Amendate GmbH aims to relieve engineers of tedious routines in order to create more scope for creative activity: The company wants to raise additive manufacturing to a new level. The young company will be presenting its new development at the joint startup stand of the EMO Hannover trade fair with software that is to be ready for the market on time.

The "NextGenAM" joint project has so far demonstrated great potential for spare parts and series production in terms of manufacturing costs. The aim is to develop a pilot plant for an automated additive manufacturing process. 3D printing is thus well on its way to further establishing itself as an additional production method in the automotive and aviation sectors.

Almost every Chinese trade fair stand presents an e-car. You don't know many of them, information about them is sparse. An approximation in pictures.

Metallic 3D printing is on track for automotive series production. In the future, at least 50,000 parts per year are to be produced in series production and more than 10,000 individual and spare parts. This goal is supported by the IDAM joint project.

This year too, the International Magnesium Association once again awarded prizes to outstanding products made from the light metal magnesium with the so-called Magnesium Awards of Excellence and the Environmental Responsibility Award.

For a long time, China was regarded as the savior of the automobile industry. However, the upward trend has slowed down and traditional manufacturers are facing new challenges.

A manufacturing process for cooling ducts in cast electric motor housings for e-mobility applications won this year's German Innovation Award in the "Excellence in Business to Business" category.

The automotive industry is showing a strong trend towards electromobility. The use of light metal castings will also increase significantly with the market penetration of electric cars, claims Striko Westofen, manufacturer of thermal process technology for the light metal casting industry.

Aluminium Laufen AG has changed itself from a supplier of semi-finished products to a full-service supplier of tailor-made, ready-to-install extruded profiles. This benefits customers such as Europoles Suisse GmbH, which makes innovative mounting systems for streetlights and security cameras as well as helicopter landing pads. The two companies’ joint success story spans Europe, the Middle East and Korea.

BMWi has launched the lightweight construction initiative and created an interactive portal on German lightweight construction activities in the form of a lightweight construction atlas.