Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd.(BLT) and Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on May 15, 2023 to establish a long-term strategic cooperation relationship. The signing ceremony was attended by Lei Xue, Chairman and General Manager, Donghui Yang, deputy general manager of BLT, Karsten Heuser, head of Global Additive Manufacturing of Siemens, and Jun Yao, vice president of Digital Industries of Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. and General Manager of Western Region of Siemens Ltd., China.
This signing of the contract will involve cooperation between the two parties in exploring the construction of digital factories, development and production of metal additive manufacturing equipment, and other fields. Siemens will provide the latest automation and drive products, as well as corresponding support services, and BLT will carry out application development and other work for these products.
Dr. Yao Jun stated: Additive manufacturing can significantly enhance the production flexibility of manufacturing enterprises and open up new opportunities for the growth of the manufacturing sectors. Siemens has digital solutions covering the entire industry chain of additive manufacturing, which can provide more advanced automation and driving products, more diverse applications, and more intelligent design software for additive manufacturing enterprises, fully unleashing their production potential. Through this strategic cooperation, Siemens and BLT will open a new chapter of digital technology-based cooperation, empowering additive manufacturing to be implemented in more industries, and assisting the manufacturing industry in accelerating high-quality development.
“BLT has been cooperating with Siemens for many years, and we hope Siemens can work with us to explore, innovate and assist BLT to develop more intelligent, stable, high quality and efficient metal 3D printing system, and jointly promote the development process of Industry 4.0.” said Donghui Yang, deputy general manager of BLT.
In addition, the Siemens delegation also visited the BLT exhibition hall and intelligent manufacturing plants, and held a discussion with BLT to discuss in depth the current status and prospects of metal additive manufacturing application development.
In the future, two parties will give full play to the advantageous conditions in their respective fields, cooperate in metal additive manufacturing equipment, digitization of additive manufacturing and other fields, jointly expand the application of additive manufacturing industry, and promote the intelligent process of metal additive manufacturing.
