Yizumi "3D printer" SpaceA wins SPE Award for automotive innovation

The Society of Plastics Engineers Central Europe has held its traditional Automotive Awards in Neuss, Germany in November. Yizumi takes home the third place in the Enabler Technology category. This the first time Yizumi has won the SPE award.

（Presentation of the SPE Award for Enabler Technology: left Richard Yan, CEO of Yizumi, 2nd from left Nicolai Lammert, Head of Additive Manufacturing at Yizumi）

The award-winning product is: SpaceA – the extrusion-based additive manufacturing process from Yizumi Germany GmbH, a subsidiary of the Chinese machinery manufacturer Yizumi. The process enables a combination of additive and subtractive production on an automated and scalable basis. For the first time, SpaceA stands out one of the many additive processes in the well-known field of prototype production and thus has potential for mass production.

The SpaceA product family have made live demonstration at Formnext 2019, as well as K 2019, attracting great interests from the plastics industry, especially the injection molders. "In particular, the integration of SpaceA into the production lines within the injection molding industry played a major role in the technical discussions," said Nicolai Lammert, Head of Additive manufacturing at Yizumi.

(SpaceA at Formnext 2019)

The SPE Automotive Award focuses strongly on new, innovative plastic components. Outstanding developments of plastic parts for vehicle construction are submitted into follwing categories: Interiors, Exterior, Powertrain and Structural Component, Enabler Technology etc. Jurors from all areas of plastics technology and vehicle construction judge each part according to specified criteria. The next SPE CE Automotive Award Night will take place in Neuss on Nov. 30, 2020.