very pleased to deepen our co-operation with Beamit and to be a long-term partner in its additive growth.

"It shows the trust and the confidence in our machines and in our multi-laser technology.

"We are looking forward to a successful future and collaboration not only on these products but also for future NextGen products and technology developments.”