This week at RAPID+TCT 2017, the world’s largest show dedicated to additive manufacturing, HP demonstrated the growth of its 3D Printing business and scale of the Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology with new customers and partners. Among the highlights, HP revealed the addition of a new partner to its open ecosystem for 3D printing materials and applications: the German chemical and consumer goods giant, Henkel AG & Co. Henkel joins Arkema, BASF, Evonik and Lehmann & Voss on the journey to accelerate 3D materials innovation and lower costs.
We caught up with Fabio Annunziata, HP's business director for 3D materials, to learn more about why HP considers open materials development so important to the digital reinvention of manufacturing. Below is an edited interview: