Category: News

Dear members

Summer is calling! Some of you, the lucky ones, are already enjoying their vacation whereas we are starting off into our new fiscal year 2019/2020. Could it start any better than by proudly announcing our 100th member company? We think No!

Topics of the month:

+++ 5 new members
+++ Annual Meeting 2019: Tickets available soon
+++ Launch of our AM Network Map
+++ MgA at Lightweight Construction Summit of Economics Ministers

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When Mobility goes Additive started, we never imagined how successful it will become. This month, we are more than proud to announce our 100th network member and four more. A warm welcome to these companies and their teams!

TRUMPF is a large medium-sized family business specialized in machine tools and laser technology and has been selling various systems for powder bed printing and laser deposition welding for many years.

The 3D Lab Cottbus is a research laboratory of the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg in which the entire process chain of additive manufacturing with metallic materials is mapped in order to research materials, processes and products.

Grow is a platform for start-ups that have their origins in the Bosch Group and are part of the company. They are supported by the Grow platform team. Grow provides the start-ups with the infrastructure, the connection to the group as well as own and shared services.

Mitsubishi Chemicals Europe (MCE) is the subsidiary and European headquarter of the Japanese Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, developing a wide range of materials and high-performance products for industrial and medical applications for its customers worldwide.

The inspire Plc is an initial partner of ETH Zurich, conducting research for industry, developing state-of-the-art technologies, methods and processes, but also solving problems in all areas of product innovation and production technology.

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working group meeting

Mobility goes Additive
Education 04.07.2019, call
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Digital Supply Chain 11.07.2019, Munich
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aalborg University

Approval in Rail August 2019 (voting in progress)
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens Mobility

Materials | FG Market Needs 10.07.2019, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn

Materials | FG Metal Examinations E Aug/A Sep 2019, Radevormwald
Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn

Medical goes Additive
Materials 27.08.2019, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Cora Lüders-Theuerkauf, Medical goes Additive

Approval 28.08.2019, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Cora Lüders-Theuerkauf, Medical goes Additive

Use Cases 29.08.2019, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Cora Lüders-Theuerkauf, Medical goes Additive

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within the network

Company portraits out now – discover our AM Network Map!

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A big thank you to all who have followed our call-to-action in filling our digital AM Network Map.
Today, we proudly announce its go-live: a great tool to search for potential partners, to localize business companions nearby and to promote your own service portfolio.
The more it’s being used, the more all network members and the market will benefit! We boost AM.

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news

MgA at the Lightweight Construction Summit of Economics Ministers

On behalf of the MgA network, Stefanie Brickwede was invited to the Wirtschaftsministerkonferenz 2019 (Conference of German Ministers for Economic Affairs) in Bremerhaven and talked about the chances of additive manufacturing within “lightweight construction” strategies.
The event has been a great opportunity to strengthen AM issues in the political sphere as well as extending contacts in almost all German federal states. More: debating with the federal states of Berlin and Thuringia on 3D printing for construction, connecting with the Bauhaus Weimar, discussing with Brandenburg on noise protection through printed plastic parts on rails in China.

Review Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D 2019

 

During the hottest days of summer 2019 to date, the 16th edition of the Erfurt trade fair Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D 2019 came to a successful end last week.
Nearly 4,500 visitors, 180 exhibitors and more than 100 speakers at the Rapid Tech Congress and 3D Printing Conference contributed to a concrete, application-oriented exchange. MgA was represented with two presentations and we were very happy to meet so many of you there.

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further dates

 16.-17.09.2019 – Booking available soon! General Meeting & Annual Meeting 2019of Mobility goes Additive e.V. in Berlin – exciting inputs and presentations during a first-time two-day course and we still have great sponsoring opportunities available for you.

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15.08.2019 – Additive Manufacturing Day in Cottbus (Cottbusser Tag der Additiven Fertigung CTdAF): Live demos and showarounds on the potentials of AM for metal and polymer parts. Registration platform open online: click here.

11.-12.09.2019 – 2nd Forum of German SME businesses (Forum Deutscher Mittelstand): over 550 conference attendees expected, MgA members benefit from 10% discount on attendee tickets, please contact Simon Thasler@IPM. #fdm19stuttgart

01.-02.10.2019 – We would like to recommend the Railway Forum of our partners from the IPM to all those whose interest in innovations in the railway sector was aroused by our insight into the work of RAILiability. MgA will be represented with a booth.

29.-31.10.2019 – This year again the AM industry of the entire Mediterranean region will meet in Barcelona at the end of October. For the fourth edition of INDUSTRY, the fair was extended by several industrial sectors to present solutions beyond additive manufacturing, e.g. for automation and internet security. Be represented with a use case presentation or exhibit via Mobility goes Additive – get in touch with us.

November 2019 – Save-the-Date: Join MgA & BerlinPartner for an introduction to the flourishing AM/3D printing ecosystem in Israel via an exclusive tech scouting visit and participation in Israel’s central AM conference “3D Printing & Beyond” at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. [is-login]Contact Christoph Windus@MgA for more information.[/is-login]

18.-19.03.2020 – Fraunhofer Direct Digital Manufacturing Conference in Berlin: organised by the Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance, the DDMC is a bi-annual cutting-edge forum for discussion on Additive Manufacturing. Call for papers ends 05.07.2019 – interested? Kindly submit a short abstract (250 words) here.

11.-12.03.2020 – Save-the-date: the 4th Additive Manufacturing Forum 2020, Europe’s leading AM Conference & Exhibition. Special conditions for MgA members available, please register on here by entering code [is-login]AMF20MGA[/is-login] to make use of your 20% discount. Super Early Bird Tickets available until 31.07.2019, Early Bird Tickets until 30.11.2019. MgA will be represented with a booth.

 

We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our team and tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards,

Your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear members,

Also this month we would like to remind you of our Annual Meeting 2019 on September 16-17 in Berlin! Since the last newsletter three new members joined the Mobility network and a new feature, our AM network map, will be introduced on the website. Also, we would like to ask for input for the Lightweight Summit of the Ministers of Economics.

Topics of the month:
+++ 3 new members +++ AM Network Map +++ MgA at Lightweight Construction Summit of Economics Ministers +++ Reports from the working groups +++

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We are pleased to welcome three new companies to our network in June!

Simufact engineering GmbH is a software company that develops simulation software for manufacturing processes. Amongst others, there are innovative solutions for build simulation.

With the 24IP Law Group we gain a legal expert who is familiar with concepts for the protection of licensing and the enforcement of IP rights.

Alexander Daniels Global GmbH acts worldwide as a talent scout and specializes as a recruiting agency in additive manufacturing.

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The working group Approval in Mobility met on 28 May 2019 at the MgA office. It has scaled up by several new members and will continue to work on approval issues in the railway sector as Approval in Rail.
Following this example, a group with an Automotive focus is to begin its work soon.

On 06 May 2019, the representatives of the European railways from Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and Austria met in Rome as part of the Mobility working group RAILiability.
The aim of this working group is to jointly develop a common database for printed 3D parts in order to share the requirements and learnings from development, but also to work closely together in material testing, research and development together with industry.
Following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in mid-March 2019, the content is now becoming more concrete: initial component data will be collected and exchanged, additive components will be shown to each other, valuable inspirations for potential components will be exchanged and a first consolidated “need list” will be drawn up.
The next physical meeting will take place in Vienna in August.

working group meetings

Education 06.06.2019, call
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Approval mid/end July 2019 (voting in progress)
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens Mobility

Digital Supply Chain 11.07.2019, Munich
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aalborg University

Medical end August 2019, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Cora Lüders-Theuerkauf, Medical goes Additive

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within the network

AM Network Map

As an added value for our members, we want to portray our network on a digital map, our AM Network Map.
Thanks to all who already filled their profiles after our call-for-action!
[is-login]If you haven’t done so yet or need support, please contact Linus. In order for the map to be launched soon, the go-live is scheduled for 30.06.2019. This is also going to be one of your promo platforms![/is-login]

MgA at the Lightweight Construction Summit of Economics Ministers

Our Managing Director Stefanie Brickwede has been invited as an expert to the Summit of Economics Ministers on 25 June 2019 to push AM and “lightweight construction” in politics. Training needs, financing and a strategy for the AM industry will be addressed.
Do you have applications or studies on this topic that you would like to be placed? [is-login]In particular, we seek (small) 3d printed exhibits from you. Please mail us to showcase.[/is-login]

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news

3D printed block buster “Mister Link” out now in cinemas

On 30.05.2019 the stop motion movie Mister Link will come to German cinemas, for whose production the animation studio LAIKA also used 3D printing. More than 100,000 detailed faces with precisely rendered colour nuances were printed on a Stratasys machine.

Colaboration on Metal AM Report from Ampower

The Hamburg AM consulting company Ampower is preparing an international Metal AM report. AM suppliers and users who provide a summary of their activities in the report have access to the results on the formnext. Contact Ampower directly if you are interested in contributing to the report.

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further dates

04.-06.06.2019 – France’s largest event for additive manufacturing is the 3D PRINT Congress & Exhibition in Lyon. This year Dr Cora Lueders-Theuerkauf presented our new network for the medical industry to the French AM users in a lecture slot.

04.-07.06.2019 – Every two years expert visitors meet at Messe München at transport logistic, the leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management.

13.-14.06.2019 – You want to enhance your expertise in 3D Printing in Medicine? Materialise is offering a workshop in Leuven in June showing solutions for the profitable use of additive manufacturing in the medical sector. MgA members receive a generous discount – [is-login]to retrieve this benefit, please contact Martin Herzmann directly.[/is-login]

25.-26.06.2019 – At the AMI Conference Composites in Rail, challenges and opportunities of composite materials in the railway sector will be evaluated and discussed. Arvid Eirich from Mobility goes Additive is going to speak about “We print to drive – Using 3D printing to solve obsolescence problems” on stage.

