3D printing network meeting: AMBER Summer BBQ 2025
The AMBER Summer BBQ enters its second round!
The summer will be additive - relaxed networking, exciting impulses and cool beer!
After the great start last year, the AMBER Summer BBQ is going into its second round! We cordially invite you to the summer network meeting of the 3D printing community on 03.07.25 - with BBQ, draft beer and lots of exchange about additive manufacturing.
Cooperation with Chesco: strengthening additive manufacturing
Chesco - an institute of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg - is opening up new opportunities for Berlin companies in the field of additive manufacturing.
Thanks to its strong machine park, expertise in metal printing and international orientation, Chesco offers free training in AM and other production-related topics - also for companies in Berlin.
The Berlin “Hoffest” Courtyard Festival 2025
AMBER will also be present at the 23rd Court Festival of the Governing Mayor on July 1, 2025. At the city's largest networking event, the AMBER team will be on hand to provide information on the various possibilities of 3D printing.
Together with over 100 cooperation partners, the Berlin Senate Chancellery and Partners for Berlin are organizing the network meeting, which this year has the motto “Committed to Berlin”.
In addition to a comprehensive range of informative presentations, the partners are working together to consolidate and further develop Berlin as an attractive international location for companies, start-ups and talent.
Polish delegation visits Berlin
From 2 to 6 June, a delegation from TU Gdansk - organized by TU Berlin - once again visited the capital.
During workshops and exciting company visits, including to Gefertec, Xolo and MGA, the focus was on exchanging ideas on innovations in the field of additive manufacturing.
The format combines international academic collaboration with practical industrial experience in the field of additive manufacturing.
WAAMathon - The leading conference for metallic 3D printing
On May 21, 2025, over 130 industry representatives and WAAM experts met at the Steigenberger Hotel Berlin.
Hosted by the Berlin.Industrial.Group, the WAAMathon is the world's only event with an exclusive focus on wire arc additive manufacturing - from arc welding to process optimization and software integration. With live demos, expert presentations and an exclusive look at the WAAM ecosystem of the future.
Additive manufacturing anchored in the coalition agreement
A significant political step: for the first time, the new German government explicitly recognizes the strategic importance of additive manufacturing and lightweight construction - a strong signal for Germany as an industrial location. The coalition agreement now published for the 21st legislative period states: We promote lightweight construction technology and additive manufacturing. This sends a clear signal for a technology-oriented course.
About us
AMBER is the 3D printing cluster of the capital region (Additive Manufacturing Berlin-Brandenburg). It is supported by a core of strategic partners and coordinated by Berlin Partner. AMBER pursues the rapid transfer of research results into sustainable and internationally competitive innovations and stands as an umbrella brand for the AM ecosystem of the capital region.
The aim is to develop Berlin into Europe's leading international platform for new production technologies by 2030 with its highly innovative AM players, its major 3D printing conferences such as AM Forum and CDFAM, AM training and cutting-edge research. In Berlin, the potential was recognized early on, which is why Additive Manufacturing has been an integral part of industrial policy and a technology focus in the Masterplan Industrie Berlin for years. The Berlin Senate has taken an important step in this direction with the targeted AMBER Call amounting to 14 million euros for R&D projects. The focus is on the topics of "medical technology", "lightweight construction" and "Additive Manufacturing for aerospace". The projects with partners from universities, research institutions and companies from the capital region will run until the end of 2025 and create high-tech innovations "made in Berlin".
