With the assistance of Rosatom, the first Additive Technology Center outside Russia has been inaugurated in Belarus. The initiative is a joint venture between Rosatom and the Belarusian company H-Holding.
A group of Bangladeshi journalists visited Rosatom’s headquarters, where they were briefed on this advanced technology on September 24.
Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev described additive manufacturing as a breakthrough in the world of production technology.
He said, “Additive manufacturing introduces a new era in global technology. Unlike traditional manufacturing, 3D printing allows us to produce complex shapes and customized products very quickly. It is both cost-efficient and waste-free.”
He further added, “All the equipment used in this Additive Technology Center is domestically developed — more than half of it produced by Rosatom itself. I firmly believe this center will soon begin exporting its products to international markets.”
Currently, Rosatom operates three similar centers within its enterprises and seven general-access centers across various Russian educational institutions.
The Belarus center includes sand–polymer mold 3D printers and 3D scanners for casting and design replication. By combining 3D scanning and 3D printing, the facility can produce unique models according to customer specifications and also perform reverse engineering.
The newly established center in Belarus will have the capacity to produce up to 1.5 tons of metal products, 3 tons of sand–polymer molds, and 100 kilograms of engineering-grade plastic products annually. It will also develop small-scale metal printers, which are currently in high demand across medical, research, and educational institutions.
Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is a process that creates objects layer by layer from a digital design. Unlike conventional methods that carve out materials from solid blocks, this technique adds material only where needed, minimizing waste while enabling the production of intricate designs. The technology is now widely used in aerospace, healthcare, and manufacturing industries around the world.
