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Press Release08 April 2025Digital IndustriesNuremberg
Bavaria Makes: Bavaria's High-Tech Alliance for the Manufacturing of the Future
In Additive Manufacturing, components are built up layer by layer and are not produced by material removal like in conventional processes. This enables great flexibility and design freedom, opening up unprecedented possibilities for research and industry.
The Bavarian State Ministry
of Economic Affairs has always paid close attention to Additive Manufacturing.
Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger: "Bavaria is the prime address for
high-tech companies and has very good conditions to also take the lead in 3D-printing.
With 'Bavaria Makes' we are bringing together the best minds to support us on
this path."
The
Bavarian State Government is providing significant funding for the project. A
new lighthouse for AM with focus on metallic materials is being created at the
Advanced Manufacturing Campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in
Garching. Currently, more than 30 professors at the TUM.Additive academic
network at TUM are researching the future of Additive Manufacturing together
with researchers.
Bavaria's
Science Minister Markus Blume emphasizes: "Bavaria is a pioneer in 3D
printing. We are excellently positioned in the field of Additive Manufacturing
- and we want to get even better, because Additive Manufacturing is a rapidly
growing market. Bavaria Makes bundles the know-how from production and research
- an alliance of real champions. Following the principle of 'Support, Enhance, Empower',
we are further developing the entire ecosystem of Additive Manufacturing in
Bavaria and creating efficient structures. As a Ministry of Science, we are
contributing five positions and special funds of one million euros to get it
started."
These
positions form the basis for the relevant subject areas and decisively drive
research and industrial implementation in this field. An outstanding example of
the close cooperation between science and industry is the TUM-Oerlikon Advanced
Manufacturing Institute, which already combines academic and industrial
research within the framework of the Industry-on-Campus concept.
Furthermore, the TUM
Venture Labs are actively embedded into the campus ecosystem, supporting more
than 100 start-ups and entrepreneurial researchers, so-called Sciencepreneuers,
in the field of Additive Manufacturing. This joint initiative by TUM and
UnternehmerTUM is also partly funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science
and the Arts.
Bavaria Makes was founded
by Bayern Innovativ GmbH, Colibrium Additive, EOS GmbH, MTU Aero Engines AG,
Oerlikon AM Europe GmbH, Siemens AG, the Technical University of Munich, and toolcraft
AG. The goal is to accelerate the transfer from research to industrial
production.
"This unique
combination of excellent research, targeted start-up support, and close
industrial integration creates the perfect breeding ground for the settlement
of further AM activities," says Prof. Peter Mayr, Chairman of the Board of
Bavaria Makes. "The Advanced Manufacturing Campus will thus become a
central hub for the future of Additive Manufacturing."
MTU Aero Engines already
operates its own Center of Excellence for metallic additive manufacturing in
Munich. An interdisciplinary team of around 40 employees develops and produces
AM components for aerospace propulsion systems.
toolcraft AG, headquartered
in Georgensgmünd, has been setting pioneering standards in AM technologies
since 2011 and combines the entire process chain under one roof. "Bavaria
Makes differs from classic cooperations in that internationally leading corporations,
medium-sized companies, universities, and associations are working together
here," says Christoph Hauck, Member of the Executive Board for Technology
and Sales at toolcraft AG and Member of the Executive Board of Bavaria Makes.
"The association serves as a catalyst for the Bavarian industry by
utilizing knowledge transfer, collaboration, targeted R&D projects, and the
support of the Free State of Bavaria."
Siemens AG is active in
Bavaria both as a leading AM equipment supplier and as a producer and user of
AM components for rail technology or medical technology. "We are
contributing our know-how in software and automation to the association,"
says Dr. Karsten Heuser, Vice President Additive Manufacturing at Siemens AG
and new member of the Executive Board of Bavaria Makes. "By bundling the
forces of Bavarian global companies with universities and SMEs in focused hubs,
our customers and we ourselves will become faster and better." Recently,
technology experts from Siemens AG have also moved into the campus to advance
research activities around hybrid manufacturing processes and production
optimization in co-location with TUM.
"Collaborative innovation along the AM
value chain is urgently needed to withstand the growing innovation pressure in
Europe and unlock the full potential of the technology," adds Dr. Marcus
Giglmaier, Managing Director of Oerlikon AM Europe GmbH.
Bavaria Makes also
continues to rely on the successful work of the Coordination Office for
Additive Manufacturing of Bayern Innovativ GmbH. The innovation agency bundles
the Bavarian competence in manufacturing technology in a nationwide network of
around 200 companies and links it with leading industries such as medical
technology, automotive, security and defense, or the construction industry. Dr.
Matthias Konrad, Member of the Management Board of Bayern Innovativ GmbH, says:
"With this cross-industry networking, we have been successfully driving
knowledge and technology transfer around additive manufacturing for years. With
the combination of technology know-how and strong networks, we will also
accompany and support the activities of Bavaria Makes in the future."
From October 23 to 24,
2025, Bayern Innovativ will offer an international platform with the "Next
Gen Manufacturing" congress to showcase new application potentials of
Additive Manufacturing and provide impulses for innovations.
New association Bavaria Makes founded: Bavaria's High-Tech Alliance for the Manufacturing of the Future (f.l.t.r.: Peter Mayr (TUM), Karsten Heuser (Siemens), Robert Dean (Colibrium Additive), Markus Obermeier (Siemens), Katrin Wudy (TUM), Marius Lakomiec (EOS), Marcus Giglmaier (Oerlikon), Nikolaus Adams (TUM), Christoph Hauck (toolcraft), Josip Vincic (TUM), Jürgen Kraus (MTU), Joseph Hofmann (TUM), Ines Soehngen (MTU), Matthias Konrad (Bayern Innovativ)).
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