Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D-Printing consists in the "process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies". It is a technology that falls under the category of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies....

The European Union currently faces a need to invest in modernising its industry across all value chains in order to maintain its competitive position and economic relevance worldwide. Particularly since the start of the global financial crisis, the pace of economic recovery in the European Union...