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13. - 17.

October 2026

Fakuma

Friedrichshafen,

Germany

17. - 20.

November 2026

Formnext

Frankfurt am Main,

Germany

02. - 05.

December 2026

Plast Eurasia

Istanbul,

Turkey

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Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Sustainable solution with polyurethane resin / High productivity through continuous production / Simple assembly, superior crash performance

Articles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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News 15.05.2020

Developed with 3D-printing and scaled-up by injection molding

Royal DSM to help accelerate Dutch Covid-19 testing by making 2.8 million nose swabs

News 30.04.2020

Simple protection against droplet infection

KraussMaffei produces facial visors for regional institutions in Hannover

News 24.04.2020

Automated depowdering system for 3D printing

Additive Manufacturing Technologies Ltd and Leering Hengelo have partnered to bring PostProDP and PostProDP Pro to the market

News 17.04.2020

Formation of the cooperative effort

Cleveland-area manufacturers among 19 companies helping make face shields to combat coronavirus

Videos

3D Printing of FaceShield for Covid-19

Videos

Hands-Free 3D-Printed Door Opener to Help Against the Spread of Coronavirus

Since we stand behind our mission to build a better and healthier world, we’re sharing a free design file for a 3D-printed door opener that can be operated with elbows instead of hands to avoid spreading COVID-19

Videos

Texas A&M Researchers Design 3D-printed Diffuser to Treat COVID-19 Patients

Articles

Global open innovation initiative

CoVent-19 challenge asks millions of designers and engineers to respond to the ventilator crisis