25.-27.06.2019 – RapidTech + FabCon enters its 16th edition! In the last week of June, the Erfurt trade fair with the largest conference on the subject of additive manufacturing also attracts us and many of our network members to the capital of Thuringia.
Worth a detour: The finalists of the Pioneers Challenge with their innovative ideas and research results can also be found in the exhibition on all three days. Award ceremony on the evening of 26 June.

16.-17.09.2019 – announcement: General Meeting & Annual Meeting 2019 of Mobility goes Additive e.V. in Berlin – exciting inputs and presentations during a first-time two-day course and we still have great sponsoring opportunities available for you.

01.-02.10.2019 – We would like to recommend the Railway Forum of our partners from the IPM to all those whose interest in innovations in the railway sector was aroused by our insight into the work of RAILiability. MgA will be represented with a booth.

29.-31.10.2019 – This year again the AM industry of the entire Mediterranean region will meet in Barcelona at the end of October. For the fourth edition of INDUSTRY, the fair was extended by several industrial sectors to present solutions beyond additive manufacturing, e.g. for automation and internet security. Be represented with a use case presentation or exhibit via Mobility goes Additive – get in touch with us.

We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our teamand tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards,

Your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear members,

preparations for our Annual Meeting 2019 in September have begun. On 16 and 17 September 2019, we will meet in Berlin for the first time for two days: on the first day, the General Meeting, further modules and our evening event are planned; the second day will be filled with inspiring and varied lectures. As soon as there are more news and further information, you will be the first to know – until then, please kindly block both days!

Topics of the month:
+++ Kick-off Medical goes Additive +++ Review of AMUG visit to Chicago +++ Meeting with Singapore network NAMIC +++ News from Approval & Materials +++

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First interim achievement for the Approval working group within Mobility: at the meeting on 9 April 2019 in Hamburg, the first safety-relevant, quality-tested component from the collaboration was presented – a huge success on the way to industrial maturity! As soon as the final reconcilliations have taken place, the suspension bracket can be installed directly and brought onto the track. Thanks to all involved for this great teamwork! Next planned act: involvement of the relevant approval authorities. We boost AM!
If you are interested more deeply in the group, please feel free to contact us or Maximilian Kunkel directly!

At the last meeting of the Materials working group within Mobility, the focus group Metal Examinations decided to jointly conduct a round robin test. Ten tension rods and 60 fatigue tests have already been printed and will be tested in the next step to investigate the influence of various parameters on the printing process.

working group meetings

RAILiability 06.05.2019, Rome
Lead: Felix Spiess, ÖBB

Approval 28.05.2019, Berlin
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens Mobility

Education 06.06.2019, Berlin
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Digital Supply Chain 11.07.2019, Munich (tbc)
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aalborg University

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within the network

Medical goes Additive Kick-off

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Inspired by some of our members, our newest project was launched on 30 April 2019. With over 30 representatives from international companies and institutions in the industry, we successfully launched the “Medical goes Additive” network. The aim is to jointly promote additive manufacturing in the medical sector. We are excited and looking forward to the operative work in the working groups Materials, Approval and Use Cases. If you would like to get involved, please contact Dr. Cora Lüders-Theuerkauf directly.

As a PhD biologist and previously working on heart valves at the German Heart Centre in Berlin, Cora will manage our latest affiliate network “Medical goes Additive”. We are very happy about this valuable addition to our office!
Dear Cora, welcome to the team!

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news

DB employee competition extended

Since March, Deutsche Bahn employees nationwide, especially in the production facilities, have been called upon to submit their proposals for printable parts. Developed and set up jointly with the support of the German Federal Armed Forces, this involves the targeted identification of spare parts as well as operating aids such as tools. More than 50 part proposals have already been submitted by corporate workforces – due to the great participation the competition is now being extended by one month to the end of May 2019.

Meeting with NAMIC

On 7 May 2019, Stefanie Brickwede will meet our future cooperation partner NAMIC in Singapore to sign a memorandum of understanding. The aim is to exchange information on the latest trends and developments in the European and Asian markets, but also to jointly establish and consolidate additive manufacturing in the respective areas.

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events

Review of AMUG visit to Chicago

With well over 2,000 participants, the world’s largest user meeting Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) took place in Chicago at the beginning of April: exciting keynotes, discussions at eye level, meetings of various industries from Nescar manufacturers to animated film creatives. Stefanie Brickwede gave a presentation together with our network member 3YOURMIND and took many impressions for our network with her. In coordination with our cooperation partner IPM, these insights will be channelled into the ongoing development of the largest European user meeting, the Additive Manufacturing Forum in Berlin in March 2020.

