Who is shortlisted for AMbassador and Design?
The AMbassador Award honours work in education, training and advocacy. Finalists are Dr. Michael Kraemer of TU Darmstadt, whose AM Center trains 50 to 60 students a year; Professor Leroy Gardner of Imperial College London, whose group works on metal AM for construction, including a printed steel bridge with MX3D; and Luan Saldanha of Aditiva Brasil, creator of the Additive Manufacturing Map of Brazil.
The Design Award finalists are Maya Kaplan with a 3D printed bra combining textile structures and flexible TPU, the Levin Center at Tel Aviv Sourasky University Medical Center with a monolithic Ti-6Al-4V implant used in surgery for bone cancer in young patients, and Agnikul Cosmos with a monolithic semi-cryogenic Inconel rocket engine flown on the Agnibaan SOrTeD Mission 2024.
What are the (R)Evolution and Rookie finalists?
The (R)Evolution Award shortlist has Fyous with its GHOST system for dental aligners and retainers, which uses thousands of actuated pins to form temporary molds, Thought3D with the Drywise inline filament dryer, and Boston Micro Fabrication with the microArch S150, a desktop PµSL system with 25 μm optical resolution.
Rookie finalists are cAlclone, developing AI-optimised printed hydroclones for 1 to 50 µm particle separation in battery recycling; FlexCycle Solutions, making copper powder for L-PBF from electronic waste; and Spaceform, whose Vacuum Atomised Suspension Printing builds a layer from a vacuum-dried powder suspension.
Which start-ups and sustainability projects made the list?
Five companies are up for the Start-up Award: Aumatis (AX-150 for jewelry investment casting), sallea (printed soluble salt cores for thermoset CFRP parts), Hydra Manufacturing (hybrid processing of advanced ceramics and cemented carbides), additiveStream4D (retrofit for L-PBF printers to build on existing geometries) and QH Build (simulation software for metal DED).
The Sustainability Award finalists are FlexCycle Solutions, Bernstein Mechanische Fertigung, which offers a printer for spare parts with design files on Digitalsource, and Baker Hughes with its Manufacturing Carbon Platform, which shows the environmental impact of AM from quote to delivery.
When and how are winners chosen?
The ceremony takes place on Thursday 19 November at 4:10 pm on the Industry & Application Stage in Hall 11.0. Finalists present their projects at booth F60. Winners receive cash and non-cash prizes and trophies designed by SutoSuto and made by FKM Additive Manufacturing. Selection combines an expert jury and an audience vote that stays open until the ceremony.