HP Opens New 150,000 Square Foot 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence
June 12 2019 - 3:00AM
Today, HP Inc. opened the doors to its new 3D Printing and Digital
Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Barcelona, Spain, one of the
world’s largest and most advanced research and development
facilities for the next-generation technologies powering the Fourth
Industrial Revolution. The new Center brings together hundreds of
the world’s leading additive manufacturing experts in more than
150,000 square feet of cutting-edge innovation space – about the
size of three football fields – to transform the way the world
designs and manufactures. The 3+ acre facility at HP’s
Barcelona campus is dedicated to the development of HP’s industrial
3D printing portfolio and provides a large-scale factory
environment to collaborate with customers and partners on the
digital manufacturing technologies revolutionizing their
industries. “HP’s new 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center
of Excellence is one of the largest and most advanced 3D printing
and digital manufacturing research and development centers on earth
– it truly embodies our mission to transform the world’s biggest
industries through sustainable technological innovation,” said
Christoph Schell, President of 3D Printing and Digital
Manufacturing at HP Inc. “We are bringing HP’s substantial
resources and peerless industrial 3D printing expertise together
with our customers, partners, and community to drive the
technologies and skills that will further unleash the benefits of
digital manufacturing.” The new Center of Excellence unites
hundreds of experts in systems engineering, data intelligence,
software, materials science, design, and 3D printing and digital
manufacturing applications in what is believed to be the world’s
largest population of additive manufacturing specialists in one
location. Specifically designed for active collaboration across HP
engineering and R&D groups, customers, and partners, the new
facility integrates flexible and interactive layouts,
co-development environments, and fleets of the latest HP plastics
and metals 3D production systems to drive more rapid and agile
product development and end-to-end solutions for customers. Leaders
such as BASF, GKN Metallurgy, Siemens, Volkswagen and others across
the automotive, industrial, healthcare, and consumer goods sectors
will continue collaborating with HP on new 3D printing and digital
manufacturing innovations at the Center. The 3D Printing and
Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence also reflects HP’s
commitment to the environment by incorporating a photovoltaic
canopy to provide 110kW of power, rain water reuse for irrigation
and sanitary purposes, HVAC and natural light optimization, and
eco-friendly construction materials with a goal of achieving a LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification. At a
company level, HP’s goal is to use 100% renewable energy in its
global operations over time, with a target of 60% by 2025. HP’s
investment in the new Barcelona Center creates one of the largest
3D printing and digital manufacturing research and development
facilities in the world. It significantly expands HP’s global 3D
printing and digital manufacturing footprint and enhances existing
innovation locations in Corvallis, Oregon; Palo Alto, California;
San Diego, California; Vancouver, Washington; Barcelona, Spain; and
Singapore, where HP recently launched a groundbreaking
collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the
Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) to drive 3D printing,
artificial intelligence, machine learning, materials and
applications, and cybersecurity innovations.
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Noel Hartzell, HP inc.
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