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further dates

inside the network

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outside the network

22.-23.05.2019 – In Fürstenfeldbruck near Munich, the German Assembly Congress (Deutscher Montagekongress) will take place for the 30th time. Under the title Intelligent technologies mastered safely the lectures will focus on digitisation and automation, production and factory operation.

04.-07.06.2019 – Every two years expert visitors meet at Messe München at transport logistic, the leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management.

25.-26.06.2019 – At the AMI Conference Composites in Rail, challenges and opportunities of composite materials in the railway sector will be evaluated and discussed.

16.-17.09.2019 – announcement: General Meeting & Annual Meeting 2019 of Mobility goes Additive e.V. in Berlin

We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our team and tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards,

Your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear members,

In February, the Advisory Board met at the office to discuss the strategic direction of the network going forward. The results of the meeting can be found below, as well as the current events in the working groups.
But let’s start with welcoming our two new members!

Assembrix is a software company based in Tel Aviv whose goal is to provide unused printing capacity (powder bed) centrally. Assembrix’ own software can be used for print preparation. Assembrix takes care of the distribution of free capacities at the service provider, the order, the forwarding and the dispatch.

OCAS NV (Onderzoeks Centrum voor de Aanwending van Staal) is a market-oriented research centre from Belgium, which offers products, services and solutions made of steel and metal for metalworking companies all over the world. Its AM focus is mainly on WAAM.

Welcome to the network and to a good cooperation!

Current overview of members: www.mobilitygoesadditive.com/en/members/. A click on the logos leads you directly to the respective company homepages.

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On February 7th, representatives of 30 member companies met at our office for the annual meeting of the entire Materials working group. The agenda included an update of the thematic work inside the focus groups as well as exciting keynote speeches.
Furthermore, the focus group Market Needs will be relaunched under the leadership of SLM and focus group Metal Development will continue their activities under the name Metal Examinations.

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The working group Legal Frameworks will be folded up and legal aspects will be handled topic-wise within the individual working groups.
Special thanks to Dr. Andreas Leupold for leading the working group!

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working group meetings

Approval September 4th, Hamburg
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens AG

Education March 18th, Hamburg
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Change Management March 6th, Lupburg
Lead: Oliver Cynamon, FIT AG

Digital Supply Chain March 28th, Munich (Call on March 11th)
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aaalborg University

Materials
FG High Performance Polymers April 9th, Rheinmünster
Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn AG

RAILiability May 6th, Rome
Lead: Felix Spiess, ÖBB

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within the network

Report from Advisory Council Meeting

[is-login]On January 31st and February 1st, the Advisory Board met for the first time for a two-day meeting at the representative office at Marienpark Berlin. After a short update from the office as well as latest board meeting, the aim of these days was to discuss the further strategic orientation of the network and to collect recommendations on the activities for 2019 from our experts. At its core, Mobility goes Additive will continue to link industries and support members in establishing contacts, to drive the topic of industrial additive manufacturing in new specialist markets (e.g. medical, industrial goods, “white goods”, construction machinery) while focusing its commitment primarily on Europe, while regularly gathering developments and impulses at international congresses.
We are especially proud of our new, fresher claim “We boost AM”, which will support our efforts to integrate additional target groups and markets into our network portfolio in future
Thanks to all involved for the productive brainstorming and this great result. Let’s go and boost AM![/is-login]

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Events

Women in AM & Additive Manufacturing Forum

If you would like to see us in person but yet don’t have a ticket for the Additive Manufacturing Forum yet, make your move now. The event is almost sold out.
As founding member our network members benefit from a 20% MgA discount on event tickets of the AM Forum! Discount code: [is-login]AMF19PREMIUM[/is-login]. We look forward to seeing you!

Cooperation booth EMO Hannover

Our network member Gefertec has booked an 80 m² stand in the AM area for EMO Hannover in September, but will also exhibit on another stand and therefore only need 20 m². They would therefore like to sublet the remaining space.

[is-login]If your company is interested in exhibiting at the EMO, please contact Tobias Röhrich. Suggestions and solutions are very welcome.[/is-login]

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further dates

inside the network

[is-login]21.03. – 22.03.2019 – advisory board meeting (not public)
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outside the network

05.03.2019 At the beginning of March the spare parts conference Ersatzteiltagung ETT 2019, Austria’s largest platform for spare parts logistics, after-sales and services, will take place in St. Valentin (AT). Keynote of Stefanie Brickwede

13.03.2019 – Following the very successful first AM Ladies Lunch in 2018, Mobility goes Additive e.V. in cooperation with IPM AG invites to a meeting of female specialists and executives – to the European Summit for Women in AM 2019.
The aim is to bolster up the networking of women in specialist and management roles in the additive world, to inflame more women for the subject and thus to open-up new potentials for additive manufacturing as future technology.

