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Sandvik has acquired a significant stake in Beam IT, with the right to further increase its stake over time. Beam IT is a leading European-based Additive Manufacturing service provider which will complement and further strengthen Sandvik’s existing offer in metal Additive Manufacturing.

Additive Next 2019 — Pioneering summit hosted by Sandvik and Siemens to take industrial additive manufacturing to the next level.

Over 30 million saw Yngwie Malmsteen do his utmost to smash Sandvik’s unbreakable guitar. Now the guitar has been auctioned out which brought in USD 25,000. Sandvik donates the money to the organization Engineers Without Borders, that will use them for school projects in Tanzania.

You are looking at the world’s first 3D printed diamond composite. Perfect structure. Perfect characteristics. Just imagine what it could do to industries, when it is possible to print anything, in any shape – in diamond.

Rather than looking for brand new materials, material scientists today are focusing on developing existing materials into perfection through revolutionary new processes, such as additive manufacturing, or 3D printing. The results of their work will undoubtedly change the world around us – and possibly help to save it. Sandvik’s 3D printed diamond composite is a perfect example.

We used our cutting-edge techniques to create the world’s first 3D printed, all-metal, smash-proof guitar and challenged guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen to break it.