The Formnext Awards 2025 put additive manufacturing in the spotlight as an industrial tool. In six categories, the jury nominated projects that address sustainability, production throughput, and domain-specific applications. The finalists will present their exhibits online in advance and on-site during the trade fair from 18 to 21 November 2025; the award ceremony is scheduled for 20 November at 4:20 p.m. The public vote counts as an additional jury voice in all categories and is open until 20/11/2025, 12:00 noon.
Content-wise, the entries span from medical technology and moldmaking to oil and gas processes. In the Design Award, the focus includes patient-specific prosthetic socket components for children in Kenya, based on PBF workflows and distributed assembly by prosthetists. An industry collaboration between IKM Flux, EOS, Valland, and ToffeeX targets LNG measurements with an additively manufactured vaporizer whose thermo-fluidic topology optimization is intended to reduce measurement errors and associated costs. In addition, “Grabbit” therapy aids demonstrate how TPU lattice structures and PA12 can be combined with wooden components.
The (R)Evolution Award brings together entries for series production: a fully additively manufactured injection mold for 100-ton machines aims at thin-walled components with short cycles; a binder-jet system produces more than 1,100 sand cores per day at an automotive manufacturer. In the dental field, a hybrid 5-axis process combining additive coating and subtraction is showcased for multi-material restorations.
Young initiatives in the Rookie and Start-up Awards address production automation, medical customization via 3D facial scanning, and new drives for FDM axes. In the Sustainability Award, approaches range from bio-based filaments and recycled metal powders to recirculating air filtration systems that convert reactive condensates formed during metal sintering into stable oxides and separate reusable powder.
With a mix of process innovations, material cycles, and concrete use cases, the finalists provide robust benchmarks for AM decision-makers—from cycle time and energy demand to validation in regulated industries.
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