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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens, Mr. Air, Dafa Cat, Daniel Wu in South China, and Brother Black fly for their left-hand clues delivery! CTOnews.com July 15, Guo Mingyi recently posted a blog post on the Medium platform, saying that after investigating Apple's supply chain, he found that Apple is actively deploying 3D printing technology.

Specifically, it is expected that some of the titanium mechanical parts of the second generation Apple Watch Ultra smartwatch to be launched in the second half of this year will be made from 3D printing.

The complete contents of Guo Mingfu are attached to CTOnews.com as follows:

My latest survey shows that Apple is actively using 3D printing technology, and it is expected that some titanium mechanism parts of 2H23's new Apple Watch Ultra will use 3D printing technology.

Although it still has to go through the CNC process after 3D printing, it is expected to improve the production time and reduce the production cost.

In the supply chain of 3D printers for the production of Apple Watch Ultrta mechanism parts, IPG Photonics is the exclusive supplier of laser / laser components, and the printer suppliers are Huashu Tech and Platte.

If the shipment goes well, I believe that more Apple products will adopt 3D printing technology, which will help improve the production cost and ESG performance of the Apple supply chain, and the above suppliers will also benefit from this new manufacturing trend.

The company profile is as follows:

IPG PhotonicsIPG Photonics is an American manufacturer of fiber lasers. IPG Photonics has developed and commercialized fiber lasers that can be used in a variety of applications, including material processing, medical applications and telecommunications. IPG has manufacturing plants in the United States, Germany, Russia and Italy.

Huashu Hi-Tech Hunan Huashu Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. was established by Dr. Xu Xiaoshu, a famous 3D printing scientist, in Changsha, Hunan Province in October 2009. The company adheres to the concept of "independent innovation and open source sharing", aims at industrial applications to continuously carry out high-quality independent innovation, constantly marches into the breadth and depth of science and technology, continues to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and creation, and has become the leading enterprise in China's increased materials manufacturing industry. On April 17, 2023, Huashu Hi-Tech listed A shares in the initial public offering of Science and Technology Innovation Board on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The stock code is 688433.

Platte is committed to becoming the world's leading provider of augmented technology solutions. The company was founded in July 2011, and officially listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on July 22, 2019, with the securities code: 688333 for short: platinum. Platinum is a national high-tech enterprise, with the national enterprise technology center, and other high-level scientific research platform. By the end of December 2022, the company had about 1400 employees, accounting for 30.23% of the R & D personnel, and applied for 440 independent intellectual property rights related to metal augmentation manufacturing technology.

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