Sintavia Announces Partnership with Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation

Agreement includes technical, commercial, and equity aspects centered
on the development of gas path optimization for AM

DAVIE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#3DPrinting–Sintavia, LLC, a leading Tier One metal additive manufacturer, and Taiyo
Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”), a global provider of industrial gases
and related welding solutions to precision industries, announced today
that they had formed a partnership to develop and promote metal additive
manufacturing (“AM”) solutions across key industries. The partnership
involves a technical collaboration to develop and commercialize gas flow
processes that optimize the many benefits of metal additive
manufacturing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but include
co-investment in Sintavia by TNSC.

“Gas flow dynamics are the single most important—and single most
overlooked—aspect of successful quality AM builds,” said Brian R. Neff,
Sintavia’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “In TNSC, we are
partnering with a true leader in industrial gas flow optimization. We
look forward to jointly developing and marketing gas flow solutions that
will benefit our mutual customers and result in superior builds.”

“TNSC has for many years developed proprietary solutions for industrial
welding applications,” said Tadaharu (Ted) Watanabe, TNSC’s General
Manager of Global Business Development. “We are excited to apply these
many years of gas quality control and gas flow experience to the
exciting and growing world of additive manufacturing. Sintavia is at the
forefront of this technology, and is a quality partner for us to do so.
This partnership is also an extension of our overall strategy in the
additive manufacturing market by investing and partnering with market
leading Laser Metal Deposition tool suppliers and metal powder
suppliers.”

The optimization of industrial gas for AM involves perfecting the
chemistry, mix, and flow within the build chamber of each manufacturing
run. Poorly flowed or poorly mixed gas can result in builds that lack
proper mechanical properties, have unacceptable porosity, or a general
lack of fusion. It is expected that the newly announced partnership will
work with existing customers to promote optimized gas flow strategies
that allow for successful end use builds.

About TNSC

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation founded in 1910 and based in Tokyo,
Japan, is a global supplier of industrial gases. TNSC is a "single
source" for industrial, welding and safety supplies, medical, specialty
and electronic gases, gas handling equipment, high performance
purification systems, engineering and gas management services, as well
as on-site gas generation. Its mission is to deliver innovative
solutions that meet global customer requirements. TNSC is one of the
five largest suppliers of industrial, specialty and electronics gases in
the world.

About Sintavia

Sintavia is the global leader for independent metal AM for critical
industries, including Aerospace & Defense, Oil & Natural Gas,
Automotive, and Ground Power Generation. With high-speed printers
co-located alongside precision post processing equipment, a full
complement of mechanical testing equipment, and a full metallurgical and
powder laboratory, Sintavia is able to optimize parameters, serially
manufacture, and audit quality parts for critical industries. Sintavia
is committed to the highest quality standards in the industry, and holds
AS9100, ISO17025, and ANAB accreditation, as well as being OASIS and
ITAR registered.

For more information visit http://www.sintavia.com.

Contacts

Sintavia, LLC
Carolyn N Allan, 954-474-7800
Director of Sales
and Marketing