The world's additive manufacturing elite will be fully represented in Frankfurt with leading international companies such as 3D Systems, Additive Industries, AddUp, Arburg, BigRep, Carbon, Desktop Metal, DMG Mori, Dyemansion, EOS, Farsoon, Formlabs, GE Additive, HP, Keyence, Markforged, Materialise, Renishaw, Ricoh, Siemens, Sisma, SLM Solutions, Stratasys, Trumpf, Voxeljet, XJet and Zeiss .

In addition, numerous well-known international companies will be showcasing their solutions along the entire process chain, including BASF, Covestro, Evonik, GKN Sinter Metals Components, Henkel, Höganäs, Linde, Mitsubishi Chemical, Nikon, Oerlikon, Sandvik, SMS Group and many more .The numerous world premieres and innovative developments includenew AM technologies, new and improved AM systems, new materials from wood to ceramics, software solutions, service offerings and solutions for post-processing.

With a highly exciting supporting program ,Formnext was also able to achieve an excellent visitor response on the first day of the trade fair ,which exhibitors were also enthusiastic about . Participants will benefit from the significantly expanded AM4U area and a diverse mix of topics ranging from start-ups and investments, construction and architecture to decentralized manufacturing, the partner country France and AM in education and careers .

Innovative thought leaders, recognized experts and executives from international corporations will speakon all topics . Theprogram of the AM4U areawill be rounded off with a "Deep Thought presented by ACAM, Formnext and VDMA AG AM" and a panel on the use of AM in ceramic applications.

Special shows, symposia and other events

In addition, the Formnext supporting program, which is more extensive than ever before, with numerous special shows, symposia and other events, gives visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in different areas of additive manufacturing and various application industries and to discuss the latest developments. For example, the BE-AM special show will use real applications to demonstrate the rapid development of 3D printing in the construction industry.

At the same time, the BE-AM Symposium (16.11.) will discuss the background and future developments in this field. Anyone interested in additive applications in mechanical engineering will get their money's worth at the VDMA special show and gain valuable insights here. Formnext 2022 also offers the opportunity to find the right business partners in afocused and efficient manner with the EEN Matchmaking Event .

The important topic of skilled workers and careers will not be neglected either : at the Careers Day (17.11.) ,visitors can find outabout the wide range of career opportunities in the AM industry or have aphotographer take the right application photos for them.
Incidentally, the renowned ASTM Standards Forum and the new event "Wohlers Report LIVE at Formnext 2022" kicked off the supporting program at Formnext 2022 , both of whichwerevery successfully completedone day before the official start of the trade fair today .

"Visitors to Formnext 2022 will find a large number of world premieres and the who's who of additive manufacturing .In particular, this year's trade fair shows how intensively AM is now being used in the most demanding industrial applications ,"says Sascha Wenzler, Vice President Formnext, Mesago Messe Frankfurt . "Everyone, from AM professionals to newcomers, should come to Frankfurt until Friday and benefit from this unique platform to gather information, deepen theirknowledge and expand their network."

All content from the AM4U stage as well as impressions, voices and much more from Formnext will also be streamed by Formnext.TV via YouTube .Formnext visitors, as well as digital viewers, can followthe experts and events live on screen and even ask their questions to the speakers