Nikon SLM Solutions

Nikon SLM Solutions AG is a provider of integrated metal additive manufacturing systems headquartered in Luebeck, Germany. The company is a co-inventor of the selective laser melting (SLM) process and has focused on metal additive manufacturing and alloy development since the first industrial SLM machine installation. It is part of the Nikon group, whose history runs from its founding as Nippon Kogaku K.K. through cameras used on Apollo and Space Shuttle missions to NEXIV measuring systems and X-ray and CT inspection.

Machines

• NXG XII 600, the first 12-laser system, and the NXG 600E
• SLM 800, SLM 500 multi-laser machine with automated powder handling, and the SLM 280 2.0 and SLM 280 Production Series
• Earlier systems including the fibre-laser SLM 250 and the compact SLM 100 for aluminium and titanium

Services

The company supports customers from business case through pre-delivery, initial operation and low-rate initial production to full-rate production. It offers application centres, custom training at its sites or the customer's facility, operator training for SLM systems, consulting on component design and parameter development, and a network of qualified additive service centres for part production.

Customers and history

Testimonials on the site come from GKN Aerospace and Permanova, Rolls-Royce, which uses the company's quad-laser machines for additive layer manufacturing, and Honeywell, which is qualifying parameter sets on the latest technology. A recent case describes a 3D-printed component that cut data centre cooling energy and beat its performance target by 50 percent. Milestones include the rebranding of MTT Technologies as SLM Solutions GmbH, the listing of SLM Solutions Group AG on the Frankfurt stock exchange, a new headquarters and production facility in Luebeck, and the company's integration into Nikon, which also founded Nikon Advanced Manufacturing in the United States.

Events

Nikon SLM Solutions is listed as an exhibitor at Euronaval 2026, Space Tech Expo USA 2027, DSEI UK 2027 and the Paris Air Show 2027.

Contact

Nikon SLM Solutions is listed under Manufacturers and is based in Lübeck, Germany.
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