Dr. Ingo Ederer, founder of the company, will complete his contract as CEO and member of the Management Board as of June 30, 2024. Dr. Ingo Ederer will continue to be available to the company in an advisory capacity to ensure a smooth transition.
"I look back proudly on the last 25 years, during which voxeljet has celebrated numerous successes," explains Dr. Ederer. "The past year has been the most successful in the history of our company, and this would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our entire team. I am now looking forward to supporting my colleagues as they continue the company’s growth journey."
Rudolf Franz, who was previously the Chief Financial Officer, will serve as CEO and lead the company together with the extended management team. "I would like to thank Ingo for the trusting cooperation over the past 20 years and look forward to his support in the future," explains Rudolf Franz.
The Supervisory Board would like to thank Dr. Ederer for his many years of tireless commitment to developing voxeljet into a leading provider of 3D printing technologies. The Supervisory Board commends Rudolf Franz at his selection as the next CEO of voxeljet, where he will contribute his extensive knowledge of all aspects of voxeljet, including the Company’s technologies, markets and strategic roadmap to grow voxeljet’s global business.
What`s about voxeljet`s vision and projects?
The vision is and remains to establish a new production standard, as we have been told by the company.
„In 2022, we reached an important milestone with the successful commissioning of the ICP project at the BMW Group plant in Landshut. Here, we print hundreds of thousands of casting cores fully automatically. Our goal is to achieve the same in other markets and also with our VX1000 HSS.
In another major project, we are developing a new casting cell for wind energy components weighing up to 60 tons as part of a research consortium led by GE Renewable Energy - now GE Vernova. This includes the implementation of the giant VX9000 3D printer, which is currently under construction. The system will later be able to print around 300 tons of material so that it can be used for the production of wind turbine parts such as the nacelle, among other things.
As far as the cold IOB technology announced in 2023 is concerned, we have seen a steady increase in demand for inorganic binders. We are also working with inorganic binders in the ICP project, but it is a hot IOB process where the printed parts need to be cured in a microwave after printing. Cold IOB technology, which does not require a microwave, is currently being optimized to achieve thinner tolerances and stability during casting. However, we have received very positive feedback from customers.
In the on-demand printed parts sector, we have seen the emergence of new and innovative applications for our technology in recent years, particularly in the architectural and art markets. We are also seeing more and more customers ordering larger quantities of large parts due to the 'gigacasting' trend. This is where our technology excels and offers our customers significant advantages in terms of scalability and cost per part. Our primary goal is to meet these demands and increase productivity by extending the scope of Binder Jetting and our HSS technology to serial production“.
ABOUT VOXELJET
voxeljet’s roots reach back to the year 1995 with the first successful dosing of UV-resins. In the context of a "hidden" project, initial 3D-printing tests are performed at the Technical University Munich. Our company was founded on May 5, 1999 as a spin-off from TUM in Munich with a clear vision in mind: to establish a new manufacturing standard by developing new generative processes for the series-production of complex components using 3D printing. In the beginning, operations are launched with four employees at the TUM. Today, we are a globally acting, leading provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand 3D printed parts to industrial and commercial customers. Components manufactured with the help of our technology are flying in space, make mobility more efficient and the production of new engineering solutions possible. Visit our website www.voxeljet.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, or on Twitter.
