DASI Solutions is a SolidWorks and Stratasys retailer and an expert in CAD, CAM, and product design. Firstronic is an electronics manufacturer, making printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) and the like. Together, they might pull off some interesting stuff, as they’ve just signed a three year deal to implement 3D printing to aid Firstronic’s automotive customers.
Not a lot of details are out about the deal, but we know that DASI will join Firstronic, and its customers’ product development teams, giving Firstronic engineers full access to DASI’s 3D printing technology. Fristronic CEO John Sammut had this to say about the deal, “3D printing … is becoming a disruptive technology with the potential to provide competitive advantage to companies who explore ways it can be used to cut lead-time or eliminate design constraints. Our alliance with DASI Solutions gives us access to their technical support labs, which have the widest range of 3D printing capability in Great Lakes Region. Our engineering team will be working with their additive manufacturing technology experts to develop applications which save our customers time and money.”
Co-owner of DASI David Darbyshire added, “It is an exciting time to be involved in additive manufacturing technology because the range of materials and applications is rapidly expanding. We see the alliance with Firstronic’s engineering team as not only an opportunity to educate them on our technology, but also an opportunity for our experts to learn more about their processes and ways additive technology can be used to improve them.”
We’ll have to wait and see what the two companies can accomplish working hand in hand, but electronics manufacturing + 3D printing always inspires exciting results.
Source: Circuits Assembly
