AM-Platform joins Addliance as a Core Member: over 500 European stakeholders in the network
AM-Platform, a European additive manufacturing network active since 2007, has become a Core Member of Addliance, the European AM Hubs Alliance. The membership brings over 500 stakeholders distributed across more than 25 European countries into the alliance.
The agreement represents a step toward coordinating national additive manufacturing networks in Europe. It is not a corporate merger or an already-funded investment program, but an organizational membership aimed at connecting expertise developed by different entities.
- AM-Platform brings over 500 stakeholders from 25+ countries into Addliance
- Joining as a Core Member strengthens the European coordination of AM
- The initiative is part of a broader movement to aggregate national networks
A network born before industrial adoption
AM-Platform has its roots in 2007, when additive technologies were still mainly prototyping tools.
The organization initially operated as RM-Platform, an acronym for Rapid Manufacturing. Its development accompanied the transformation of additive technologies from tools for models and prototypes to processes for functional components.
The platform has structured itself as a connection point between parties interested in the development and application of additive technologies. The activity has been set up as open networking, technical discussion and information sharing.
Industrial adoption as a collective journey
Paula Queipo Rodríguez, Deputy Coordinator of AM-Platform, links the decision to the role of networks in the industrial adoption of AM.
“The industrial adoption of AM is a collective journey. True transformation happens only in networks, and that is where Addliance and AM-Platform meet,” said Queipo Rodríguez.
Collaboration has always been part of AM-Platform's work on the industrial implementation of additive manufacturing in Europe. The organization describes the new membership as a way to align its efforts with the alliance's direction and combine resources with other members.
The term identifies a membership category provided for by Addliance. Public communications do not specify financial commitments, voting rights or particular decision-making powers assigned to this category.
Addliance's objectives
The alliance brings together organizations and ecosystems from across Europe with the aim of strengthening the continent's position in the global AM sector.
Addliance aims to achieve this goal through cooperation among members, knowledge exchange and a stronger European voice for the industry. According to the alliance, the addition of AM-Platform combines decades of community building in European AM with a new generation of cross-border collaboration.
The underlying bet is that industrial adoption advances through networks. AM-Platform brings connections with organizations and ecosystems across Europe into Addliance.
The landscape of European alliances
Several initiatives pursue similar coordination objectives at continental and regional level.
CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, has promoted coordination at continental level with the launch of AM-Europe. The initiative was founded by UCIMU, AITA3D, ADDIMAT, FMTI, SWISSMEM and AMUK.
Like Addliance, AM-Europe aims to give European AM a unified voice. It has opened membership to national associations, research institutions and competence centers. The planned activities range from policy advocacy to standardization, from market intelligence to skills development and engagement with EU institutions.
| Initiative | Scope | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|
| Addliance | European | Alliance of hubs and AM organizations |
| AM-Europe | European | Coordination of national associations, launched by CECIMO |
| NAMA | Nordic | Alliance of four Scandinavian national partners |
The Nordic regional approach
The Nordic Additive Manufacturing Alliance (NAMA) applies a similar premise on a regional scale.
NAMA combines four national partners from Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark into a single framework. The initiative demonstrates how the coordination model can also be applied at a sub-continental level.
The network approach seems to have become the prevailing model for organizing the additive manufacturing sector in Europe. The various initiatives share the goal of overcoming national fragmentation and creating critical mass to compete globally.
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Q&A
What is Addliance and why does AM-Platform join it?
Addliance is the European AM Hubs Alliance, which brings together organizations and ecosystems from across Europe to strengthen the continent's position in the global AM sector. AM-Platform joins as a Core Member to align its efforts with the alliance's direction and combine resources with other members.
How many stakeholders and countries does AM-Platform bring into the Addliance network?
AM-Platform's membership brings over 500 stakeholders across more than 25 European countries into Addliance. This is an organizational membership aimed at connecting expertise developed by different entities.
When was AM-Platform founded and under what name?
AM-Platform has been active since 2007 and initially operated as RM-Platform, short for Rapid Manufacturing. Its development has accompanied the transformation of additive technologies from prototyping tools to processes for functional components.
What does Core Member status concretely entail?
The term identifies a membership category provided for by Addliance. Public communications do not specify financial commitments, voting rights, or particular decision-making powers assigned to this category.
Is this a merger or a funded investment?
No, the agreement is neither a corporate merger nor an already-funded investment program. It is an organizational membership aimed at connecting expertise developed by different entities and coordinating national additive manufacturing networks in Europe.
