AM Offers Solutions — If the Workforce Can Execute
Fraunhofer IAPT's Additive Academy and Amify announced cooperation to accelerate AM adoption by scaling workforce competence across global manufacturing organizations. The collaboration integrates selected Fraunhofer IAPT content into Amify's platform, enabling manufacturers to transform AM from specialized capability into organization-wide literacy.
The Competence Gap Holding AM Back
Manufacturers face simultaneous pressures: geopolitical supply chain risks, sustainability mandates, and certification challenges. AM offers solutions, yet business impact remains limited.
"The bottleneck isn't technology. It's knowledge and skills, at scale."
Companies invest in 3D printers and specialist teams, yet knowledge stays trapped among experts. Thousands lack AM literacy to identify redesign opportunities or evaluate business cases.
The Solution: Research Excellence Meets Industry-Driven Learning
Fraunhofer IAPT's Additive Academy provides decades of applied research and proven training methodology covering basic and intermediate competencies.
Amify offers an enterprise learning platform designed by industry for industry, enabling key ecosystem players to contribute knowledge and applications, scaling AM adoption from 10 to 10,000 employees.
"Workforce development is the foundation for AM industrialization. Our research-backed program, combined with Amify's industry-driven platform that scales knowledge across global enterprises, creates a unique pathway for manufacturers. This isn't just about training more specialists — it's about enabling entire organizations to think differently about design, manufacturing economics, and supply chains."
— Dr. Ingo Uckelmann, Head of Academy and Alliance at Fraunhofer IAPT
"Amify is built by the industry, for the industry — to scale AM adoption collectively. Adding Fraunhofer's research excellence strengthens our mission to increase AM maturity across enterprises. Companies like ASML and Shell are well aware of this, and Amify is driven by their need to make a business impact at global enterprise scale."
— Joran van Aart, CEO of Amify
Broad Workforce Competence to Deliver Business Impact
The approach targets organizational transformation through raising awareness and increasing role-specific skills. Result: entire organizations equipped to identify applications, assess feasibility, and drive adoption — unlocking distributed manufacturing, cost reduction, and industrialization.
About Fraunhofer IAPT
Fraunhofer IAPT focuses on sustainable innovations in additive manufacturing. Their portfolio includes R&D across the entire AM route — from component design and system solutions to process, materials, factory planning, and virtualization. Focus areas include life sciences, energy, mobility, security, and defense. Their overarching goal: ensure industrial application of AM technologies contributing to productivity, resource conservation, resilience, and prosperity.
About Amify
Enterprise-grade learning platform built by industry for industry to accelerate AM adoption. Amify enables organizations to transfer knowledge from specialized AM teams to the broader workforce — from 10 to 10,000 employees — increasing business impact. It serves as a collective intelligence hub where industry leaders contribute expertise.
About Additive Center
Founded in 2018 at Brainport Industries Campus in Eindhoven. Additive Center is an end-to-end partner for scaling AM at global enterprises, providing AM Boost Programs, advanced engineering, qualified manufacturing, and an AM Certification track in partnership with ASTM. They work with major OEMs in semiconductor, FMCG, automotive, and energy sectors.
Announced at Formnext 2025 in Frankfurt.