VALIMET’s Aluminum Alloy 3D printed Robot shares his Frankfurt experience:
- Service Bureaus, i.e. Parts Manufacturers: see you in the US. (If you know, you know).
- OEMs: very few, too few encounters. We know what’s going on in the EU, but still, it hurt the show.
- The question before the event remained somehow unsolved: how much are OEMs growing in-house printing at the expense of Service Bureaus? Is that where AM growth is?
- Far East competition: dressed to impress. Special mention to DMG MORI : it just stands out.
- No Drama No Party? The Voxeldance affair is sending a shockwave of bad press: Police storming the show and a booth being removed by the organizers before the end of the event, as reported by Peter Rogers and Joris Peels: not exactly “trust building”. Being AM an Industry that serves mostly Defense and Aerospace, you can figure the implications.
- Come Together (like humans do). Companies inviting Customers or Suppliers as speakers at their booth, hosting their roll-ups. Mutual halo effect. We already covered the nLIGHT, Inc. case. See also the Azoth 3D presence at Markforged booth: it’s nice to prove the case for what you accomplished together.
- Re-make, Re-model award
ASTM Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence displayed the most impressive reinvention of the booth that we noticed. Great step ahead made possible by its marketers – well done, Alyssa Welch and team. - Listen, Listen to the good news:
Additae Digital reports growth of job searches in AM. After a good IMTS – International Manufacturing Technology Show, this is a possible confirmation that August 2024 marked the industry’s bouncing back. Reasons to be cheerful.