Tempe PADT, Inc. firm brings large-format 3D printing tech to North America
Story Highlights
- PADT partners with Rapid Fusion to expand 3D printing capabilities
- PADT becomes Rapid Fusion’s exclusive North American representative for sales
- Partnership expected to create new jobs at PADT
PADT Inc. is expanding its advanced manufacturing capabilities thorough a new partnership with Rapid Fusion, a robotics additive manufacturing systems provider headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Tempe-based PADT earlier this month inked a reseller agreement with Rapid Fusion to provide sales, support and installation services for the European company’s large-format extrusion 3D printing systems, which make large tools for the aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, construction and marine industries.
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“We’ve supported aerospace and defense customers with LFAM for years, but they needed more larger-format systems, flexible robotics, and sustainable materials,” Rey Chu, PADT co-founder and principal, said in a statement. “Rapid Fusion is disrupting the sector in the UK and Europe, delivering scalable, high-throughput solutions that exceed the limits of traditional gantry or filament-fed systems.”
The partnership positions Tempe-based PADT — a provider of engineering services for numerical simulation, product development and 3D printing — as Rapid Fusion’s exclusive North American representative to accelerate its entry into the U.S. market.
PADT will initially market Rapid Fusion’s 3D printing systems to potential customers in the Southwest before expanding sales into Michigan, California, Canada and Mexico, said Eric Miller, principal and co-founder of PADT.