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VELO3D Appoints Jon Porter to Lead Expansion of Commercial Operations Throughout Europe
As California-based metal additive manufacturing (AM) leader VELO
3D continues on its accelerated growth path, the company has announced the appointment of Jon Porter to head its commercial operations in Europe. Based in the U.K., Porter will oversee VELO
3D s ongoing expansion efforts into this key strategic region.
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Jon Porter, new head of European commercial operations for VELO3D (Photo: Business Wire)
Porter comes to VELO
3D from Renishaw, where he worked in the business development team of the AM division. While there he was also directly involved with the international organizations (SAE, ASTM and BSI) that are developing new standards for the industrial 3D-printing sector.
Velo3D has formed a U.S.-wide distribution partnership with GoEngineer. GoEngineer will operate as an extension of Velo3D, dedicating resources to educate designers about SupportFree technology, as well as sales and service expertise supporting Velo3D’s complete portfolio including Flow pre-print software, the Sapphire metal AM printer and the Assure quality assurance and control system.
GoEngineer will be Velo3D’s largest distributor in the United States, although Velo3D’s existing sales networks and direct purchase opportunities will remain in place.
“We are pleased to partner with Velo3D to help manufacturing companies across the U.S. produce mission-critical parts for industrial use,” says Ken Clayton, CEO of GoEngineer. “Velo3D delivers breakthrough SupportFree technology for the design and manufacturing of metal parts that are not hindered by geometric constraints nor compromised by part quality. Metal additive manufacturing is an important piece to GoEngineer