14.03. – 15.03. 2019 – The 3rd Additive Manufacturing Forum will take place at the Estrel Congress Center Berlin. In continuation to previous years, MgA as a foundation partner will undergrid the leading AM conference & exhibition. Discount code: [is-login]AMF19PREMIUM[/is-login]

20.03.-21.03.2019 – The 7th edition of the Additive World Conference is being organized to provide the latest insights into industrial additive manufacturing in all its richness.

31.03 – 04.04.2019 – Between March and April the largest American AM conferenceAMUG will take place in Chicago. Meet several network members and listen to their lectures.

16.09. – 17.09.2019 – Announcement: General Assembly & Annual Meeting 2019 of Mobility goes Additive – please save the date!

We would also be happy to draw attention to your highlights and events. Please contact our Team and tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards, your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear members,

we are happy to have met so many of you two weeks ago at the AM Forum in Berlin! It is nice to see how far our network in the AM industry reaches and how (many) valuable contacts arise from it. But also beside the AM Forum there is a lot to report:
+++ four new members +++ New faces in the AM office +++ Women in AM: a review +++ Results from the working groups +++

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LINK3D is a software company based in the United States that develops additive workflow software to accelerate processes and achieve better machine utilisation.

Desktop Metal has revolutionized the FDM process with its printers and made it accessible for metal printing.

Hirtenberger Engineered Surface, part of the Austria-based Hirtenberger Group, has developed a solution for the surface treatment of metallic printing components called Hirtisation.

Know-How Wilhelms is a print service provider based in Königs Wusterhausen near Berlin, which among other things specializes in powder deposition welding.

Welcome to the network and to a good cooperation!

Current overview of members: www.mobilitygoesadditive.com/en/members/.
A click on the logos leads you directly to the respective company homepages.

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On 18.03. the working group Education met in Hamburg. They agreed on the further procedure regarding a jointly defined training model. In addition, the Fraunhofer IAPT presented its efforts in the context of the information days of the vocational schools, in the course of which interested teachers are to be inspired by the topic, who then hopefully pass this enthusiasm on to their vocational students. Appropriate dates are scheduled for June, and in future it will also be possible for other network partners outside Hamburg to implement them!

An official start has been made! On March 15, 2019 during the AM Forum, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB, Trenitalia and SJ representing seven European railways at a press conference in which they committed themselves to cooperate intensively on AM topics for the printing of spare parts. The aim of the latest working group RAILiability of Mobility goes Additive is the identification of technological applications, which show the AM market concrete fields of action and potentials. Many thanks to Uwe Fresenborg (DB), Daniela Chiappini (Trenitalia), Stefanie Brickwede (Mobility goes Addivite), Lars Lindberg (SJ) and Andreas Zwerger (ÖBB) – from left to right – for this public starting signal!

 

 

 

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working group meetings

Approval April 9th, Hamburg
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens AG

Education June 6th, Hamburg
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Digital Supply Chain July 11th, Munich
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aaalborg University

Materials
Focus Group High-Performance-Polymers: April 9th, Rheinmünster
Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn AG

RAILiability April, WebEx, May 6th, Rome
Lead: Felix Spiess, ÖBB

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within the network    

New faces in the Office

On the 1st of April, our staff changes and the office grows: Christoph Windus as Office Manager takes care of all organizational issues.  This allows Susanne Merten to concentrate on marketing and PR issues from now on. She will be supported by our new working student Natalie Jaglin. Our working student Osman Adanir is quitting because he has almost made it: he is currently writing intensively for his Bachelor’s degree and will take more time to do so.

After almost three years in the network, Frieda Gripp wants to turn to other tasks in the Deutsche Bahn and leaves the office team. Arvid will take over her part of the finances. Our many thanks go to all our companions and we look forward to working with our new ones!

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news  

Review AM Forum

On the day before the AM Forum (13.03.2019) more than 50 great women of the AM industry met at the 1st European Summit for Women in AM. In the office of Mobility goes Additive e.V. we heard lectures by women for women: Signe Ratso, Deputy General commission for R&D of the European Commission, motivated everyone to pioneer additive manufacturing for industry 4.0, Kim Francois, Managing Director of Materialise China, gave insights into the world of additive manufacturing and its challenges in Asia, the Managing Director of Aidro hydraulics & 3D printing Valeria Tirelli inspired the participants with bionic use cases and Greta D’Angelo, Head of Technology of Amexci AB, gave practical impulses for the change management of an organization towards additive manufacturing processes. In an interactive session, Simone Dorenburg, Speaker Coach, gave everyone amazingly simple tips on rhetoric and body language. Insights into the event with its many opportunities for active networking can be found here in our members area. (Registration in the members area required).

Congratulations to Helmut-Schmidt University!

The Helmut Schmidt University of the German army! The team has won the tender for a study by the Federal Railway Authority to identify potentials in additive manufacturing in the German railway sector. A top-class advisory board, including Deutsche Bahn and Siemens, is providing support.

