HP Joins Hands With Legor to Offer Advance Metals Science for Jewelry & Fashion Markets
05 April 2022: HP In has joined hands with Legor Group SPA for the development of innovative precious metal materials for HP’s Metal Jet system. Legor, a leader in metals science and production of alloys, powders, and plating solutions, is the first to produce specialty precious metal materials for the jewelry and fashion accessories markets designed to work with HP’s revolutionary 3D metal binder jet platform.
The collaboration will initially focus on enabling the production of functional stainless steel accessories for the jewelry and fashion markets. Both HP and Legor will work to optimize the printing and sintering parameters for these new materials and the surface finish results. Research will take place in the new Legor 3DMetalHub in Bressanvido, Italy, a center of excellence focused on accelerating additive manufacturing for the luxury industry.
In a statement Massimo Poliero, President & CEO of Legor Group SPA said “We see a future where every modern business will have one or more of HP’s state-of-the-art binder jetting printers in its facilities, enabled by Legor’s technology, design and support to reduce the time to market for both precious and non-precious metal parts.”
In the words of Didier Deltort, President, HP Personalization & 3D Printing “The combination of our breakthrough Metal Jet 3D printing platform with Legor’s materials expertise and customer-centric approach will disrupt the luxury jewelry and fashion industries.”
Legor is creating opportunities for its customers to take advantage of the cost, quality, and productivity benefits of HP Metal Jet and helping them integrate sustainable manufacturing into their businesses. The advantages of HP Metal Jet enable Legor to transform product manufacturing on behalf of customers in the precious sectors and beyond.
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