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Underwater electricity storage

How 3D-printed spherical storage systems are helping to advance the energy transition

Looking back on Formnext 2024 (Part 02)

New user industries and new competitors gaining footholds

Guest article Metal AM magazine

Metal AM in the aerospace sector: from early successes to the transformation of an industry

Guest article on AM for the medical and dental industry

Higher efficiency and shorter chair time

Formnext 2024 in review (Part 01)

Many new applications and innovations – and plenty of pragmatic optimism

Recycling of carbon fiber reinforced polymer

“Reducing CO2 at zero cost”

Formnext Messepremieren – neueste News

AM systems, materials and software: the latest innovations and product unveilings set for Formnext 2024

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024: QA and service providers

AM expertise, certifications and high-precision measuring systems

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024: Ancillary process systems

A wide range of impressive innovations in post-processing

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024

Innovations in plastic materials for 3D printing: focus on sustainability and higher performance

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024

New powders for Additive Manufacturing with special properties

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024

Equipment for AM systems: when the details make the difference

Market report Additive Manufacturing

A Mixed Picture – But Positive on the Whole

Interview on the current state of the Additive Manufacturing market

“The good long-term prospects are not at risk”

Interview on the current state of the Additive Manufacturing market

“More confident than the average”

Opinion on the current state of additive manufacturing

Big difference between prototyping and series production

Interview on the current state of the Additive Manufacturing market

“There is no reason for pessimism”

Interview on the current state of the Additive Manufacturing market

“It is positive that dubious participants have left the table”

Additive Manufacturing and Artificial Intelligence

The next hype cycle?

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024 in the software sector

Software innovations facilitate automation, more efficient AM production

New additive applications at Formnext 2024

New AM applications in medicine, aerospace and plant engineering

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024 in the hardware sector (polymers and ceramics)

AM systems for polymers and ceramics: productivity and specialized applications

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2024 in the hardware sector (metals)

AM systems for metals: Innovations at Formnext 2024 targeting enhanced cost-effectiveness

Guest article 3D Adept

Download the September/October edition of 3D ADEPT Mag

Advertorial Heygears

Innovating the future

Advertorial Exentis

Genuine large-scale production meets design freedom

Advertorial Carbon

Carbon empowers businesses through vertical integration

Bosch Advanced Ceramics

Efficient production of intricate ceramics

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 04 2024

Sustainability, creativity and cost efficiency

Guest article VoxelMatters

The world’s largest AM service providers

Trends in Additive Manufacturing

“Don't view it as an isolated stand-alone solution”

AM in medical technology

Between certification and the operating table

AM in medical and dentistry at a glance

Growing strong with dental aligners, and cranial implants

Partner country Australia - market report

Key technology of national interest

Partner country Australia: Conflux

Exotic designs for a market worth billions

Partner country Australia: Additive Assurance

Large components with micron-level accuracy

AM and sustainability

A question of energy and how it’s used

Outside the box

Revolutionary – like Bach

Automotive

Surface finishing at the refactory

AM in medical technology

The unsung heroes

New AM systems

More than 60 percent faster

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 03 2024

A question of perspective

Partner country Australia: Visionware3D

Speeding up the development of 3D printers

Partner country Australia: University of South Australia

EBM printers for the aerospace industry

Partner country Australia: Titomic

Better access to the US market

Sports industry

3D-printing cycling shoes from a quantity of one

The AM highlight as a boost for your company: Focus on initial contacts, business, and concrete project discussions

McDonald's develops a 3D-printed interior design

Just the right lighting for burgers and fries

3D-printed clamping blocks made from meteorite dust

Inspiration for the smallest space enthusiasts

Aircraft construction

No longer worth the weight

3D printing of Magnesium

High potential for lightweight construction

Tool and die making

How 3D printing optimizes machining

Aviation and aerospace

Multi-material nozzle ensures better cooling in rocket engine

Formnext Chicago

A kick-off in stormy times

Service providers and automation

Beyond sorting and post-processing

AM in toolmaking

Light factory achieves shorter process chain

Digitalization and medical technology with the spirit of a pioneer

“More impressive than a 3D-printed rocket engine”

How Unilever and Serioplast are using 3D printing to create new bottle designs

More innovations for a fast-moving world

BMW Group testing WAAM process

Lower emissions than die casting

AM Startups and funding

The end of over-promising

Fraunhofer IWU researching sustainable raw materials for 3D printing

Rich sounds from mushroom casings

European Court of Justice rules on norms and standards

"Wait and see what the practical implementation looks like"

Legor continues to expand its 3D Metal Hub

Fine printing for jewelry and fashion

Ongoing upswing in the AM sector

Double-digit growth despite consolidation

Nikon introduces new DED system and scanner

Faster repair of turbine blades

Outside the box

A path to success – or perhaps a dead end?

