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HP Inc. opened the doors to its new 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Barcelona Spain one of the worlds largest and most advanced research and development facilities for the next-generation technologies powering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The new Center brings together hundreds of the worlds leading additive manufacturing experts in more than 150000 square feet of cutting-edge innovation space about the size of three football fields to transform the way the world designs and manufactures. The 3 acre facility at HPs Barcelona campus is dedicated to the development of HPs industrial 3D printing portfolio and provides a large-scale factory environment to collaborate with customers and partners on the digital manufacturing technologies revolutionizing their industries.HPs new 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence is one of the largest and most advanced 3D printing and digital manufacturing research and development centers on earth it truly embodies our mission to transform the worlds biggest industries through sustainable technological innovation said Christoph Schell President of 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing at HP Inc. We are bringing HPs substantial resources and peerless industrial 3D printing expertise together with our customers partners and community to drive the technologies and skills that will further unleash the benefits of digital manufacturing.The new Center of Excellence unites hundreds of experts in systems engineering data intelligence software materials science design and 3D printing and digital manufacturing applications in what is believed to be the worlds largest population of additive manufacturing specialists in one location. Specifically designed for active collaboration across HP engineering and RD groups customers and partners the new facility integrates flexible and interactive layouts co-development environments and fleets of the latest HP plastics and metals 3D production systems to drive more rapid and agile product development and end-to-end solutions for customers. Leaders such as BASF GKN Metallurgy Siemens Volkswagen and others across the automotive industrial healthcare and consumer goods sectors will continue collaborating with HP on new 3D printing and digital manufacturing innovations at the Center.The 3D Printing and Digital Manufacturing Center of Excellence also reflects HPs commitment to the environment by incorporating a photovoltaic canopy to provide 110kW of power rain water reuse for irrigation and sanitary purposes HVAC and natural light optimization and eco-friendly construction materials with a goal of achieving a LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification. At a company level HPs goal is to use 100 renewable energy in its global operations over time with a target of 60 by 2025.HPs investment in the new Barcelona Center creates one of the largest 3D printing and digital manufacturing research and development facilities in the world. It significantly expands HPs global 3D printing and digital manufacturing footprint and enhances existing innovation locations in Corvallis Oregon Palo Alto California San Diego California Vancouver Washington Barcelona Spain and Singapore where HP recently launched a groundbreaking collaboration with Nanyang Technological University NTU and the Singapore National Research Foundation NRF to drive 3D printing artificial intelligence machine learning materials and applications and cybersecurity innovations.