New Balance 3d Printing
3d printing offers the freedom to affordably produce complex customized structures.
New balance 3d printing. The first shoes from the triplecell launch are available today with another design coming in september. 05 2017 at the digital factory manufacturing conference today global athletic leader new balance announced it is working with 3d printing powerhouse formlabs to bring 3d printing to large scale massachusetts based footwear manufacturing. Our unique position as. It keeps manufacturing in the united states.
Download the case study a material made for the future. New balances new release of the 990 sport running shoe has a 3d printed piece in the heel. One of the first companies on board was new balance. The 990 sport available now for 185 will be joined on september 15th by the 175 fuelcell echo.
New balance understood this potential but needed a way to move the technology from prototyping into production at scaleand find a material suitable for end use in footwear. Global athletic leader new balance is proud to announce a significant advancement in the use of 3d printing to customize high performance products for athletes. 3d printing is changing. 3d printing has other benefits besides personalization.
New balance is at the forefront of 3d printing and has been utilizing this exciting and innovative technology to customize product for our athletes for a number of years. Boston based sportswear giant new balance has showcased a keen interest in 3d printing technologies since as far back as 2016 when it unveiled the zante generate shoe with a 3d printed midsolethe first 3d printed sneaker to become commercially available though in extremely limited quantities. New balance is launching a new platform that will utilize 3d printing technology from formlabs that the company says will be closer to performance cushioning than ever before. The boston founded company first unveiled its zante generate shoe with 3d printed midsole in partnership with 3d systems in 2016 and has since formed a manufacturing partnership with fellow boston based 3d printing company formlabs.
When in 2017 new balance announced a partnership with formlabs to develop high performance materials hardware and process for athletic footwear it was clear its intentions were to keep.