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events

AMUG

This week the biggest AM event in North America will take place. At the AMUG in Chicago many of our network members are present or even represented with exhibition stands. Our managing director Stefanie Brickwede will also be there.

further dates

inside the network

[is-login]23.05. – 24.05.2019 – advisory board meeting (not public)[/is-login]

outside the network

31.03 – 04.04.2019 – Between March and April the largest American AM conferenceAMUG will take place in Chicago. There will also be a lecture from our network.

22.05. – 23.05.2019 – The German Assembly Congress (Deutscher Montagekongress) will take place for the 30th time in Fürstenfeldbruck near Munich. Under the title Intelligent technologies mastered safely, the lectures will focus on digitisation and automation, production and factory operation. 

04.06. – 07.06.2019 – Every two years expert visitors meet at Messe München at transport logistic, the leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management.

25.06.-26.06.2019 – At the AMI Conference Composites in Rail, challenges and opportunities of composite materials in the railway sector will be evaluated and discussed.

16.09. – 17.09.2019 – Appointment announcement: General Meeting & Annual Meeting 2019 of Mobility goes Additive e.V.

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We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our Teamand tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards, your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear members,

we hope you all had a good start into the new year and we can achieve a lot together in 2019! Two new members will help us to achieve this.

JAMPT (Japanese Additive Manufacturing & Processing Technology) has set itself the goal of making the Japanese economy internationally competitive in the AM sector.

As the 90th member, we also welcome BeAM Machines from Strasbourg to our network. BeAM was founded in 2012 to build a new generation of DED solutions. These printers have been delivered since 2016 and the product portfolio has been extended by further generations and models.

Stefanie Brickwede met Joerg Oster, Sales Manager for Germany and Austria personally at the ISAM.

Welcome to the network and to a good cooperation!

Current overview of members: www.mobilitygoesadditive.com/en/members/.
A click on the logos leads you directly to the respective company homepages.

In January, the RAILiability working group met at our premisses in Berlin. It deals with concrete rail-specific challenges of Additive Manufacturing. Parts are to be compared, similarities identified and solutions worked out.
We are glad that Felix Spiess from ÖBB will take over the leadership of the working group.
The next big step is the signing of a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) at a press conference as part of the AM Forum Berlin on 15.03.2019.

working group meetings

Approval February 5th, Munich
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens AG

Education February 18th, Hamburg
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Change Management March 6th, Lupburg
Lead: Oliver Cynamon, FIT AG

Digital Supply Chain March 28th, Munich
Lead: Atanu Chaudhuri, Aaalborg University

Materials February 7th, Berlin
Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn AG

RAILiability May 6th, Rome
Lead: Felix Spiess, ÖBB

within the network

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Internationalization

At the last board meeting it was decided to focus the internationalization efforts on Europe. The inclusion of European subsidiaries or dependencies has advantages, among others, in the timing of meetings. Nevertheless, suitable partners for strengthening the network will continue to be sought on the international market. In addition to membership of the network, these partnerships can also support an exchange of information for the mutual benefit of both parties.

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Carnival

On 15.02.2019, we celebrate carnival together with friends, neighbours and network members at our office! If you are in Berlin and still looking for an evening event for which you can dress up, come and see us!
We are lokking forward to seeing you!

News

US Army at MgA

In mid-December, the US Army specifically visited us, and we were struck by the parallels in spare parts printing for commercial vehicles and infrastructure. Our network members bigrep, Fraunhofer IAPT, Trinckle 3D, Deutsche Bahn AG, GEFERTEC, 3YOURMIND, Bionic Production and APWORKS impressively represented the AM location Germany with their solutions. On the following day there was an exciting meeting with the DB and the Bundeswehr. Learning: the spare part related breakdowns are better under control for the railways, even better in perspective due to AM.

The areas of deployment in the armed forces are, however, more diverse and more strongly influenced by environmental conditions and regulation.
Follow-ups were agreed directly. We intent to establish this workshop format inside Mobility goes Additive for targeted exchange with sectors with high potential.

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events

Women in AM & Additive Manufacturing Forum

We would like to take this opportunity once again to draw your attention to the AM-Forum of IPM Plc. which will take place in Berlin in a few weeks.
Prior to the forum, the event for women in the AM industry ‘Women in AM’ initiated by Mobility goes Additive will take place for the second time on 13.03.2019!
As a founding member, our network members benefit from an 20% MgA discount on AM Forum event tickets! You can find the discount code in the event overview below.

further dates

inside the network

31.01. – 01.02.2019 – advisory board meeting (not public)


outside the network

29.-31.01.2019 – ISAM 2019 The 3rd International Symposium on Additive Manufacturing in Dresden hosted by Fraunhofer IWS, Panel & Discussion Stefanie Brickwede.
 
18.-19.02.2019 – The Rethink! SPMS Europe 2019 in Berlin is the leading strategic Smart Manufacturing summit for production executives and plant managers to interactively discuss the future of smart factories, advanced production strategies, factory automation, organisational change, data management, predictive maintainance, robotics, cost reduction, lean & operational excellence, Industry 4.0 and Workforce 4.0., lecture by Stefanie Brickwede.