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 02 2024

Having the leg up on the competition in times of economic uncertainty

AM in the packaging industry

Increased efficiency in the production of bottles and cans

New opportunities for product designers

„I'm very happy that I took this step”

AM in medical technology

High-tech for big toes

Exhibition review Formnext 2023

Celebrated innovations

New AM technology for metal parts

Drops instead of laser and powder

Exhibition review Formnext 2023

New momentum thanks to tiny components

Focus: developing special materials

A Long and winding road

3D printing for shipbuilding and other marine applications is picking up steam

Improving the operational readiness of ships

Eastern Europe

Double-digit growth between the danube and the mediterranean

Exhibition review Formnext 2023

Concrete draws a crowd

Exhibition review Formnext 2023

New machines to meet growing demand for AM parts

Outside the box

Grapes worth waiting for

3D printing meets art

Somewhere between paintings and obj files

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 01 2024

A place to call home in a multipolar world

German aerospace start-up relies on additive manufacturing

3D-printed engine components for the trip to the moon

Guest article 3D Printing Industry

3D Printing Industry Awards 2023: Who leads the 3D printing industry?

MAN Truck & Bus embraces 3D printing for spare part production

Bronze manifolds for a marine engine

The trends at Formnext 2023

A focus on economic efficiency and applications

Guest article Metal AM

Metal AM in the aerospace sector: from early successes to the transformation of an industry

Largest 3D-printed boat in the Guinness Book of Records

Water taxi breaks records

Guest article VoxelMatters

VoxelMatters’ new metal AM market report is now available for pre-order

Swedish POC Titan 3D prints lightweight titanium sunglasses for cycling

Tested at the Giro d'Italia

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2023 in the hardware sector (polymers)

An array of new printing technologies using various materials

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2023 in the hardware sector (metals)

Plenty of tonnage, plenty of cost efficiency

Additive Manufacturing and sustainability

Potential for green applications still underestimated

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2023 in hardware sector of other materials

Ceramic innovations and different applications of nano-printing

Guest article 3DPrint.com

3D Printing in India: Tracing the Journey and Envisioning the Future

The Service Provider Marketplace at Formnext 2023

Lucrative business opportunities beyond prototypes and components

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2023 in the materials sector

New medical applications, higher printing speeds

Guest article PM Review

Outokumpu: Bringing a new dimension to Additive Manufacturing with stainless steel powders

Guest article 3D Printing Industry

3D Printing Industry Awards 2023 - Finalists Announced, Vote Now!

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2023 in the postprocessing sector

From smoothing to coloring to testing

The Art Space special show will premiere at Formnext 2023

Brains, 190 Hands, and a Monster of Consumption

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 04 2023

A sneak preview of innovation

Advertorial: Grenzebach is making AM processes fit for series production

Intelligent automation of post-processing

Guest article PIM International

Additive Screen Printing: Industrialised AM technology for metals, ceramics and beyond from Exentis Group AG.

