Since its inception in February 2019, the3DFactory Incubatorhas welcomed over 46 companies into its Barcelona center, more than double its initial target of 20 companies per year. The incubator has also increased its floor space by 40 percent to 1,000 squared meters.
The 3DFactory Incubator is located at theConsorci de la Zona Franco de Barcelona(CZFB) headquarters and led in partnership with theLeitat Technology Center, a technical institute promoting research, development, and technological innovation. The incubator aims to facilitate the business take-off of initiatives through the provision of 3D printing services and consultancy, among other things.
“在将近两年的时间里，所有期望都超出了，这是设施的扩展，这些设施不仅注定要容纳更多的设备和扩展实验室，而且主要是为了容纳更多有兴趣拥有自己办公室的公司Leitat首席执行官兼执行副总裁Joan Parra说。
The 3DFactory Incubator
Deemed the first European high-tech 3D printing incubator, the center is aiming to host 100 companies during its first five years. The incubator is equipped with nine 3D printers that can facilitate up to seven different technologies, in addition to post-processing and quality control equipment, and design software.
孵化区设有办公室，共同工作区和设计空间以及生产和后处理区域，其目标是促进初创企业，中小型企业和微型公司的增材制造项目的增长。雷电竞充值提供整个价值链的服务，从业务咨询，原型制造和3D印刷零件的制造到测试，认证和市场发布支持。
The 3DFactory Incubator’s 3D printers facilitate plastic and resin production, and this is set to be broadened in the “near future”. The incubated companies hail from a wide variety of sectors, including health, robotics, mobility, consulting, and consumer goods, amongst others.
18 months afterthe official opening of the incubator, its facility size is almost doubling from 600 square meters to 1,000 as a result of the interest aroused by the center’s first 42 projects. Part of the facility expansion involves the addition of the HP Jet Fusion 3D 4200 Processing Station, which will be used for processing parts printed with flexible TPU. In addition, the incubator will have graphite equipment, surface cleaning and treatment, and dyeing equipment.
惠普previously chose Barcelona as the location of its 150,000 square feet3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence. Meanwhile, the likes of German 3D printing software developer3YOURMINDhavepartially located their core teamsto the 3DFactory Incubator in a bid to strengthen their offering within Spain’s growing 3D printing market.
Special delegate of the State in the CZBF, Pere Navarro, emphasized “the importance of the 3DFactory Incubator as an initiative to position the city of Barcelona as a pole of attraction for companies around the world that want to bet on the industry 4.0.”
He continued: “It is a great satisfaction for the entity to see the great reception that the project has had and we are convinced that this expansion will help us reach the objective of 100 companies incubated in 2024.”
DFACTORY 4.0的更大局面
3DFactory孵化器构成了CZFB和Leitat的一个更大项目的一部分，名为Dfactory 4.0。为了将巴塞罗那定位为南欧4.0经济体的创新中心，Dfactory 4.0将获得1亿欧元的投资，并提供超过100,000平方米的设施空间。
The first phase of the project will be inaugurated in 2021 with 17,000 square meters of office space, laboratories, and incubation zones. The center hopes to attract talent and investment from companies around the globe seeking to grow and undertake Industry 4.0-related activities.
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Featured image showsthe 3DFactory Incubator has exceeded all initial expectations and currently has 42 incubated companies. Image via 3DFactory Incubator.
