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Step 1 — Unmatched Audience at Formnext Chicago

Events are about audience! Formnext Chicago offers unmatched access to both existing additive manufacturing adopters AND industrial manufacturers that represent future AM growth.

Formnext 2024 Announces Call for Speakers

The proposals for papers can be submitted no later than June 30, 2024.

Sustaining the Growth of Additive Manufacturing Through Market Development

What We Found at Formnext 2023

New metal processes, new possibilities for existing processes, the next step for copper and more. Here is a summary drawing on all our reporting from November’s event.

Copper, New Metal Printing Processes, Upgrades Based on Software and More from Formnext 2023: AM Radio #46

Formnext 2023 showed that additive manufacturing may be maturing, but it is certainly not stagnant. In this episode, we dive into observations around technology enhancements, new processes and materials, robots, sustainability and more trends from the show. 

10 Video Reports From Formnext 2023

Our Formnext video playlist: Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski report on various technologies seen at Formnext 2023 in brief videos they filmed at the show.

8 Cool Parts From Formnext 2023: The Cool Parts Show #65

New additive manufacturing technologies on display at Formnext were in many cases producing notable end-use components. Here are some of the coolest parts we found at this year’s show.

Evolve Enhances Portfolio With Global Parts Service, Two More Materials

Formnext 2023: New parts production service and two more material offerings enable greater commercial access to Evolve’s STEP technology, which can expand application development for STEP production around the world.

Materialise Develops CO-AM System for Holistic Process Quality

Formnext: QPC users can collect and monitor data during the different stages of product development —including research, validation and production — giving additive manufacturers a holistic view of their process and its interrelationships.

Formlabs Augments Fuse Ecosystem With Fuse Blast, Automated SLS Postprocessing

Formnext 2023: Media blasting, once a recommended step, is now a needed requirement and the Fuse Blast eliminates struggles experienced in manual postprocessing efforts.