Guest article VoxelMatters

VoxelMatters Market Report on Technical Ceramics 3D Printing

Guest article 3D Printing Industry

3D Printing Industry Awards 2023 Nominations now Open

AM in the casting industry

„Making casting cool again“

Market Report on the United Arab Emirates

An El Dorado of AM on the Persian Gulf

Nordic partner region: Ossiform from Denmark

Natural Bone Replacements from a 3D Printer

Nordic partner region: WOHN from Denmark

Drawing a bead on the traditional construction industry

Nordic partner region: Create it Real from Denmark

From slicers to foamed soles

Nordic partner region: AM North

3D Printing Among Reindeer and Polar Bears

Nordic partner region: Danfoss

From training to highly optimized components

3DStep from Finland

Developing the additive imagination

Nordic partner region: AM Efficiency

Sailboats and sintered parts

Outside the box

When Supply Chain Problems Are a Matter of Taste

Partnerregion Nordic: Study on the sustainability of AM

Process Parameters Significantly Reduce Carbon Footprint

Partner Region Nordic: Denmark Market Report

Claiming global leadership in sustainability

Partner Region Nordic: Finland Market Report

A small country with a strong AM industry

Partner Region Nordic: Norway Market Report

From DED innovation to digital inventory

Partner Region Nordic: Sweden Market Report

From metal powders to a rocking sofa

Spotlight on metrology

Benchmark for density determination

Nordic partner region: Swedish company VBN Components

Industrial and royal

Editorial Formnext Magazine Issue 03/2023

Difficult circumstances make AM all the more important

Automotive applications

Thermal diverting valves go into series production

Success stories Formnext Start-up Challenge

On the way to the Holy Grail of semiconductor manufacturing

AM for rockets and satellites

Orders worth millions from the space industry

Aviation and aerospace

AM structure for remote sensing satellites

AM possibilities at a glance

Turning imagination into reality layer by layer

First Hindu temple being 3D printed in India

When the robot arm works for the gods

System assembly

The component whisperer

Manufacturing of prototypes and small series

Turning a threat into an opportunity

Talking with Frank Carsten Herzog

“The financial climate has had repercussions for start-ups in AM”

HZG Group wants to be more than another source of venture capital

Sifting through 1,200 start-ups – and investing in five

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 02/2023

Fruitful combination

Market overview

Growth and profitability

Outside the box

Opening up the garage door

Growing importance of bioprinting

Improving the properties of tissue

Spotlight on Fortius Metals

Going high tech with traditional manufacturing methods

“The potential of digitalization in the construction process”

792 displacement bodies lighten concrete roof

Achieving greater efficiency in the construction industry

Concrete lightweight construction

A modern design and made from recycled material

3D-printed ferry to transport Olympians

The world's tallest 3D-printed building

Aiming high with local materials

temperatures up to 200°C

SLS components for firefighting drone

AM in the bicycle industry

Space-grade quality on the handlebars

3D printed rocket successfully lifted off

From Stargate printer into space

The market for additive metal powder continues to develop

Fiercely Contested and Full of Opportunities

AM getting closer and closer to industrial use in electronics

“We’re taking 3D Printing to the next level”

Exciting technology for the bathroom

Inspired by sand dunes

Formnext 2022 success stories

Sales, leads and new ideas

Construction and architecture

Prayers between 3D-printed walls

Customized medicine for children

3D printed candy instead of syrup

3D printing in the healthcare sector

Market growth with tissue, bone, and implants

Building with earth materials

A sustainable combination of tradition and modernity

Editorial Formnext Magazine Issue 01 2023

Facing Our Many Challenges with Optimism

Outside the box

Learning from...Cows?

3D printing shoes for the runways of Paris

Inspired by the Murex shell

Automation in the metal sector

Looking for more productivity

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2022 in the hardware sector

New technologies, developments and applications

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2022 in the materials sector

New ceramics, steels and atomization systems

Offshore and marine

3D printing and milling in a shipping container

Exhibition preview

Nine lasers for large metal parts

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2022 in the postprocessing sector

Automatic depowdering, smoother surfaces and economical sintering furnaces

Highlights and premieres for Formnext 2022 in the software sector

How to find the right processes and parts and produce efficiently

Exhibition preview

Mannequins and facades using DLP

Exhibition preview

Faster than PBF, more accurate than DED

Guest article 3D Printing Industry

3D Printing Industry Awards 2022

Guest article 3dpbm

State of the Polymer AM hardware market

Exhibition preview

Finest platinum powder at 2,100 °C

Exhibition preview

Trading process parameters

Exhibition preview

FFF printing with up to 7 nozzles

Exhibition preview

LIS technology for the "Queen of Ceramics"

Exhibition preview

Fast and precise coating

Exhibition preview

Queen 1 creates big things

Exhibition preview

Automated support removal

Exhibition preview & sustainability

Olive pits make plastics more stable and durable

Exhibition preview

Continuously instead of batch-wise

Vast potential for dentists, orthodontists, and dental labs

Drilling templates, oral night Guards, and crowns – all from a 3D printer

Guest article 3D Printing Industry

3D Printing Industry Awards Nominations open

Education and training

Norms, standards and exclusive industry insights

Partner country France – Constructions-3D

Concrete, philosophy, and the elephant of the Bastille

Partner country France – Lynxter

Printing silicone, catching waves

Partner country France – Constellium

“Aluminum is in our DNA”

Guest article 3dpbm

How much will the EV revolution drive AM adoption in automotive?