05.03.2019 At the beginning of March the spare parts conference Ersatzteiltagung ETT 2019, Austria’s largest platform for spare parts logistics, after sales and services, will take place in St. Valentin (AT).
 
13.03.2019 – Following the very successful first AM Ladies Lunch in 2018, Mobility goes Additive e.V. in cooperation with IPM AG invites to a meeting of female specialists and executives – to the European Summit for Women in AM.
The aim is to support the networking of women in specialist and management positions in the additive world, to inflame more women for the topic and thus to open up new potential for the future technology of additive manufacturing.

14.03. – 15.03. 2019 – For the 3rd time, the Additive Manufacturing Forum will take place in the Berlin Estrel. This year again, MgA as a foundation partner will support the leading AM conference & exhibition. [is-login] Discount Code: AMF19PREMIUM [/is-login]

20.03.-21.03.2019 – The seventh edition of the Additive World Conference is being organized to provide the latest insights into industrial additive manufacturing in all its richness.

31.03 – 04.04.2019 – Between March and April the largest American AM conferenceAMUG will take place in Chicago. There will also be a lecture from our network.

We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our Teamand tell us what’s on your agenda. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.
 
Best regards, your
Mobility goes Additive Team

Dear Members,

Our second business year ends and we can look back on a successful year thanks to joint work. 75 companies are currently working in our network on the establishment and series production readiness of additive manufacturing in industrial production!
Five new member companies will join this group at the beginning of the new business year:

The Israeli startup LEO Lane offers its own ecosystem for the management, control and secure use of your own print data.

Trenitalia, Italy’s largest railway company, was created in 2000 by separating the freight and passenger transport business from the parent company Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS).

O.R. Lasertechnologie GmbH from Dieburg, Germany, has been dealing with innovative concepts in laser technology for more than 20 years and supplies its own industrial laser systems all over the world.

Faiveley Transport is a French provider of rail systems and services with headquarters near Paris and locations in 26 countries. The company belongs to the American Wabtec Corporation, which supplies locomotives and rail vehicle components and is expected to merge with GE Transportation in 2019.

The team of Industrial Partners GmbH from Frankfurt am Main, Beerfelden im Odenwald and Tianjin, P.R. China develops and designs individual components, subsystems and products for various industrial sectors. It supports its customers from the idea to the series part, even with the correct use of additive production.

Welcome to the network and on a good cooperation!

Current overview of members: www.mobilitygoesadditive.com/en/members/. A click on the logos leads you directly to the respective company homepages.

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The new Materials working group will start on 9 July in Berlin.

Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn AG

further working group dates

Approval 21.08.18 in Berlin
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens AG

Change Management 05.07.18
Lead: Oliver Cynamon, FIT AG

Digitale Supply Chain & IT mid-August, vote in progress
Lead: Steffen Kuhn, EOS GmbH

Education 08.08.18 in Berlin
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

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within the network

Advisory Board
Due to Steffen Kuhn’s change to EOS and the avoidance of dominance by a company, Nikolai Zaepernick leaves the network advisory board. We would like to thank Nikolai for his work since the foundation of the network!
We will continue to work closely with EOS on the Network Advisory Board with Steffen Kuhn.

Annual Meeting 2018
Our Annual Meeting in the network is coming up! On 26.09.2018 we meet in Berlin.
The general meeting will be followed by an exciting networking programme that is open to everyone and will once again provide an all-round overview of the network topics and successes, provide new inspiration and get to know our new members.

What has happened in the working groups?
-Direct discussion in an interactive market stand concept with the working group leaders

What’s the news?
-Be informed about current developments even before Formnext, e.g. by DesktopMetal Printing to reduce postprocessing effort

-Get to know completely new applications, e.g. wheelset bearing caps printed with 3DMP

-A look beyond the end of one’s nose: How far is the pressure of human spare parts? From heart valves to tissue printing – a realistic insight

-Everyone is talking about digitisation and it is being implemented in Europe’s largest mobility and logistics group by her: Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke, Director of Technology and Digitization at Deutsche Bahn, reports on the digitization of Deutsche Bahn and what role 3D printing plays in it

-Berlin brings industry back: State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Berlin, Christian Rickerts, former head of Wikipedia, reveals his vision of 3D printing in the capital

-And you’ll be there when Mobility goes Additive celebrates its entry into the 3D printing hub – with jazz quartet and DJ – until early in the morning!

