Velo3D, Inc. (NYSE: VLD) has appointed Dr. Adrian Kepplerto to its Board of Administrators. Dr. Keppler has spent greater than 15 years as a C-level govt within the additive manufacturing trade, together with an 11-year stint at Velo3D direct competitor and present metallic AM {hardware} market chief EOS (which noticed him rise to the function of CEO). His expertise and management within the trade will assist Velo3D improve the adoption of its absolutely built-in resolution in Europe and all over the world.
“Dr. Keppler has a wealth of data and connections within the additive manufacturing trade and his expertise will show invaluable as Velo3D goals to change into the most important producer of laser powder mattress fusion methods on the earth,” stated Benny Buller, Velo3D Founder and CEO. “Our workforce at Velo3D continues to see rising adoption of our resolution in Europe, and with the addition of Dr. Keppler, who has spent his profession constructing the additive manufacturing trade within the area, to the Board of Administrators, I consider we are able to drastically speed up that progress by counting on his expertise within the area.”
Dr. Adrian Keppler is at present the Founder and CEO of AM Scalation, an additive manufacturing consulting firm that’s centered on serving to OEMs, contract producers, and finish customers scale the manufacturing of components produced by means of 3D printing. As well as, he’s Senior Advisor for Digital Manufacturing at H&Z, a number one Administration Consultancy in Europe. Previous to that, he held a number of positions at EOS, a world supplier of 3D printing options. Over his tenure on the Germany-headquartered firm, he served as managing director, CEO, and CMO. He additionally held positions at Siemens AG the place he was chargeable for €400 million in income, main a workforce of greater than 250 consultants.
“Since coming to market in 2019, Velo3D has been a frontrunner within the additive manufacturing trade and has drastically influenced the trade’s transfer to bigger methods that may obtain high-volume, scalable manufacturing of mission-critical components,” stated Dr. Keppler. “I stay up for supporting the corporate in its mission of serving to clients simply produce the components they want utilizing additive manufacturing expertise and scaling the manufacturing of these components throughout a number of printers.”
Along with his present function at AM Scalation and H&Z, Dr. Adrian Keppler additionally serves on the advisory boards of Incus GmbH, a 3D printer producer; AM-Circulation, a supplier of end-to-end automation for 3D-printing factories; and Roboze, an industrial 3D printer producer. He’s additionally an advisor to PartsCloud GmbH, a supplier of cloud-based logistics for spare components, and a member of the board of administrators of Solar Metalon, Inc., a expertise supplier for metallic recycling and high-speed metallic 3D printing options.
