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Having taken off to become the world’s leading exhibition for Additive Manufacturing and modern industrial production in recent years, formnext continues this development at a record pace in 2019.

The use of ceramic cutting tools ensures, with the individualization of implants, that no traces of metallic materials find their way into the body. OxiMaTec GmbH/DE has developed a biocompatible high-performance ceramic for such applications.

Alfred University’s Inamori School of Engineering/US is the first in the country to install a 3D-printer capable of printing high-resolution ceramic materials.

Messe München starts a new conference format in Munich on 19–20 September 2019 to reduce the waiting time until the next ceramitec trade show: the ceramitec Conference will celebrate its premiere at the newly inaugurated Conference Center Nord of Messe München.

Nabaltec AG’s stable revenue growth continued in the 3^rd quarter of 2018.

In order to accelerate the penetration of its products on China’s battery market, Alteo/FR jointed forces with the China-based Group Suzhou Ginet New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. and created the joint venture Alteo-Ginet (Sushou) Lithium Battery Material Technology.

Messe München/DE has set the dates for the forthcoming edition of ceramitec: The next time, the international key trade show of the ceramics industry will be held in Munich/DE from 18–21 May 2021.

Sembach Technical Ceramics is now officially certified according to the automotive-specific quality management standard IATF 16949. This standard is based on ISO/TS 16949 and is a tightening of the conditions to be met for certification. Many industries can benefit from the certification and the associated high standards at Sembach.

When it comes to lightweight design with Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (CFRP), ­efficient series production is key to further establish this material class in more and more applications and industries. The production method of fibre placement – and automated, load-path optimised, material efficient laying and cutting of fibres – plays an important role, as this type of method is ideal for industrial production. To incorp­­or­ate the technology into more high-volume applications across industries and further improve efficiency and resource utilisation, SGL Carbon/DE and Fraunhofer-IGCV/DE founded the joint Fibre Placement Center (FPC) at the beginning of 2018.

Corning Incorporated/US announced that, with the support of the Hefei Government, it will be investing further in an expansion of its new environmental technologies production facility in the Hefei Xinzhan Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone in the Anhui Province/CN.