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With our years of experience and innovative solutions, we take your business a step ahead.

1ST

in the industry with multi-laser machines

16 YEARS

since the first industrial selective laser melting machine installation

100%

focus on metal additive manufacturing and alloy development

>900

SLM® machines installed and trusted by our global blue-chip customer base

A COLLECTIVE HISTORY OF PUSHING THE LIMITS
The road to Nikon SLM Solutions
Nikon
1910s - 50s
1917
Nikon founded as Nippon Kogaku K.K.
1927
Began mass optical glass production
1948
Launched “Nikon 1” camera
SLM
1960s - 70s
MCP Group's prototype tooling tech, precursor to SLM Solutions
Nikon
1970s - 2000s
1971
Photomic FTN used on Apollo 19
1980
Released NSR-1010G VLSI Stepper
1981
NASA-spec Nikon F3 on Space Shuttle
1986
Marketed NSR-L7501G LED system
1995
Introduced NEXIV CNC video system
1995
World's first KrF < 0.25 um IC scanner
SLM
1990s - 2000s
1996
Co-invention of Selective Laser Melting
Nikon
2000s
2000
FX-21S LCD scanner released
2006
Debuted NSR-S609B immersion scanner
2007
Nikon NASA D2XS used in space mission
SLM
2000s - 2010s
2003
Debut of fiber-laser based SLM®250
2006
Compact SLM®100 launch; Aluminum & titanium processing
2008
MCP-HEK becomes MTT Technologies
2009
SLM®250 Mid-Size Machine release
2010
MTT Technologies rebrands as SLM Solutions GmbH
2011
SLM®125 and SLM®280 launches
2013
Multi-laser SLM®500 with auto powder handling
2014
SLM Solutions Group AG list on Frankfurt Exchange
2016
SLM®280 2.0 with Gas Flow Upgrade
2018
New HQ & production facility in Lübeck
2019
SLM®800 & SLM®280 Production Series release
Nikon
2010s
2017
NASA orders 53 Nikon DS for ISS
2019
Launched Lasermeister 100A
SLM
2020s
2020
NXG XII 600, first 12-laser system, launched
2021
Introduction of Free Float
2022
Nikon acquisition; Announced NXG 600E & Ultra-Large Part| Concept
2023
Adira AddCreative tech acquisition
Nikon
2020s
2021
Introduced Lasermeister 102A
2023
Founded Nikon Advanced Mfg. in U.S.
2023
Marketed VOXLS 40 C 450 X-ray/CT
2023
Acquired Avonix Imaging for X-ray Collinine


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