Formnext – Where ideas take shape.

As the leading industry platform for additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing, Formnext is the international meeting point for the next generation of intelligent industrial production.


The leading global exhibition and conference on additive manufacturing and the next generation of intelligent industrial production



Formnext is the leading exhibition and conference dedicated to additive manufacturing and all of its upstream and downstream processes.



Discover the future of your production



It is where experts from a wide range of industry sectors, such as automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, medical technology, electrical engineering, and many more, come together to discover additive manufacturing, industrial 3D printing, and innovative production technologies for themselves.



Always with a view to



Increasing efficiency

Conserving resources

Optimizing time-to-market for their products

Opening up new opportunities in design and production

Venue

Messe Frankfurt

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