Formnext Awards finalists named and public voting opens

Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH has announced that the Formnext Awards competition has reached the finalist stage. This year, for the first time, attendees will help decide the winners in a public vote, which runs until November 21, when the winners will be announced. Submissions can now be viewed online.

The awards will be presented in six categories, including young innovative companies, sustainable business ideas, and pioneering technologies. The finalists demonstrate a high degree of professionalism in fields ranging from medicine and dentistry to energy and aviation.

Start-up Award supported by AM Ventures: New technologies and applications

This award recognises inspiring young companies with viable business models.

• AM Craft Group designs and manufactures additively manufactured, small-batch aircraft interior components
• Amsight promises to reduce the costs of AM quality management by 70% with its software
• Axolotl Biosciences has developed TissuePrint, a research-grade, xeno-free bioink for additively manufacturing human tissue models
• Micro Factory 3DSolutions specializes in the development of resin-based SLA AM machines
• Supernova Additive has developed the Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM) technology, which can handle highly viscous materials up to 1 million cP

Rookie Award: Medical and dental take center stage

This honours individuals with promising business ideas who have either not yet founded a company or who launched less than a year ago.

• Enki Interdentalis has developed an additively manufactured, customised dental splint that improves oral hygiene by using a water-air mixture to remove food debris and plaque from between the teeth
• Fidentis is a start-up that has developed a multi-material Additive Manufacturing solution with an integrated robotic arm that produces prostheses based on a digital model
• Oryx Medicals is developing an innovative, additively manufactured aortic valve that is set to revolutionise the treatment of aortic valve stenosis

Sustainability Award supported by Renishaw

This recognises Additive Manufacturing applications and products beyond the pure production process on the basis of their product life cycle.

• Baker Hughes is helping to reduce the environmental impact of the energy sector with additively manufactured components for gas turbines
• Ceratizit has developed a unique process for the binder and sinter-based Additive Manufacturing of hard metals
• Stratasys enables the holistic and sustainable production of high-quality footwear in the luxury segment with its J850 TechStyle AM machine

Design Award supported by cirp

The following finalists in the category Design Award supported by cirp impressed the judges with their exceptional Additive Manufacturing designs and products:

• Siemens presents an innovative reactor design for greater sustainability in the chemical industry
• Quorum Orthopedics is revolutionising prosthetics with a customisable, ergonomic solution produced by MJF (multi jet fusion) AM
• ILEK and ISW institutes (University of Stuttgart) are contributing to the implementation of low-carbon technologies in the construction industry with advanced and sustainable design solutionsm

(R)Evolution Award supported by 3D Printing Industry

This award is presented to pioneering products, technologies or services that demonstrate particular added value for the user.

• AMSystems promises to deliver high resolution and productivity at any build volume with the patented design of its MLP (multi-laser patterning) modules, which feature a combination of multiple tightly focused laser beams
• Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology IGCV: The new three-material processing technology using Powder Bed Fusion makes it possible to manufacture battery cell housings from aluminium, copper, and ceramic in a single production step
• Toolcraft has developed a method for the efficient removal of support structures in metallic AM components using dry ice blasting

AMbassador Award: Entertainment, teaching and science

The AMbassador Award recognizes outstanding individuals or organisations who have had a unique impact on the industry and users through innovative training and education approaches or personal advocacy.

• Stanley Tong has developed a corporate tailored additive curriculum, built a network of cross company subject matter experts, and made AM technology accessible to thousands in his lab for one of the world’s biggest automakers
• 3D Printing Nerd: He informs a broad global audience about AM and shows how everyone can get involved in the next industrial revolution with his entertaining YouTube show
• The University of Stuttgart has developed innovative dental bone grafts together with dentists from the Medical Center – University of Freiburg

In addition to a trophy designed by AM artist duo SUTOSUTO and produced by Voxeljet, the winners will also receive prize packages provided by 3D Printing Industry, AM Ventures, Cirp, Renishaw, and Trumpf.

More information on the awards, including voting, is available here.

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