Carbon has established a devoted, vertically built-in manufacturing companion in Asia through DDK to fabricate 3D printed bike saddles.
The corporate’s partnership with DDK is the primary of its form for Carbon inside the Asian market. Based in 1970, DDK Group is a world-leading producer of high-performance bicycle saddles.
Collectively, the companions hope to deliver 3D printed saddles to market quicker and at higher scale.
DDK has arrange a facility that brings the additive manufacturing of latticed saddles and closing saddle meeting below one roof. By consolidating every step of the saddle provide chain in a single location, DDK goals to compress buyer time-to-market and unlock the efficiencies that include vertical integration of the provision chain.
Per Carbon, its 3D printing expertise has enabled the manufacturing of almost a million saddles, with demand ‘persevering with to outpace current capability.’ With a Tier 1 contract producer centered solely on saddle manufacturing, nevertheless, the corporate believes it’s making a ‘essential step’ in the direction of assembly the demand.
“Bringing DDK on-line as the primary Tier 1 provider devoted to printing saddles on the Carbon platform is a defining second for the class,” mentioned Phil DeSimone, Chief Government Officer, Carbon. “3D-printed saddles are not a flagship novelty — they are a must-have in model portfolios, and our clients want companions who can ship them at scale, in the best geographies, with the best capabilities. DDK opens the door to a quicker path from design to rider, and brings 3D-printed efficiency inside attain of a a lot wider vary of riders, budgets, and talent ranges.”