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17 to 20 November 2026, Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main. Official fair website
Formnext is the international trade fair for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing, held at Messe Frankfurt from 17 to 20 November 2026. This page collects every AddiWire story that names Formnext 2026: machines, materials and software announced for the show, partnerships and the news from the fair days. Each story merges all reports about one event and links to every source.
Formnext 2026 runs from 17 to 20 November in Frankfurt, and 790 exhibitors are expected so far. The trade outlet 3Dnatives has reworked its dedicated event section to help visitors prepare for the show and follow it remotely. Details of the offering were not available beyond the announcement.
Icelandic startup Euler sells software that reads the layer images many laser powder bed fusion machines already save, and warns operators before a build fails. A 47-day study at the Danish Technological Institute found that a large share of machine time went to builds that ended as scrap. Euler will show new integrations at Formnext.
Formnext 2026 runs from 17 to 20 November in Frankfurt am Main, using halls 11.0, 12.0 and 12.1 plus the Portalhaus of Messe Frankfurt. The early bird discount ended on 22 October, but a student pass and free voucher codes still offer ways to a lower-priced or free ticket. The organiser is Mesago.
Formnext 2026 runs at Messe Frankfurt from 17 to 20 November, and exhibitors are lining up launches ahead of it. Nikon SLM Solutions will introduce its MACHX metal series, Stratasys and EOS will unveil new polymer systems, and Admatec, DyeMansion and Lynxter will show new hardware. The previews also cover software, post-processing and recycling.
Stratasys argues that successful adoption of additive manufacturing starts well before a printer arrives: with an application-first choice of technology, trained staff and a continuing relationship with the supplier. The company points to its Academy, on-site training and application engineers, and invites visitors to meet its experts at Formnext in Frankfurt. The source is a supplier-led account, so the figures it cites come from Stratasys itself.
Anycubic and Thingiverse have agreed an exclusive partnership. Selected Thingiverse models will be converted from STL to multicolor 3MF files and offered to Anycubic users on the MakerOnline platform, aiming at near one-click printing on compatible printers such as the Kobra X. The program starts on 17 November, the opening day of Formnext.
Admatec has announced the Admaflex Discovery, a desktop ceramic printer using DLP, priced at 75,000 euros, with orders opening in November 2026 and first deliveries planned for late Q1 or early Q2 2027. Lithoz will show a Performance Pack for its CeraFab S65 systems with a sharper 25 µm pixel size. Both companies present at Formnext in Frankfurt, 17 to 20 November.
Representatives of several additive manufacturing trade media met on 27 October 2026 for a joint discussion on the state of the industry in China. The project manager of Formnext Asia Shenzhen took part, and Johannes Gartner, co-founder of 3Druck.com, moderated. The 90-minute recording is now on YouTube.
CoreTechnologie has presented version 1.8 SP1 of its 3D printing software 4D_Additive at Formnext 2026. The update targets the preparation of additive build jobs, with the aim of reducing recurring steps before printing. It adds a connection to manufacturing execution systems (MES) through a new 4dam file format, a distortion simulation for metal components, and tools for geometry editing. The report is a short teaser, so further technical details such as availability or pricing are not covered here.
Italian machine builder CMS will present Krearob at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt. The six-axis system is a large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) platform for thermoplastic materials. CMS targets applications such as molds, production tooling and parts for the aerospace and automotive sectors. Unlike gantry-based printers, Krearob moves its extrusion head with a robot arm, which allows a different reach and orientation of the deposited material. The teaser does not give build volume, pricing or availability, so these details remain open for now.
PTC is presenting at Formnext 2026 how printed parts can be derived from a CAD model that several people edit at once in the cloud. The demonstration at the booth in hall 12.0 combines the cloud platform Onshape with a Formlabs Form 4 resin printer. The focus is the link between design, version control and additive manufacturing rather than a new printing process. Onshape combines parametric CAD with cloud collaboration, which lets design teams share one current model and track its versions. For engineers, the show offers a view of how a shared design source could feed directly into a resin printing workflow. The report is a teaser, so details beyond the booth setup and the product pairing are not available.
Lithoz will show a Performance Pack for its CeraFab System S65 and S65 Medical at Formnext. The add-on uses a 4K projection system, raising resolution from 40 to 25 µm and light intensity from 60 to about 120 mW/cm². It targets finer features and dark ceramics, which are hard for light-based curing.
Stratasys will unveil a new polymer system aimed at series production on 17 November at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt, but has not yet named it or given specifications. The booth in Hall 12.1 will also show the F870 large-format FDM printer for the first time in Europe, along with tooling applications from Toyota and GM.
Stratasys has announced a new polymer system for serial production, to be shown at Formnext on 17 November, with name and specifications still withheld. For small and mid sized manufacturers, the useful questions will come after the launch: cost per part, material qualification, and how repeatable output is across a full production run. Until those are published, I would treat this as a signal of direction, not a basis for planning.
ELEGOO will exhibit at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt from 17 to 20 November, at booth 12.0-C02. The desktop maker plans to show the Centauri Carbon 2 Combo, an emoji co-branded edition and the Orangestorm Giga, plus new machines making their debut. The booth is to include live demonstrations, daily talks and prize draws.
Solukon is introducing the SFM-AT850 and the ultrasonic SFM-AT850-E, depowdering machines for large metal additive manufacturing parts of up to 1,000 kg. The E variant brings ultrasonic excitation, so far used on medium-sized parts, to large components. Both machines debut at Formnext 2026, with orders opening there and delivery planned for the end of the third quarter of 2027.
Lynxter has introduced OVERTIME, a patented add-on for its S300X LIQ21 and LIQ11 silicone printers. It targets the curing time of silicone inside the print head, which limits print duration, and Lynxter claims 36 times more printing autonomy. It will be previewed at Formnext, booth 12.1, B71.
Stratasys will launch a new polymer additive manufacturing system for series production at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt on 17 November. Name, process and specifications are still undisclosed. The booth also brings the European debut of the F870 FDM system, new resin and post-processing products, and aerospace qualification data for Antero materials.
HP Additive Manufacturing and Hyperion Materials & Technologies have signed a strategic preferred partner agreement for tungsten carbide additive manufacturing. Hyperion has installed an HP Metal Jet S100 binder jetting printer in Barcelona, so production parts and prototypes are now offered through Hyperion. HP plans to show the technology at Formnext.
Of all the materials binder jetting can process, cemented carbide is the most natural fit, because carbide parts are already made by pressing and sintering. That is why I see this as a sound setup: the printer sits with a company whose core skill is the furnace, and in binder jetting the furnace decides the outcome, not the print head. For a buyer, the questions move to the sintered part. How is shrinkage compensated on your geometry, and what tolerance comes out of the furnace before grinding? Are density, hardness and toughness reported for printed parts or for a conventional grade? Diamond grinding of carbide is costly, so the case rests on how close to final shape the part arrives. In my experience, the only convincing evidence is wear life measured on your part in your application, so budget a pilot for that before talking about series volumes.