3D printer wins German innovation award

Plastic 3D printing company BigRep has been named a winner of the German Innovation Award 2018.
Plastic 3D printing company BigRep has been named a winner of the German Innovation Award 2018.

Plastic 3D printing company BigRep has been named a winner of the German Innovation Award 2018, for its large-scale 3D printing machine called the BigRep STUDIO.

The German Innovation Award is run by the German Design Council. BigRep says that the STUDIO is the only large-scale industrial 3D printer to win a German Innovation Award in 2018. It has a print volume of 1000 mm x 500 mm x 500 mm that enables continuous printing of large objects.

The company was nominated for the German Brand Award 2018, in the category of product brand of the year, with a special mention in the machinery and electronics category.

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