The Additive Producer Inexperienced Commerce Affiliation (AMGTA), a worldwide commerce group centered on selling sustainable and resource-efficient manufacturing via 3D printing and associated additive manufacturing (AM) applied sciences, held its 2025 Annual Member Summit on April seventh at The Shinola Resort in Detroit. Over 80 delegates from across the globe attended and contributed to sharing practices and applied sciences.
Keynote speaker Wealthy Voorberg, President of Siemens Vitality North America, mentioned how additive manufacturing capabilities are reworking spare half inventories, refurbishment, and upkeep, and creating bottom-line worth via streamlined provide chains.
AMGTA Govt Director Sherri Monroe engaged Dr. Dean Bartles, President and CEO of Manufacturing Know-how Deployment Group, in a one-on-one dialogue of the state of superior and additive manufacturing throughout the US and across the globe.
Extra panel and small group dialogue matters on the 2025 AMGTA Summit included synthetic intelligence (AI) for extra sustainable and environment friendly manufacturing, technological and organizational challenges to know-how integration, and alternatives for these capabilities to deal with uncertainty and world market volatility.
The Additive Producer Inexperienced Commerce Affiliation (AMGTA) acknowledged its member organizations for his or her excellent contributions to sustainability throughout 4 key classes, with some members receiving accolades in a number of areas based mostly on their actions over the previous yr. These classes included Environmental Administration Programs, the place recognition was given to these sustaining ISO 14001 EMS certification in good standing; Sustainability Reporting, which acknowledged members who publicly revealed Sustainability, ESG, or CSR studies; Environmental Sustainability Analysis, honoring organizations that commissioned and revealed analysis centered on sustainability in additive manufacturing; and Excellence in AM Sustainability, which celebrated initiatives that superior the understanding and world influence of sustainable practices within the additive manufacturing sector.
This yr’s trophies have been 3D printed from PA12 polymer powder waste utilizing Stratasys’s SAF ReLife know-how. This revolutionary strategy not solely reduces waste but in addition addresses key sustainability and financial considerations for producers. With SAF ReLife, corporations can take part in additional eco-friendly manufacturing processes that align with Aware Manufacturing™ rules, selling a round financial system whereas slicing operational prices.
The SAF ReLife challenge introduces a groundbreaking resolution to waste administration, one of the important challenges in 3D printing and additive manufacturing. Leveraging Stratasys’ proprietary SAF know-how, ReLife allows the reuse of PA12 powder waste generated by different powder mattress fusion applied sciences, together with SLS and MJF. Superior thermal management transforms what was as soon as unusable materials into high-quality, practical components, all with none added materials prices.