Partner country France – VLM Robotics

From wine barrels to spare parts for trains

3D printing in the wine industry

White polymer instead of barrique

3D printing in the wine industry – looked behind the scenes

With or without oxygen and tannins?

Partner country France – Pollen AM

Versatile pellet printing from the Metropolis on the Seine

Partner country France – AddUp

Sights set on an international scale

Partner country France – Fabulous

When Loki and Thor print prototypes

Partner country France – an overview of the French AM market

An important tool for reindustrialization

Editorial Formnext Magazine issue 03 2022 – partner country special: France

Where business and taste go hand in hand

Formnext News

Still on the rise, Formnext adds more exhibitors and floor space

Partner country France – Outside the box

Small tables, big joie de vivre

3D-printed parts with mirror-smooth surfaces

Floating microtools

Partner country France – our partners: The Carnot network

Industry-related partnership research

Partner country France – our partners: Initiative 3D

The metal additive manufacturing network in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Partner country France – our partners: The region Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Transforming the industry by minimizing risk

Formnext Start-up Challenge winners look back: Molyworks

From an extremely risky experiment to a NASA award

3D-Printing textiles

To better protect police officers

Former winners of the Formnext Start-up Challenge look back

“Contact with different kinds of industries is very helpful”

Acquisition in the AM industry

Filling the tank with more fuel

The future of space travel

Living shell for the moon inspired by the growth of bones

Rail and transport

Stainless doorstopper qualified for additive series production

Automation for Additive Manufacturing

“High demand for a fully integrated automated production line”

Market reports and studies

Back in the double digits

3D printed music instruments

Rocking out on a green axe

Additive Manufacturing and interior design

Luxury furniture 3D-printed from seashells

Design and product development

Eyewear from sustainably farmed castor beans

Additive Manufacturing meets art

Sculpted by robots

Materials

Wear-resistant and tough

Mechanical and plant engineering

Merger to accelerate growth

Outside the box

Fantastic truths

Mechanical and plant engineering

Flattened screw paves the way to AM

Formnext news

New event year kicks off with significant growth

Formnext news

Editorial: No successful innovations without personal encounters

Formnext Start-up Challenge

Special silicone sounding like success

Formnext Start-up Challenge

University start-up acquired by 3D Systems

Materials

To analyze hundreds of combinations

Aerospace

Lean Production for the Space Industry

Additive acoustics solutions

Enjoying sound with space technology

Aviation and aerospace

Securing the strategic supply chain and developing new material

Sustainability in architecture and the construction industry

Timber, greenhouses and 3D Printing

Additive Manufacturing

Process development with state-of-the-art laser systems

Aviation and aerospace

MBJ technology passes aerospace tests

Construction and architecture

3D home builder begins IPO

Outside the box

No scaling? No problem

An interview with AM expert and author Ralf Anderhofstadt

In “Toxic” Models, Opportunities Abound

Tool and die making

An additive revival in a traditional industry

Business success at Formnext 2021

The stuff of legend

Trends at Formnext 2021

New materials, processes, and applications boosting business for the entire AM community

3D-printed adhesive solutions

In the future, Tesa is planning to stick the landing

Business success at Formnext 2021

“Super simple” cloud-based SLS production

Business success at Formnext 2021

Launched and selling

Additive Manufacturing and sustainability

“A mindset that’s never been seen before”

Formnext news

Editorial: longing for personal encounter

Packaging

How HP wants to shake up the packaging market

Offshore and marine

SLS and MJF compete under water

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Optimizing the dental workflow

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Thirteen technologies and over 100 materials

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Blue PA11 makes spores and mold more visible

