Rapid-Tech + FabCon 3.D 2018
3D printing attracts 5,000 visitors to Erfurt
The trade fair duo Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D attracted almost 5,000 visitors to Erfurt and showed everything that is possible in industrial and creative 3D printing.
208 exhibitors from 14 countries presented the latest developments and trends in additive manufacturing at the 15th Rapid-Tech + FabCon 3.D at the beginning of June. Almost 5,000 visitors took the opportunity to find out about industrial and creative 3D printing. The trade fair was accompanied by the Rapid.Tech specialist congress and the 3D Printing Conference.
The Chairmen of the Advisory Board, Michael Eichmann from Stratasys and Prof. Dr. Gerd Witt from the University of Duisburg-Essen, are satisfied with this year's edition of the event: "Exhibitors and visitors report high-quality discussions at the stands and equally high-quality presentations in the various forums. The network of the additive manufacturing family has continued to grow with this event."
Leading companies give keynotes
Visitors were able to find out how additive manufacturing is used in key industries at the accompanying events. Dr. Dominik Rietzel from the BMW Group opened the first day of the event with his keynote speech on the automotive group's additive roadmap. He cited the i8 Roadster and the personalized product range for the Mini as examples.
On the second day, Scott Grump, founder of Stratasys and inventor of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology, presented his vision for the future of automated, scalable additive manufacturing. A central component of this is a cloud solution that enables production at globally distributed locations.
On the last day, Christoph Wangenheim, Manager Additive Technologies at GE company Baker Hughes, gave an insight into why additive manufacturing is an important competitive factor for the oil and gas industry and the associated challenges that need to be solved in terms of corrosion, strength and reliability of the equipment.
15 years of Rapid.Tech and the birth of FabCon 3D
During a gala evening, 15 companies and universities that have played a significant role in the development of Rapid.Tech were honored. The idea of combining the established industry with the fabber and start-up scene of 3D printing was originally born in this committee. This idea gave rise to FabCon 3.D in 2013. The start-up award, which went to the bioprinting company Cellbricks Berlin in 2018, is presented annually as part of the event. Erfurt is also the platform for the international design competition 3D Pioneers Challenge. In 2018, submissions from 17 countries from Europe to Canada, Japan and India found their way to Erfurt. The best 3D printing design ideas from 32 selected finalist projects were chosen in seven categories.
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