Allied Glass Containers has invested in a new 3D printer to offer its customers the opportunity to create a prototype bottle from scratch in a few hours.
Luxury glass packaging manufacturer Allied becomes the first glass packaging company in the UK to make available 3D printing as part of its design service.
According to the company, the technology gives the its team of creative designers the ability to go from a flat screen to an actual, physical bottle.
Allied Glass product design engineer Steve Glover says: “The acquisition of our new 3D printer allows our team to bring our design ideas to life, physical prototypes allowing investigation and interaction with the product.
“So before a bottle is produced our customers can touch it, feel it, turn it and look inside it.” In essence, Glover adds, they can “react emotionally to it” and evaluate it fully.
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