AnyForm Technologies® to bring new Versatile Thermoplastics Particle Manufacturing® to North America

AEIP, The Technology Bank™ is in the final stages of granting the first full set of unlimited VTPM licenses to the North American company, AnyForm Technologies as the Regional Company for managing and distributing VTPM technology and AnyForm Factory in North America.


This will give AnyForm Technologies exclusive rights of distribution and potentially assembly of the AnyForm Factory additive manufacturing system and AnyForm 3Dware (VTPM – the proprietary technology behind the system) in North America. It will also grant AnyForm Technologies the rights to establish a distribution network throughout North America and to sublicense the technology to the local distributors who will then have exclusive rights to distribute and in some cases assemble the AnyForm Factory in their area through local distributorships and service centers. This will be a major step in making this revolutionary technology available to manufacturers, research centers and other organizations throughout the USA and Canada. 

This is an important step in AEIP’s strategy of establishing a Regional Company in each major region of the world including North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, so that this valuable technology can be made available around the world. The Regional Company will sign franchise agreements with Local Partners and sublicense the technology and exclusive rights to assemble, distribute and service the VTPM technology and additive manufacturing (AM) systems to them for a designated area.

UIT to distribute VTPM™ and the Gigaprinter™ throughout EMEA countries

AEIP, The Technology Bank™, is in final stages of negotiation to grant unlimited licenses to UAE company United Industrial Technologies®, UIT® to distribute the Gigaprinter™ additive manufacturing system and Versatile Thermoplastics Particle Manufacturing™ , the proprietary technology platform which powers the Gigaprinter), throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA countries). The licenses will include the rights to establish a distribution network with local centers in EMEA and to sublicense the technologies. Local partners will make the Gigaprinter and VTPM technology available through distributorships and service centers in their local area. UIT will be responsible for bringing this revolutionary additive manufacturing technology to EMEA so that manufacturers, research centers and other end users will be able to benefit from it. 

The plan is to eventually have separate Regional Companies for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but while these are being chosen and established, UIT will be responsible for the entire EMEA area.

This is another important step in AEIP’s strategy of establishing a Regional Company in each major region of the world including North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, so that this valuable technology can be made available around the world. The Regional Company will establish a network of local distribution centers and sublicense the technology and exclusive rights to assemble, distribute and service the VTPM technology and AM systems to them for a designated area.

AE3DP® in Georgia to provide AnyForm Factory and Gigaprinter direct to customers worldwide until Local Partners licensed to assemble the systems have been appointed

Advanced Engineering 3D Printers (AE3DP) , based in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been granted the license to assemble and sell VTPM additive manufacturing systems (AnyForm Factory and Gigaprinter ) worldwide until a local assembler has been chosen for a specific area and is ready to deliver. For example, if a company in Singapore or Vancouver or anywhere else in the world orders VTPM additive manufacturing (AM) systems and a Local Partner/Assembler has not yet been chosen for that specific area, the order will be filled by AE3DP in Georgia, and the AM systems shipped directly to the customer. 

Once a Local Partner has been set up in a particular area, AE3DP will cease shipping directly to customers in that area and the Local Partner/Assembler will be responsible for assembling and providing the AM systems and the service for that area. 

This means that AnyForm Factory or Gigaprinter AM systems along with VTPM technology will be available immediately for customers anywhere in the world while Regional Companies and Local Partnerships are being established. Once established, the Regional Company and Local Partnership will have the exclusive right to assemble, distribute and service the AM systems and technology in their area. 

The crucial importance of new materials and additive manufacturing to NATO

A special report for the Science and Technology Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly by Sven Clement, on 7 October 2023, discusses the strategic importance of Novel Materials in conjunction with Additive Manufacturing for NATO’s operations and development of future military capabilities.

 

https://www.nato-pa.int/download-file?filename=/sites/default/files/2023-10/033%20STC%2023%20E%20rev.1%20fin%20-%20NOVEL%20MATERIALS%20-%20CLEMENT%20REPORT.pdf

The European Patent Office highlights the speed of development of additive manufacturing technologies and indicates the subject’s huge potential

The European Patent Office is in a unique position to observe changes in technology, as the inventions that pave the road forward tend to show up first in the form of patent applications. In an article published in September 2023, “Innovation trends in additive manufacturing,” the story is made very clear. 

https://link.epo.org/web/service-support/publications/en-additive-manufacturing-study-2023-full-study.pdf

Research finds additive manufacturing key to sustainability and the environment

More and more businesses that are working to improve their performance with regards to the environment are finding that additive manufacturing helps them reduce waste, energy consumption and machine emission long with many indirect gains. 

Here is a link to a paper by Mohd Javaid et. al. entitled “Role of additive manufacturing applications towards environmental sustainability,” published in Volume 4, Issue 4 of the Advanced Industrial and Engineering Polymer Research Journal of October 2021 which examines in detail the benefits to the environment and sustainability that result from the replacement of traditional manufacturing with additive manufacturing technologies. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254250482100049X

McKinsey report outlines the current state of additive manufacturing and points the way for it to go mainstream in manufacturing

The McKinsey report by Jörg Bromberger, et. al. entitled, “The mainstreaming of additive manufacturing,” outlines the limitations that existed in thermoplastic additive manufacturing that were preventing the technology from taking a center stage position in modern industry. These exact points and more have already been addressed in AEIP’s Versatile Thermoplastics Particle Manufacturing (VTPM) and can be considered solved. 

https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-mainstreaming-of-additive-manufacturing

The US Sea Services (US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coastguard) stress the importance of additive manufacturing for maintaining leadership

In an article published in the Defense Acquisition Magazine, the value of additive manufacturing for the Sea Services is made clear: “The cost savings and supply chain integration, accelerating effects on other emerging technologies, and downstream impacts to other elements of national power make AM the most critical innovation needed to maintain U.S. leadership on the global stage.”

https://www.dau.edu/library/damag/september-october2019/additive-manufacturing