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Formnext expects around 800 exhibitors in Frankfurt this November, with China now by far the largest foreign exhibitor group. Organisers say domestic competition, industrial policy and geopolitical barriers are pushing Chinese additive manufacturing companies towards Europe, while the show itself expands into defence and a more application-led format.
China’s rapidly expanding additive manufacturing industry is increasingly looking towards Europe as intense competition at home and barriers to the US market push manufacturers towards exports, according to Formnext Vice President Sascha F. Wenzler.
Speaking at an Additive Manufacturing UK event in London this week, Wenzler and fellow Formnext Vice President Christoph Stüker outlined plans for Formnext 2026, which takes place in Frankfurt f