The Additive Alliance® connects stakeholders from all industries who take a professional interest in Additive Manufacturing. The industry network promotes the exchange of perspectives, know-how and experience.

The Additive Alliance® aims at bringing together those who belong together: users and suppliers, researchers and developers, visionaries and realists. In doing so, we think and work across all industries to combine experience from the individual sectors. Regular network meetings encourage the exchange of ideas between all stakeholders, allowing them to make a significant contribution to the industrial future through long-term cooperation.

Since 2020 members of the Additive Alliance® have been profiting form studies that are exclusively available to Additive Alliance® members for the first twelve months. Members of the Additive Alliance® specify the topics of the so called “Deep Dives”. Experts from the Fraunhofer IAPT conduct the research, perform the scientific investigations and present the results at one of the network events.

The Additive Alliance® is open to anyone who wishes to take a decisive step towards an Additive future with their company and is seeking a dynamic network to do so: Innovators, visionaries, networkers, engineers, designers, business people, and managers from automotive, medical, machinery and tooling, ship and rail, polymers, and aerospace.

If you are interested to join the Additive Alliance®, please visit https://www.iapt.fraunhofer.de/de/leistungen/additive-alliance.html

The Additive Academy® provides application-oriented knowledge on issues relating to the industrial use of Additive Manufacturing. In addition to theoretical seminars, the training program also includes practical units. The hands-on training take place directly on machinery and is supported by a total of 40 experts from the Fraunhofer IAPT as one of the leading institutes for Additive Manufacturing.

Under the Additive Academy® label, Fraunhofer IAPT has offered successful training seminars to the market since 2014 in the area of Additive Manufacturing. More than 1,500 engineers for customers in the aviation and automotive industries, mechanical engineering, and the service sector have already attended advanced training units.

Seminars cover the complete manufacturing route: design, production, automation and management. The requirement levels of training seminars take into account the prior knowledge of participants. Starter, advanced, and expert trainings facilitate the selection of the right training course to suit individual levels of knowledge. Upon request, the Additive Academy® arranges for customized training seminars.

Training offerings at the Additive Academy® are subject to continuous further enhancement.

Learn more about the Additive Academy® and find the right entry course for your team at https://www.iapt.fraunhofer.de/de/kompetenzbereiche/addtive_academy.html.

Fraunhofer IAPT optimizes industrial manufacturing routes in the field of Additive Manufacturing and generates added value for society in the process. We transfer the results of our research directly to industry and generate sustainable innovations that transfer from B2B to end users. Our research improves living standards and strengthens the resilience of our economy and our society.

How we succeed in doing this?

We keep the entire value chain in mind for every component we improve. Whether we are integrating and implementing Additive Manufacturing technologies or developing new production processes, we think and act holistically and globally.

As a leading institute for the industrialization of Additive Manufacturing, Fraunhofer IAPT focuses its expertise and innovative strength primarily on future fields with social relevance:

• Life Science
• Defense
• Energy
• Mobility

Whatever challenges you face in the industrial application of Additive technologies, our experts will support you on your way to better products and processes. We use our knowledge and experience, our infrastructure and our network to make your vision a reality.

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