
About

Accelerator of innovation
SAM XL was founded in 2018 as an expertise centre for Smart Advanced Manufacturing with the aid of XL robotics, hence our name: SAM XL. We envision speeding up towards a climate neutral society through collaboration and innovation for product development and manufacturing within Europe. Having 'aerospace' in our DNA, we believe that the unimaginable can be achieved when human and machine collaborate to push boundaries. We strive to maximize the synergy between skilled professionals and intelligent manufacturing systems for producing, joining and inspecting composite and light-metal structures. Our pragmatic approach to achieve this: small steps, big impact.
Team

Rinze Benedictus
Interim CEO

Aashish Vatsyayan
Robotics Software Engineer

Berthil Grashof
System Integrator and Robot Safety Expert

Eugenio Bernardi
Robotics Engineer

Shanti Verschoor
Student Assistant Robotics

Nadia Haifi
Communication

Dick Bolk
COO

Abhas Choudhary
Materials & Process Engineer

Bram Jongbloed
Materials & Process Engineer

Kate Twiss
Robotics Software Engineer

Sungi Han
Additive Manufacturing Engineer

Joris Koopman
Assistant Communication & FM

Eveline van Kan
Business Controller

André Florindo
Automated Manufacturing Engineer

Danning Zhao
Intern Robotics Software Engineering

Meldon Clark
Mechatronics Engineer

Syrine Zbidi
Software Automation Engineer

Pleun de Goede
Assistant Communication & FM

Heleen Woldhuis
Event & Management Assistant

Aydin van den Bergh
Business Developer

Dave Kroezen
Software Engineer

Menno Verkade
Education and Research Technician

Timo Westerveld
Graduate Intern Ultrasonic Welding
Board
Experts
CADC program
SAM XL is the outcome of the Composite Automation Development Program (CADC), which is funded via the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD): “Composite Automation Development Centre – A programme to build, use and grow a Fieldlab for smart composite manufacturing technologies”.
The CADC consortium comprises TU Delft, Fokker-GKN, Airborne, Airbus Defence & Space Netherlands, Suzlon, TNO, GTM Advanced Materials and KVE.
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