法国3D打印机制造商和服务提供商Prodways Group(PWG) has expanded on its audiology offering via the acquisition ofAuditech创新。
Through taking control of the firm, Prodways anticipates being able to “accelerate the growth” of its custom hearing aid business, which it believes to have “strong development potential.” Due to the complementary nature of the companies’ portfolios, Prodways also expects its new acquisition to benefit from its 3D printing expertise, in a way that could help broaden the technology’s clinical adoption.
超越牙齿3D打印？
之前GroupeGorgé的旋转2021年，Prodways建立了选择性激光烧结（SLS）和数字光处理（DLP）投资组合，该产品在牙科市场中获得了重大吸引力。去年，该公司收到了美国客户的合同3D打印到一百万个牙科对准器每年是其迄今为止最大的订单，看到它总共出售了八个动机DLP系统。
随着业务的继续扩展，generating 37% more revenue in Q1 2022than it had a year earlier, Prodways has increasingly begun to look at acquisition opportunities. In July 2021, its then-parent firmGroupeGorgé购买了Creabis，一个3D打印局自集成以来就开始产生交叉订单。
早在2017年，Prodways也获得了Interson-Protac的75％股份before两年后购买Surdifuse-l’embout，，，，to expand into the 3D printing of hearing aids and ear protection gear. Having absorbed the two entities, which generate €10 million in annual revenue, into its business, the firm says it has proven its ability to “integrate companies effectively” and identify “operational synergies.”
进一步扩展到听力学
Auditech Innovations总部位于法国北部，是听力产品的开发商，旨在帮助在嘈杂环境中运营的公司为员工提供听力保护。目前，该公司的投资组合包括Earpro，，，，Eartech和AI过滤器，每个滤镜都被设计为取消不同的频率和声音水平，从环境噪声到响亮的尖峰。
Auditech Innovations通过法国合作伙伴和姊妹品牌网络提供了在各个行业运营的300,000多名用户的不同基础。通过该模型，该公司在2021年产生了约300万欧元的销售，并获得了与Prodways本身相似的运营利润率，但人们认为现在可以通过与新的母公司合作扩大其运营。
In particular, Auditech Innovations is set to benefit from Prodways’ experience in using digital manufacturing across the audiology workflow from impression to part production. It’s also understood that Auditech Innovations will now deploy 3D printing within its operations at a far greater scale, enabling it to create high-performance hearing protection that’s adapted to the morphology of each user.
合并公司也有望产生运营协同作用。公司的分销商网络的组合不仅设置为扩展Prodways的可访问客户群，而且还应允许他们一起订购材料，从而提高其盈利能力。前进，Prodways最终认为其收购将“加强其在有吸引力的高增值市场中的地位”。
Am An Ausiology：一个前进领域
Prodways可能已成为听力学3D印刷的早期领导者之一，但该技术仍处于相对较早的开发阶段，因为它仍然是密集的研发的主题。在University College London（UCL），研究人员试图发展3D印刷抗菌助听器，能够在长期使用后防止耳朵感染形成。
In the past,3DP4ME和全球听力还试图筹集200,000美元3D印刷助听器模具to the Middle East. Using any funding raised, the organizations aimed to visit patients in their homes, villages and refugee camps to collect data, before going on to SLA 3D print and deliver the noise-canceling devices directly to them.
在其他地方，在更商业层面，快速形状有launched its own range of hearing aid 3D printers。这些系统由Studio-line HA20 II，HA30 II和HA40 II组成，旨在使听力学设备的快速生产。
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特色图片显示Auditech Innovations的EarPro听力保护设备。通过Auditech创新图像。
