CECIMO, the European Association of Manufacturing Technologies, announces the official launch of AM-Europe, as a dedicated European platform for additive manufacturing (AM) sector.

CECIMO has been engaged in additive manufacturing for decades. Building on this experience, AM-Europe represents the strategic evolution of CECIMO’s additive manufacturing activities into a broader, more visible and more inclusive European initiative.

What is the focus of AM-Europe?

AM-Europe will continue to advance the vision set out in the Manifesto for a Competitive European Additive Manufacturing Sector:

• Positioning Europe as a global powerhouse for additive manufacturing

• Fostering an ecosystem capable of developing and deploying advanced technologies across industrial sectors

The platform will contribute to Europe’s green and digital transition, while strengthening industrial resilience, technological capabilities, and high-value manufacturing.

As part of its future activities, AM-Europe will focus on policy advocacy, industrial collaboration, innovation, standardization, market intelligence, skills development, and closer engagement with European institutions and stakeholders.

Through this work, the platform will promote the framework conditions needed for AM technologies to scale and deliver their full industrial potential in Europe.

Who is involved in AM-Europe?

With its formal establishment as a European platform, AM-Europe is now opening participation to a wider range of stakeholders across the additive manufacturing ecosystem. National associations, research organizations, competence centers are invited to join the initiative and contribute to a stronger and more coordinated European AM community.

“Through AM-Europe, we want to create a stronger and more coordinated European platform that brings together the AM ecosystem, supports closer dialogue with policymakers, and helps ensure that companies have the right framework conditions to develop, invest and scale,” said Virgilio García, Chairman of AM-Europe.

AM-Europe has been established by a group of founding members representing key segments of the European additive manufacturing ecosystem, including UCIMU, AITA3D, ADDIMAT, FMTI, SWISSMEM and AMUK.

Their commitment reflects a shared ambition to strengthen Europe's leadership in additive manufacturing and to support the development of a competitive, innovative and resilient AM ecosystem across the continent.