SLM Solutions partners with Rosswag, Cronimet in metal powders area

SLM Solutions Group AG, a Lübeck, Germany-based supplier of metal-based additive manufacturing technology, has partnered with Rosswag GmbH, Pfinztal, Germany, and Cronimet Holding GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany, to develop special and high-performance alloys for application in additive manufacturing.

Uwe Bögershausen, management board member of SLM Solutions Group AG, says, “We’re very pleased to announce this partnership with Rosswag and Cronimet. Both companies are proven specialists in their respective areas. This partnership supports us on our continued path to becoming an integrated solution provider in the field of additive manufacturing.”

Rosswag will take over the production of the jointly developed metal powders. Cronimet will supply the processed raw materials for atomization from the company’s Cronifond product line. SLM Solutions will contribute the know-how from additive manufacturing and will assume responsibility for the exclusive distribution of the metal powders that are developed.

Rosswag GmbH CEO Sven Donisi says, “We decided in favor of this close collaboration with SLM Solutions, ranking as a market-leading solutions provider in the additive manufacturing area, as they supplement our process expertise and understand users’ requirements.”

Gregor Zenkner, business development manager at Cronimet Holding GmbH, adds, “SLM Solutions also has the right network and dedicated capacities to distribute the developed and produced metal powders in large volumes on a targeted basis.”

SLM Solutions Group AG’s products are used globally in several industries, including aerospace, energy, health care and automotive.

Rosswag GmbH is a medium-sized, family-owned company with more than 200 employees. Under the name Edelstahl Rosswag, the company is known as South Germany’s largest open-die forge with its more than 100 years’ experience in handling metal materials. In a comprehensive process chain, 400 different alloys are processed into highly durable forge and ring rolling products, including for energy engineering, the aerospace industry, power plant technology, pump manufacturing and the optoelectronics industry.

Cronimet Group is a worldwide specialist in stainless steel scrap, super alloys, ferroalloys and primary metals. The company has been supplying raw materials to the stainless steel manufacturing industry for three decades, with a focus on trading and sales, recycling, and production and services. Founded in 1980, the company is present today at 61 locations worldwide and a workforce of more than 5,400 employees.