• Strategic partner Baker Hughes deploys Oqton Manufacturing OS as its production solution for additive-driven manufacturing workflow in Houston, Texas
• Enables on-demand additive manufacturing for regulated markets, improves efficiency & enables scalability leveraging power of real-time monitoring
• Provides full factory-floor workflow integration, automation, control, & optimization from part design through inspection and certification
• Facilitates, expedites order management process for end-to-end record control, traceability
• Oqton additive production software catalyzing additive manufacturing use in highly regulated industries — total market for manufacturing operations management software expected to exceed $52 billion by 2032
  

ROCK HILL, S.C., Sept. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD), announced it has achieved a significant milestone in commercializing Oqton Manufacturing OS. This solution is designed to enable on-demand additive manufacturing (AM) in regulated markets by providing full factory-floor workflow integration thus transforming how products are brought to market. Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, is now in full production with Oqton Manufacturing OS in its central manufacturing facilities in Houston, Texas. This marks a significant milestone in the commercial software agreement Baker Hughes entered with Oqton, a wholly owned, independently operated subsidiary of 3D Systems, in March 2023 and reinforces the companies' shared vision to support decentralized manufacturing. The successful implementation of this solution by Baker Hughes demonstrates the Oqton Manufacturing OS' ability to accelerate the design and production of additively manufactured parts across the entire manufacturing workflow to increase efficiency and facilitate regulatory compliance.