This article series presents various possibilities along the product life cycle that innovative additive solutions offer to a tradition-conscious industry. In the second part, we focus on freedom of design and bionics.

This article series presents various possibilities along the product life cycle that innovative additive solutions offer to a tradition-conscious industry. In the first part, we describe the differences to the conventional method and introduce the process chain.

To drive research in foundry technology, Fraunhofer is constructing a new building on the research campus near the TUM Campus Garching. The foundation stone for construction on the 36,500 m² site was laid on October 11^th, 2019.