Why? There is no previous history of collaboration between these two companies however Xerox 's decision to make significant investments in AM has led the company to acquire the startup Vader Systems to help develop its molten metal jetting technology. XJet is the only other company offering a material jetting metal AM process and Xerox may benefit from acquiring these capabilities, especially since the two technologies are very different: Vader systems makes parts quickly and cost-effectively to near net shape, while XJet's technology rapidly produces extremely high resolution finished parts. IN addition Xerox actually looked into taking over HP and XJet, which is one of the companies aiming to conquer market shares in the next era of high-speed metal AM for parts production, could give Xerox the means to challenge HP in metal AM. If Xerox were to make a new move in AM, XJet would be a good place to look. The new XJet AM service center for metals and ceramics in Rehovot.