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events

CECIMO Brussels
Last week, representatives of the 3D printing industry met at the European Parliament in Brussels at the invitation of CECIMO. Together with excellently informed parliamentarians, relevant regulatory requirements were discussed. The main topics were standards, legal framework conditions, education and their consideration in the new EU funding programme “Horizons Europe”, which will replace the existing “Horizons 2020”.

further dates

outside

18 – 23.09.2018 – Between 18 and 21 September, hundreds of exhibitors will once again be presenting themselves to trade visitors at Innotrans, the leading trade fair for transport technology, in all 41 halls and on the entire open-air exhibition grounds of the Messe Berlin. On the following two days it will open up to a larger audience.
A flyer from the network is planned to give an overview of the network members exhibiting at the fair. If you are interested in the flyer, please contact us!

26.09.2018 – Annual Meeting 2018: Keep absolutely free! Our 3rd annual meeting (and in this course also the general meeting of the network) this year takes place in Berlin.
This year’s speakers include: Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke, Chief Technology and Digitalisation Officer of Deutsche Bahn and Christoph Hansen from Sauber Motorsport.

16. – 18.10.2018 – IN(3D)USTRY in Barcelona. Our network supports the third edition of the largest trade fair for additive manufacturing in the Mediterranean region as a partner. Our members receive special conditions for this. If you are interested, please contact Stefanie Brickwede.

We would also be happy to draw attention to your special events. Please contact our Team for more information. We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards, your
Mobility goes Additive Orga-Team

Dear MgA-Community,

like the current summer, the preparations for our Annual Meeting 2018 are now entering the hot phase. Therefore, we use this newsletter to provide you with the relevant information on schedule, booking and hotels in good time.
In addition, there is information on the newly launched Materials working group and news from the association’s office.

Current overview of members: www.mobilitygoesadditive.com/en/members/. A click on the logos leads you directly to the respective company homepages.

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26.09.2018

09.00 – 10.30
General Meeting

11.00 – Open End
Annual Meeting 2018

Im Marienpark, Berlin
Annual Meeting 2018

For those who stay – it’s worth it! Because there is a lot offered!
The following is an open and exciting program with many opportunities to network and get to know our new members.

We track all attendees about the network topics and successes. The working group leaders present their results and are open for discussion.

What’s the news? That”s what reported by our speakers from various industries:
Christoph Hansen, Sauber Engineering / Formula 1 racing team
Prof. Dr. Sabina Jeschke, Chief Technology and Digitization Officer DB AG
State Secretary Rickerts, Senate Berlin, with his vision of a 3D printing capital
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And you will be there when Mobility goes Additive opens the new premises of its office in the Berlin 3D Printing Hub!

Attention – for the Annual Meeting: First come, first serve!
Secure your place early via the booking page.

News

EU Parliament wants to face legal challenges of 3D printing with new legislation
The European Parliament has recently adopted a decision on 3D printing and the challenges it poses to intellectual property and civil liability and published a report on this (2017/2007(INI)).
More about this from our advisory councellor Dr. Andreas Leupold LL.M under the following link.

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On July 9, 2018, the kick-off meeting of our new Materials working group took place above the roofs of the city at Berlin’s main station. We would like to thank everyone who made this start a success. Derived from the participants’ areas of interest, the event initially identified six focus groups with the following working titles:

• High Performance Polymers
• Elastomer Priniting
• metal development
• Specification, Qualification, Guidelines
• Market Needs
• Testing Method Standards

There will be a status report at the Annual Meeting 2018.

Lead: Dr. Tina Schlingmann, Deutsche Bahn AG

further working group dates

Education 08.08.18 in Berlin
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Approval 21.08.18 in Berlin
Lead: Maximilian Kunkel, Siemens AG

Digitale Supply Chain & IT mid-August, vote in progress
Lead: Steffen Kuhn, EOS GmbH

Legal Frameworks 20.09.18 Conference Call
Lead: Olaf Steinmeier, Fraunhofer IAPT

Change Management in September
Lead: Oliver Cynamon, FIT AG

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within the network

financial audit
Our books were audited in detail by the tax office in July for the first time and passed in all respects the critical scrutiny of the auditors.
Thanks to Frieda Gripp, our financial expert, for the great work!
lawyer for the network
We were also able to secure the legal support of Mr. Stefan Nau from the Berlin law firm SEGELKEN & SUCHOPAR for the future.

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further dates

26.09.2018 – Annual Meeting 2018

18 – 23.09.2018 – Between 18 and 21 September, hundreds of exhibitors will once again be presenting themselves to trade visitors at InnoTrans, the leading trade fair for transport technology, in all 41 halls and on the entire open-air exhibition grounds of the Messe Berlin. On the following two days it will open up to a larger audience.
A flyer from the network is planned to give an overview of the network members exhibiting at the fair. If you are interested in the flyer, please contact us!

16. – 18.10.2018 – IN(3D)USTRY in Barcelona. Our network supports the third edition of the largest trade fair for additive manufacturing in the Mediterranean region as a partner. Our members receive special conditions for this. If you are interested, please contact Stefanie Brickwede.

We are looking forward to seeing you again soon, maybe at one of the events, and we will be broadcasting until then.

Best regards, your
Mobility goes Additive Orga-Team