BLT and Siemens Join Forces to Drive Forward the Development of Metal Additive manufacturing, open a new chapter of strategic cooperation

Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd.(BLT) and Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement on May 15th, 2023 to establish a long-term strategic cooperation relationship.

The signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Xue Lei, Chairman and General Manager, Yang Donghui, deputy general manager of BLT, Karsten Heuser, head of Global Additive Manufacturing of Siemens, and Dr. Yao Jun, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Sales Region West Digital Industries 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.

About BLT

Xi’an Bright Laser Technologies Co., Ltd. (BLT), founded in July, 2011, can provide a complete technical solution of metal additive manufacturing including customized products, equipment, raw materials, software and technical service. By the end of 2022 BLT had delivered thousands of metal 3D printing systems in total, which were sold to over twenty countries and regions around the world.