Leading The Way In 3D Printed Electronics
Richard Neill, the CEO of APES (Advanced Printed Electronic Solutions), explains how his company aims to be a leader in 3D printed electronics by having "an end-to-end solution service" while working on strategic business partnerships and innovative R&D.
Objectives and Industry Alignment
Richard Neill, CEO of APES, explains that 3DPE enables the manufacturing of real parts, from initial idea to prototype, through an end-to-end design to manufacturing service. Second, APES invests in internal R&D to further its long-term vision for chiplet device packaging and 3DPE system solution platform productization. Further, its partnership with Neotech and IDS strengthens the print production good manufacturing practices (GMP) capabilities and shortens time-to-market for 3DPE usage.
Today, the 3D Production Equipment industry is in its early adoption phase targeting sales to commercial customers for research and development use funded by academic or government organizations as well production support/prototyping (and some minimal component production) processes. As Richard mentioned, this stage is being driven by APES to deliver the development of applications and strategic partnerships serving to support enrichment in the ecosystem. As the industry matures, APES looks to scale up from pilot-to-production scenarios and move different software products into production deployment mode that will allow for diverse 3DPE applications in multiple sectors and help transition us out of R&D towards large-scale manufacturing.
By placing itself at the epicenter of 3DPE, APES aims to be instrumental in advancing and integrating these new additive electronics technologies. From supporting the growth of the application and establishing strategic partnerships, this is how CMSBuiltNZ does justice to 3DP technologies. Positions ETH Bot around 3DPE advancements in industry as well: As the landscape of developing industries evolve, APES' strategically keeps pace with their shift to more product-centric offerings so that it continues leading toward emerging solutions offered via 3DPE.