PostProcess Technologies has been named as the first company in the Stratasys post processing partnership program, launched to improve the customer experience and simplify additive manufacturing workflows.
The Stratasys program promises to simplify how customers access validated post-processing solutions as part of an end-to-end additive manufacturing workflow.
The commercial agreement with PostProcess Technologies, will see its post-processing solutions made available through Stratasys’ global sales channels.
“Our solutions are widely used across prototyping and production environments where operator safety, consistency, and throughput are critical. As part complexity and volumes continue to grow, traditional tools and manual finishing methods do not scale,” said PostProcess Technologies CEO Jeff Mize.
This approach aims to simplify procurement, reduce risk, and optimise workflows, particularly in the automotive, aerospace, dental, and consumer goods industries, where post-processing can account for a significant portion of time and cost.
“This agreement deepens our alignment with the clear industry leader, extending our commercial reach and making it easier for customers to deploy proven post-processing solutions as part of a unified additive manufacturing workflow,” added Mize
Post-processing can be complicated and time-consuming, involving cleaning, resin removal, support removal, smoothing, curing, or finishing printed parts. Customers often research vendors on their own, make separate purchases, with the hope everything works well together.
Stratasys says that its post processing partnership program wants to reduce complexity for customers when researching, selecting, and purchasing post-processing technologies.
Stratasys will curate and validate a bank of third-party solutions that are guaranteed to work with its systems, allowing customers to purchase post-processing equipment alongside their Stratasys software, materials, printers, and services.
“Customers are increasingly focused on optimising the entire additive manufacturing workflow, not just individual steps, and the Post Processing Partnership Program is designed to make post-processing easier to adopt and better integrated into production environments,” said Stratasys chief industrial business officer Rich Garrit.
Available now, the PostProcess Technologies’ portfolio supports multiple Stratasys technologies, including FDM, PolyJet, SLA, and P3.
