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Digitalization Partnership: How GKN Established a Digital Platform with 3YD to Realize the Disruptive Potential of Metal Additive Manufacturing

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Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Josh Norman who helped to build InstAMetal and gave us valuable contributions.

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  1. EIT ICT Labs Germany GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Klaus Wildhirt, Claudius Seidel & Udo Bub

  2. Eötvös Loránd University Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

    Udo Bub

  3. GKN Sinter Metals Engineering GmbH, Radevormwald, Germany

    Markus Josten

  4. 3YOURMIND GmbH, Berlin, Germany

    Stephan Kühr

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Wildhirt, K., Seidel, C., Bub, U., Josten, M., Kühr, S. (2019). Digitalization Partnership: How GKN Established a Digital Platform with 3YD to Realize the Disruptive Potential of Metal Additive Manufacturing. In: Urbach, N., Röglinger, M. (eds) Digitalization Cases. Management for Professionals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95273-4_8

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