The accomplice nation for Formnext 2023, which takes place on 7 – 10 November, would be the Nordic area – comprising the international locations Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. In addition to having many progressive corporations taking part on the world’s main exhibition for AM applied sciences and the following technology of producing, these international locations will even play a major position within the supporting occasions program at Formnext 2023.
On the exhibition, the accomplice area might be showcasing the financial potential of the Northern European AM trade in addition to shining a highlight on sustainability – with a selected deal with power and materials effectivity. The lead accomplice, Danish AM Hub, might be joined by the Finnish Additive Manufacturing Ecosystem (FAME) and Norwegian AM, the Additive Manufacturing Cluster, Norway.
Becoming a member of the roughly 660 exhibitors already registered for Formnext 2023, which seems to be set to be a report 12 months for exhibitor numbers, might be round two dozen exhibitors from the Nordic international locations. The Nordic contingent might be based mostly on the Nordic pavilion, the place a particular showcase of displays of profitable AM functions can be deliberate. As a part of this system of supporting occasions, main corporations from the accomplice area might be presenting inspiring AM use instances, and the Danish AM Hub might be internet hosting a panel on sustainability. A number of delegations from the Nordic area are additionally planning to go to Formnext 2023 to additional promote the economic utility of AM by means of energetic trade and growth of their networks.
“The Nordic area represents the best selection of companions for this 12 months’s occasion because the international locations involved are displaying the world easy methods to mix industrial viability with sustainability, and thus completely demonstrating how 3D Printing can play its half in establishing a accountable manufacturing trade,” stated Sascha F. Wenzler, Vice President Formnext at occasion organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH.
Numerous producers, world-famous person corporations
The Danish corporations will showcase a variety of improvements alongside the whole AM course of chain, together with analysis & improvement, providers, supplies, and post-processing options. The younger firm Create it Actual has, for instance, developed a specialised resolution for the orthopedics trade. Denmark additionally has a number of well-known corporations which have been utilizing 3D printing for a few years. World enterprises, equivalent to Lego, Danfoss, and Grundfos, for instance, are key customers of AM.
The Finnish AM trade has sturdy hyperlinks with the trade and might be bringing quite a few service suppliers (3D Formtech, 3DStep, Delva, and so on), software program suppliers, polymer 3D printer producers, and corporations from the analysis & improvement sector to Formnext. Sweden has lengthy boasted a profitable uncooked supplies trade, and that is additionally mirrored within the AM world with world-leading AM materials producers equivalent to Sandvik and Höganäs. There will even be Swedish exhibitors from the whole course of chain, presenting options for analysis & improvement, software program, {hardware}, providers, and post-processing.
As a part of the Nordic accomplice area, Frank Rosengreen Lorenzen, CEO of the Danish AM Hub, welcomed the “recognition of the expert and progressive Danish owner-managers, designers, engineers and producers, who’re regularly difficult and increasing the scope of AM know-how to design, develop and manufacture the merchandise of the longer term.” Lorenzen additionally famous that, over the previous three years, the Danish AM Hub has targeted on “easy methods to make Denmark essentially the most educated place on the planet on the subject of using AM for extra sustainable manufacturing.”
A background to the AM trade within the Nordic accomplice area might be introduced completely in a particular version of Formnext journal – revealed on the finish of August. Providing an extra foretaste of the exhibition might be Formnext’s look on the AM Summit Copenhagen, which might be happening on 21 September 2023.
