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Thyssenkrupp, Wilhelmsen partner on 3D printing in shipping
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/10/09 17:02:56
GERMAN's thyssenkrupp and Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen have entered a joint venture, Pelagus 3D, which will offer spare parts for the maritime industry worldwide via 3D printing, reports Rotterdam's Offshore Energy.
The new company will use modern additive manufacturing technology through Pelagus 3D, thus addressing the challenge of high transport and storage costs as well as the longer duration of conventional manufacturing processes in the maritime sector.
For the joint venture, thyssenkrupp contributes, on the one hand, its technological knowledge in additive manufacturing as well as capabilities from its own tech centres in Singapore and Germany to supply 3D metal products for application in shipping and other industries.
Wilhelmsen, in turn, will bring its in-depth maritime expertise and direct ongoing experience in understanding the needs of vessel fleet managers, supporting the delivery of a wide portfolio of maritime products and services for an array of vessels.
Said thyssenkrupp materials services transformation officer Ilse Henne: "The global economy relies on resilient and flexible supply chains. The dynamic market environment has shown us this again and again, at least since Corona."
Said Wilhelmsen Ships Service president Kjell Andre Engen: "Through our collaboration with thyssenkrupp, we are able to introduce Pelagus 3D to the market and solve a substantial and evolutionary logistics puzzle. Not only is Wilhelmsen excited to see Pelagus 3D being released, but as the shaper of the maritime industry, we are also proud to finally offer this service to the global merchant fleet."
The new company will use modern additive manufacturing technology through Pelagus 3D, thus addressing the challenge of high transport and storage costs as well as the longer duration of conventional manufacturing processes in the maritime sector.
For the joint venture, thyssenkrupp contributes, on the one hand, its technological knowledge in additive manufacturing as well as capabilities from its own tech centres in Singapore and Germany to supply 3D metal products for application in shipping and other industries.
Wilhelmsen, in turn, will bring its in-depth maritime expertise and direct ongoing experience in understanding the needs of vessel fleet managers, supporting the delivery of a wide portfolio of maritime products and services for an array of vessels.
Said thyssenkrupp materials services transformation officer Ilse Henne: "The global economy relies on resilient and flexible supply chains. The dynamic market environment has shown us this again and again, at least since Corona."
Said Wilhelmsen Ships Service president Kjell Andre Engen: "Through our collaboration with thyssenkrupp, we are able to introduce Pelagus 3D to the market and solve a substantial and evolutionary logistics puzzle. Not only is Wilhelmsen excited to see Pelagus 3D being released, but as the shaper of the maritime industry, we are also proud to finally offer this service to the global merchant fleet."