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41 www.smart-molding.com additive manufacturing of such prominent investors, who have a strong experience in scaling startups and bring the strategic expertise to internationalize our business in an efficient way," says Dr. Henrike Wonneberger, co-founder of Replique. "We look forward to working closely together to achieve our goal of becoming the world’s greatest digital inventory for on-demand parts." Replique is already the fifth startup to spin off from Chemovator. Despite becoming an independent company, Replique maintains a close relationship with BASF as a customer as well as its subsidiary BASF 3D Printing Solutions, one of Replique’s trusted material partners, and the whole BASF network. Markus Bold, Managing Director of Chemovator concludes: “We look forward toworking together to continue Replique's path to success." Replique as the one-stop shop for on-demand parts The team around co-founders Dr. Henrike Wonneberger and Dr. Max Siebert offers an industrial 3D printing platform that enables OEMs to store parts digitally. Those parts are provided on demand to customers via a network of more than 80 trusted and certified print farms around the globe. The secure platform is easily integrable into existing business landscapes such as ERP systems and webshops. This enables B2B businesses such as Alstom to leverage 3D printing in a smooth seamless supply chain process and B2C businesses like Miele and Siena Garden to offer 3D-printed parts to their customers. Max Siebert, co-founder of Replique comments: "Our platform is designed to bring part management into the 21st century, and our approach has already proven its worth. We're excited to build on this momentum with the support of our new investors and partners." Replique is now focused on expanding its reach and acquire new customers in various industries. With the proceeds, Replique plans to enhance the platform's development with new features, as well as invest in human resources. About Replique GmbH Replique GmbH provides a secure digital manufacturing platform that enables OEMs to provide parts on- demand to their customers through a global and decentralized 3D printing network of more than 75 facilities. As an end-to-end solution, Replique supports its customers along the entire value chain, including design, technology and material selection, as well as digital warehousing. The solution easily integrates into the existing system landscape (e.g. ERP systems, e-commerce), and is already used by several OEM, such as Alstom and Miele. Replique was founded by BASF employees from the fields of material science and digitization. About Chemovator GmbH Chemovator i s the bus i nes s incubator of BASF. Complementary to the existing innovation landscape of BASF, Chemovator offers a protected space to test new business ideas, products or innovative services and turn them into investable and scalable business models. The wholly-owned group company within BASF SE was founded in 2018 and is located in Mannheim. He r e , Chemova t o r o f f e r s a n unconventional startup environment with plenty of space for creativity. From early validation to successful commercialization, all Venture Teams receive support from experienced entrepreneurs and investors, who have built startups and new businesses from scratch. Their support ranks from coaching over mentoring to providing extended network opportunities. BASF www.basf.com Replique сo-founders (all photos source: BASF)