The automobile and aerospace sectors are widely adopting the additive manufacturing technology to ensure cost efficiency, greater productivity and lesser turn-around times.

Thanks to demand from the automotive industry, Mexican light metal casting has grown strongly in recent years. Nowadays, national foundrymen produce around 1.6 million tons of various products. Now the production has to be modernized in order to meet customer demands.

Toyota plans to generate electricity and hydrogen from biological waste and is building a fuel cell power plant in the megawatt range. The plant is called "Tri-Gen" and will be built in Long Beach, California.