For the seventh time, the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young enterprises from the world of additive manufacturing for their innovative business ideas and technical developments. In 2021, the winning innovations range from nano and glass 3D printing through to new medical solutions for spine patients.
They come from the following winners: Atlant 3D Nanosystems ApS (Denmark), Azul 3D (USA), Fited (USA), Print Parts (USA) and Nobula AB Sweden). This year the AM Ventures Impact Award presented at the same ceremony goes to Vispala Technologies (India).

In 2021, the quality of the start-ups and their innovations developed a step further. They boast numerous patents – some already awarded and some still pending – and promising applications. In some cases, over 50 million euros have already been poured into the young enterprises’ developments, and so it is no surprise how market-ready and promising their innovations were. They promise greater precision for 3D printing, considerably faster production or new applications, for example in medicine and aerospace.

The Formnext Start-up Challenge 2021 recognizes companies that are no more than five years old. The competition evaluates new and viable business ideas with a distinguished panel of judges consisting of prominent representatives from the realms of industry, science, media,
and investment. Like before, our Managing Director Stefanie Brickwede was proud to be a member of the jury. The international winners will present their award-winning products during Formnext in Frankfurt from November 16 to 19, 2021 and exhibit them in the Start-up Area.

The official award ceremony is to take place on Tuesday, November 16, 2021, on Formnext’s AM4U stage.

Formnext is the world’s leading international trade fair for additive manufacturing processes and industrial 3D printing. Here, 800 national and international exhibitors present their products and services, as well as update on their ongoing processes.

Together with our friends from Gefertec, Fraunhofer IPK, 3D trinckle, AMBER and many more, MGA is part of the joint booth of Berlin Partner, who have once again been entrusted to host the joint presentation of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region.

Formnext offers the perfect opportunity to meet like-minded peers of the industry and show how the process chain develops from a product idea to its production.
Taking into account the current COVID restrictions, the hall concept of formnext in Frankfurt am Main offers an easy and logical orientation and creates sociable networking opportunities. Visitors can explore all different exhibitors and their booths, as well as attend all kinds of various conferences.

Along with our co-exhibitors, we can’t wait to arrange our booth and be surrounded by many participants, who are interested in our mission and boosting AM!
So come and visit us at our booth (F41) on November 16 – 19 in Frankfurt!

The Foreign Trade Fair Program (AMP) of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) enables companies to participate in foreign trade fairs at favorable conditions.

Now, this is also possible for the key technology of lightweight construction.
The Automotive Lightweight Technology Expo is Asia’s leading trade fair for lightweight construction technologies in the automotive sector, focusing on a wide range of materials and processing technologies for weight reduction in the automotive industry.
Institutions active in the automotive sector can position themselves globally at the joint presentation under the umbrella brand “Made in Germany” and present and consolidate their company to the trade audience.
Applications for the joint booth should be submitted by October 6.
LMI Leipziger Messe International GmbH is available to answer any questions regarding participation in the trade fair and in relation to the pandemic.

Contact:
Gesine Weickert
E-Mail: g.weickert@lm-international.com

“Additive Manufacturing is changing the world! Vision or already real?” AM Solutions shines a light on these and other interesting questions in its interactive live event series “insideAM”, in which leading industry experts from different sectors will provide deep behind the scenes insights and report about their experience, applications, visions and obstacles.

In the October session, live from the Customer Experience Center, Sebastian Piegert will discuss the following exciting topics:

• Together we lead the AM Revolution: insights on the Siemens Energy approach and strategy
• AM as game changer for gas turbine related applications
• Quality 1st: standards, specifications and practices enabling serialization
• Serial manufacturing of gas turbine components (business case/ maintenance)
• We energize society: energy transformation and which role AM can play – an outlook

All you want to know…

…the interactive format of the brand-new event series allows you to ask all your questions live to the guests!

3Dnatives, die Online-Medienplattform zum Thema 3D-Druck, veranstaltet am 28. September 2021 von 08:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr das kostenlose virtuelle Event ADDITIV Automotive. Die Teilnehmer erwarten spannende Podiumsdiskussionen, Workshops und Networking-Sessions! Ralf Anderhofstadt (Daimler), Stefanus Stahl (BMW), Elena López (Fraunhofer IWS / Women in 3D Printing), Volker Eitrich (Audi), Thomas Stein (Volkswagen), Ole Geisen (Siemens Energy), Jens Hübner (HP), Jérémie Schuler (Formlabs) und Stéphane CAULIEZ (KIMYA by Armor) zählen zu den Experten und werden bei ADDITIV Automotive spannende Einblicke in die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten des 3D-Drucks für die Automobilindustrie geben.

Die additive Fertigung stellt eine treibende Schlüsselkraft für die Industrie 4.0 dar und wird von Automobilherstellern als wegweisende Technologie zur Automatisierung und Optimierung von Produktionsschritten entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette genutzt. Die Automobilindustrie profitiert von den Vorteilen des  3D-Drucks beispielsweise im Hinblick auf eine Steigerung der Flexibilität, Effizienz und Wirtschaftlichkeit. Es bieten sich in puncto Design nie dagewesene Chancen zur Konstruktion von leichten Bauteilen mit komplexen Geometrien. Außerdem können Werkzeuge, Hilfsmittel und Ersatzteile schneller, kostengünstiger und vor Ort 3D-gedruckt werden. Gründe, weshalb sich Experten bereits heute einig sind, dass die additive Fertigung signifikant zur Dezentralisierung und Individualisierung in der Produktion beitragen wird.

Khelifa Touati, Business Developer für die DACH Region bei 3Dnatives sagt im Gespräch: „In den letzten Jahren hat sich gezeigt, dass sich die Einsatzgebiete des 3D-Drucks innerhalb des Automotive Zweiges kontinuierlich weiterentwickeln und vergrößern. Deutsche Automobilhersteller stellen sich vermehrt auf einen Paradigmenwechsel ein, welcher nicht zuletzt von 3D-Druck-Verfahren mitbestimmt wird. Ich bin davon überzeugt, dass Teilnehmer bei ADDITIV Automotive einen spannenden Austausch in den Podiumsdiskussionen erwarten können und freue mich Sprecher von branchenführenden Unternehmen aus der Industrie sowie 3D-Druck-Unternehmen begrüßen zu dürfen.“

Jetzt kostenlos für ADDITIV Automotive am 28. September 2021 registrieren!