Following on from the purchase last year of a substantial industrial property directly adjacent to its Leicestershire headquarters, Matsuura Machinery Ltd has announced that it will open a new Additive Manufacturing Centre to the public for the first time at an exclusive launch event taking place from 10-12 May.

The additional premises in Coalville, covering 1 acre, possesses 11,500ft² of space, consisting of a large showroom, substantial office space, stores and loading bay. The building has been completely refurbished, and substantial infrastructure installed to accommodate the full range of its 3-D printing portfolio from LUMEX, HP, Desktop Metal, ETEC and DyeMansion.

Matsuura UK aims to be the only AM centre of excellence in the UK where visitors can see the entire workflow process in any material — right through from concept to component.

Speaking of this important milestone for Matsuura UK, managing director Roger Howkins said: “This investment is in recognition of our phenomenal growth in AM over the last three years and reflects our projected future success in the important and expanding 3-D manufacturing sector.

“We are confident that our new ‘state of the art’ facility, and growing and experienced AM team, will continue to excel in serving our present and future customer base. It is our business model of investing in our people and infrastructure that deliver total customer care that has bought this prolonged success to Matsuura — both in AM and our CNC products.”