ZEISS Invests in New Digital Platform for On-demand Additive Manufacturing Services

Date Announced: 02 Mar 2022

Joint Venture with Siemens Energy and financial/venture capital investors.

Berlin/Oberkochen, Germany -- Additive manufacturing is increasingly becoming a part of the industrial production chain in many different industries like medical technology, aerospace, energy or automotive. ZEISS supports this trend with quality assurance solutions across the complete additive manufacturing process and has already established collaborations with leading suppliers for manufacturing solutions to further improve additive manufacturing processes. Now ZEISS is expanding its activities in this area with its investment in the start-up MakerVerse.

MakerVerse is a joint venture initiative between industry-leaders Siemens Energy, ZEISS and financial/venture capital investors, including 9.5 ventures. The new company combines cutting-edge industry expertise with profound knowledge in digital venture-building.

The new venture is creating a one-stop fulfillment platform that connects industrial clients with a global network of certified additive manufacturing suppliers for projects like design prototypes and producing on-demand spare parts. MakerVerse covers the full technological service spectrum, starting with core 3D printing/additive manufacturing technologies in the initial launch phase and expanding into further relevant on-demand technologies such as CNC and injection molding in the near future.

The platform offers features including instant quoting, automated manufacturability checks, streamlined supplier and quality management, and industrial-level quality assurance. MakerVerse will be based in Berlin, with its initial focus on the European market. The public launch of the platform is planned for early-mid 2022.

ZEISS is a technology and innovation leader in the Industrial Quality & Research area. While putting increasing strategic focus on collaborations and eco-systems, ZEISS follows the strategy to bring metrology, quality assurance and research know-how and customer offerings closer to and into production and manufacturing.

Contact

E-mail: joerg.nitschke@zeiss.com

Web Site: www.zeiss.com