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Printing casting molds weighing up to 60 tons

Highlights of Formnext 2021

Industrialization of AM through Standardization

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Four new FFF products

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Inspired by the potter wasp

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Surface finishing for AM neophytes

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Rich sounds from natural forms

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Better seating on lattice designs and foam structures

Guest article

Additive Alliance Deep Dives

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

A new way of cushioning

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

Batch processes with standard wafers

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

From medical implants to baseball bats

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

Parts up to one cubic meter in size

Formnext news

Editorial: being a first mover isn’t always easy

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

Screening hundreds of new alloy variants in one day

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

3D Printing, welding, drilling, and cutting in one machine

The AM industry after Covid-19

Growth and Consolidation

Automotive

Diesel Engine Cleaner Thanks to AM

Premieres set for Formnext 2021

3D-printing silver coins in series

New exhibitors 2021

Looking to strengthen brand internationally and get deeper insights into the AM industry

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

Small-scale production of oxide ceramics

World premieres set for Formnext 2021

New extruder supports various materials and granulates

New exhibitors 2021

"Real encounters are simply more sustainable"

purmundus trophy

Sustainability, the fourth dimension, and thinking beyond one's expertise

New exhibitors 2021

"The right place at the right time"

New exhibitors 2021

"High-tech investments need trust and in-person contact”

Partner country Italy – Additive Manufacturing

From prototyping to industrial production

Partner country Italy – Outside the box

High level of intensity and perfectionism

New exhibitors 2021

Raising awareness of 3D-printed mold inserts

Partner country Italy – Medical Technology

Tribal knowledge meets state-of-the-art processes

Partner country Italy – Materials

Hot metal and accurate analyses

Partner country Italy – Medical Technology

“The prostheses walk away, but the instruments stay with the surgeon”

Partner country Italy – Mechanical and plant engineering

Joining additive and subtractive forces

Partner country Italy – Materials

Made of 70% recycled material

Partner country Italy – Additive Manufacturing

Churning out new developments with an ear to the market

Partner country Italy – Additive Manufacturing

Heading south for a change

Partner country Italy – Automotive

From automotive to AM design

Partner country Italy – Formnext news

Editorial: welcome to the “fAMiglia”

Additive manufacturing, Electronic engineering and electronics

3D-printed sensors

Additive Manufacturing

Cerafab Lab L30 to lower the entry-level for 3D printing ceramics

Additive Manufacturing

Taking the 3D Printer from the workshop to the desert

Formnext news

Editorial: feedback from exhibitors indicates upswing in the general mood

Consumer health care

A 3D printed shower that even dogs will enjoy

Additive Manufacturing

New Groth Area: Nikon has acquired AM startup Morf3D

Automotive

Tapping into new markets

Consumer health care

Luxury design for oases of wellness

Automotive

To get rolling

Aviation and aerospace

First AM component of a nose landing gear of a Bizjet

Market reports/studies

Wohlers report: Impacted but still on track

Additive Manufacturing

3D printing copper: Big plans that are very cool

Market reports/studies

AM metal sector on the rise

Aviation and aerospace

The blooming black box

Construction and architecture

"Mix in more straw"

Outside the box

A fish-eye view

Additive Manufacturing

"The Key is the expertise on the customer side"

Formnext news

Ideal platforms

Additive Manufacturing

New Truprint 3000: Easier to high quantities

Aviation and aerospace

Out of this world

Consumer health care

3D-printed lasts simplify production of orthopedic shoes

Highlight story

More than just financing

Highlight story

A smooth Development

China special

"It’s gotten much easier"

Highlight story

Favoring Efficiency over Added Value

China special

Dental and Mold-Making Sectors Continue to Drive Growth

Highlight story

Back on Street faster

Construction and architecture

More Accurate than Bricklayers

Highlight story

3D printing sawdust

Additive Manufacturing

Not just Automotive

Highlight story

Colorful jewelry made from white powder

Highlight story

New supply chain

Additive Manufacturing

"Hypergrowth" Behind Brick Walls

Highlight story

"A bit of artist in all of it"

Highlight story

"Do you see the river pebble?"

China special

A Farewell to blue collars

China special

3D printed implants and hips

Talking about with chine expert Kim Francois

"Discovered AM together"