Investor Presentaiton

Key hurdles to industrialization are being cleared SLM SOLUTIONS Cost Per Part Reliability of Machines * Machine reliability not yet on required level for large scale production Number of Skilled Operators * Customers often lacking sufficient skilled AM machine operators * Specialized diplomas having only become available in the last few years Certification of AM Parts × Certification for new AM- produced parts taking longer than expected * Business cases with beneficial economics especially in aerospace delayed due to missing certification of parts * Productivity not yet competitive with conventional casting manufacturing for large scale production * AM already with cost advantages on smaller scale production Moving from niche market to serial production driving machine reliability improvements Recent graduates already well versed in AM and OEMS offer trainings and webinars on large scale Industries working on standards and certification processes, localization policies to accelerate adoption NextGen machines with significant productivity increase making AM extremely cost competitive 11

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