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About the Ampower Report

About

Why this Report?

Additive Manufacturing is characterized by a high dynamic in technological and market development. This dynamic shows in nearly monthly market entries of new system suppliers in established AM technologies such as Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion as well as the introduction of unique and proprietary Additive Manufacturing principles. To navigate in this environment, a detailed understanding of the different technologies and their capabilities as well as their impact on the overall market development and revenue share is important.

Within our projects we realized the difficulties our customers have to get independent and trustworthy data on the state of the AM industry for metal applications. This led to AMPOWER´s decision to combine our network and profound experience in the AM industry as well as our technological know-how and create the AMPOWER Metal AM Report. Our goal is to provide the AM experienced user with deep insights into current and expected future market data, but also provide the inexperienced reader with technological background on the different current AM technologies and those of potential future importance.

In order to deliver the most comprehensive and reliable market data, AMPOWER collected the majority of the report´s input in personal interviews. The AMPOWER team personally interviewed over 150 AM industry leaders from machine suppliers, service bureaus and material suppliers to leading users from aviation, medical, energy and others. Combined with secondhand sources the AMPOWER Report provides the most detailed and comprehensive analysis of the state of the metal AM industry and its projected growth which is currently available.

The company

About Ampower

AMPOWER is one of the worldwide leading independent consultancies focusing on industrial Additive Manufacturing. Our goal is to empower our customers to successfully implement Additive Manufacturing technologies into their business to sustainably benefit from these new technologies.

Our corporate values “independent”, “trustworthy” and “goal-oriented” reflect in our daily work where we strive to always deliver the newest market and technology insights into the Additive Manufacturing world to our customers.

Learn more about Ampower here.

The Authors

Dr. Maximilian Munsch

Maximilian is a professional user of Additive Manufacturing since 2007. In his first affiliations he acquired extensive knowledge in Laser and Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion for medical applications. He was responsible for the installation and qualification of AM production lines, today turning out over EUR 10 million in revenues, and supported multiple implant manufacturers, among others, setting up a qualified LB and EB-PBF production for regulated applications.

Matthias Schmidt-Lehr

Matthias successfully led multiple projects in Additive Manufacturing with focus on business case and strategic development for AM users as well as system and material supplier. With a history in management consulting he has a wide experience in business development, strategy development and communication. At AMPOWER he led multiple projects concerning DED, BJT and Metal FDM as well as a wide range of polymer AM technologies.

Dr. Eric Wycisk

Since 2008 Eric successfully supports OEMs from aerospace, medical and automotive to identify Additive Manufacturing applications and implement production capacities in their regulated environments. With a background in topology optimization, titanium alloys and fatigue he is focused on achieving the maximum part performance with the right AM technology.