Copyright: Mesago/Mathias KuttFormnext, a leading international trade show for additive manufacturing (AM) technologies and next-generation manufacturing, has hit the ground running in 2023 with the highest number of registrations to date. By the end of February, more than 550 companies had signed up to exhibit at the event to be held in Frankfurt from 7-10 November, with 62% of them from outside of Germany.
Formnext is busy developing a range of specialised offerings for the show and is increasingly becoming a year-round hub for AM. The continued momentum and confident mood of the AM industry are reflected in Formnext’s record registration figures. International AM companies that have already registered to exhibit at the in-person event include 3D Systems, Additive Industries, Arburg, BigRep, Carbon, DMG Mori, Dyemansion, Dyndrite, EOS, EPlus, Farsoon, Formlabs, GE Additive, GKN Sinter Metals Components, Hage 3D, Hexagon, HP, Keyence, Markforged, Massivit, Nexa3D, Open Mind, Prima Additive, Renishaw, Ricoh, Roboze, Rösler, Sandvik Additive Manufacturing, Shining 3D, Siemens, Sisma, SLM Solutions, Stratasys, Trumpf, Velo3D, Voxeljet, and Xjet.
In addition, numerous new companies as well as renowned international groups along the entire process chain will showcase what they do, including BASF, Bosch, Evonik, Höganäs, Linde, Nikon, Oerlikon, and Praxair.
Contract manufacturers specialising in 3-D printing are often the entry point for users into additive manufacturing. So far, FKM Sintertechnik, Jabil, Materialise, Promod Prototypenzentrum, and Quickparts have already registered.
Sascha F. Wenzler, vice-president
Formnext at event organiser Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, said: “The entire industry is developing at a breathtaking pace and offers enormous growth opportunities, both for established companies as well as for start-ups and SMEs that are discovering AM for themselves. The number of suppliers using
Formnext to successfully establish and expand their offerings around AM and along the process chain is growing all the time.”
Formnext also offers a wide range of services beyond the show floor. In addition to the latest industry news, the quarterly
Formnext Magazine features focused market reports and exciting interviews with experts from the AM sector.
Supplemented by the
Formnext newsroom with articles from selected trade media, this is the portal where interested professionals can find out about everything going on in the industry.
Formnext.TV reports live from the trade fair and also provides inspiring and entertaining reports throughout the year. As a compact reference book for the wide array of AM technologies, the
AM Field Guide offers a helpful introduction and outlines the essential features of individual AM processes. In addition, the highly successful
Discover3Dprinting seminars are a valuable opportunity for those considering adding industrial 3-D printing to their production portfolio.
Mr Wenzler added: “The AM industry is innovative, and developments are moving so fast that ongoing discussion is vital. By incorporating additive technologies into the design and construction of components and products, we can identify more and more profitable AM applications. A lively and active industry dialog accelerates this process.”
With its various media and formats,
Formnext is aimed at a broad audience from a wide range of industries and is developing into a hub for everything relating to the AM industry. Petra Haarburger, president at Mesago Messe Frankfurt, said: “We organise highly specialised technology trade fairs and therefore know the various stakeholders in our industries very well.
“With events like
Formnext, we fulfil the mission of bringing together the key stakeholders to sustainably connect technology, business, and community. By offering additional formats, we underline our determination to accomplish this goal on a year-round basis and support the AM sector as a specialist partner in addition to the trade fair.”
In the future,
Formnext intends to expand its content even further and help inspire many more users to harness the opportunities of AM. At the same time, the exhibition has also refined the way its conferencing programme is organised. For the first time, it will be held across three different stages in the exhibition halls. The different focus areas cover key AM trends and applications as well as exhibitors’ technologies and innovations to provide a convenient and efficient way to help visitors to find the product or service they are looking for. This will enable
Formnext to further promote important dialogue between technology providers and users and make the content publicly available to all stakeholders in the halls.
The
Industry Stage focuses on topical, seminal issues such as sustainability and digitalisation. However, the agenda also includes new business opportunities as well as valuable insights into specific areas such as the start-up and funding world. The
Industry Stage programme, with its focus on panel discussions and interviews, will be broadcast live on
Formnext.
On each day of the trade show, the application stage will showcase a variety of exciting applications from different industries - such as mechanical and plant engineering, the automotive industry, aerospace, medical technology, electrical engineering, tool and die making, and
automation. This will shed light on the entire process chain for each industry.
Innovations from
Formnext exhibitors are shown on the technology stage. On each day of the show, there will be a morning and afternoon session in which innovations from the fields of materials, pre-processing, AM production, and post-processing will be presented and discussed.
The call for speakers for the conference programme will start at the beginning of April.
For more information, visit the website
here.