What do the two Formnext stages cover?
The Industry & Application Stage deals with applications, market trends and the scaling of additive production, using case studies from many user industries, from aerospace and medical to tooling, defence and consumer products. Talks and panels also cover AI-driven design, robotics, digital twins, simulation and data-driven quality control, as well as 4D printing, resilient supply chains, sustainability and skills.
The Technology Stage is for exhibitor presentations on new developments in materials, software, AM production and post-processing.
What is new: the Formnext Defence Summit
The Formnext Defence Summit is a new conference, organised with the Additive Manufacturing Defence Network e.V. It addresses opportunities and obstacles of AM for defence and security, including dependable supply chains, technological independence and the readiness of security-critical industry. Participants come from industry, research, government agencies and defence organisations.
Standards, awards and talent formats
Before the exhibition, the AM Innovation and Standards Summit, run by the U.S. Commercial Service, ASTM International, ISO and America Makes, discusses standardisation, qualification and certification, this year with a defence and security focus. The Formnext Awards ceremony takes place on 19 November in six categories, supported by Renishaw, the Fomas Group, FKM Sintertechnik and Sutosuto.
Further formats include the Start-up Area and Pitchnext, Discover3DPrinting introductory seminars, a Career Area with a job board, a VDMA working group showcase, the BE-AM showcase and symposium on construction, a new post-processing showcase and a presentation of the United Kingdom as partner country.