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Formnext Awards 2026 Finalists Announced: Metal Technologies Including Recycled Copper Powder Shortlisted, Winners to Be Presented on November 19

2026-10-26 · Impact score: 60

On October 26, 2026, Mesago, the organizer of Formnext, announced the finalists for the Formnext Awards 2026, covering six categories: Ambassador Award, Design Award, (R)Evolution Award, Newcomer Award, Startup Award, and the Sustainability Award supported by Renishaw. Public online voting is open until 12:00 on November 19, 2026, and the winners will be revealed at 16:10 on November 19 at the Industry & Application Stage during the exhibition. All shortlisted projects will be showcased at Booth F60 in Hall 11.0. Metal additive manufacturing-related finalists are strongly represented: Flexcycle Solutions uses a purely mechanical process to recover and produce copper powder for additive manufacturing and powder metallurgy from electronic industry waste; its spherical-rough surface morphology can enhance laser absorption in LPBF, and it is shortlisted for both the Newcomer Award and the Sustainability Award. Spaceform has developed a new architecture for Vacuum Atomization Suspension Printing (VASP). Additive Stream 4D offers a retrofit kit that enables standard metal LPBF equipment to add material onto existing geometries. QH Build's simulation software accelerates WLAM application implementation by 72% and reduces per-part cost by 64%. Design finalists include a custom Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy implant from Tel Aviv Medical Center in Israel and an integrated Inconel semi-cryogenic rocket engine from Agnikul Cosmos in India. Imperial College London is shortlisted for the Ambassador Award for the world's first 3D-printed steel bridge, developed in collaboration with MX3D. The Sustainability Award also includes Baker Hughes' manufacturing carbon platform and BMF's spare parts solution. Value for powder buyers: ① Shortlisted technologies such as recycled copper powder and vacuum atomization suspension printing point to low-cost, sustainable metal powder routes, and their commercialization progress is worth tracking; ② Formnext is the annual window for powder manufacturers to connect with equipment makers and end-use applications, and attention can be paid to the technical cooperation needs of the shortlisted teams; ③ The winners announced during the exhibition on November 19 will provide a bellwether for downstream demand.

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Formnext Awards 2026入围名单公布：废料回收铜粉等金属技术入围，11月19日现场颁奖

2026年10月26日，Formnext展会主办方Mesago公布Formnext Awards 2026入围名单，涵盖大使奖、设计奖、(R)Evolution奖、新秀奖、初创企业奖与雷尼绍支持的可持续发展奖六大类。公众在线投票开放至2026年11月19日12时，获奖者将于11月19日16:10在展会Industry & Application Stage揭晓，全部入围项目将在11.0馆F60展位集中展示。金属增材制造相关入围项目密集：Flexcycle Solutions以纯机械工艺从电子工业废料中回收生产增材制造与粉末冶金用铜粉，球形-粗糙表面形貌可提升LPBF激光吸收率，同时入围新秀奖与可持续发展奖；Spaceform开发真空雾化悬浮打印（VASP）新架构；Additive Stream 4D以改造套件让标准金属LPBF设备在既有几何体上增材；QH Build以仿真软件将WLAM应用实施提速72%、单件成本降低64%。设计类入围包括以色列特拉维夫医疗中心Ti-6Al-4V钛合金定制植入体与印度Agnikul Cosmos一体化Inconel半低温火箭发动机；帝国理工学院凭借与MX3D合作的全球首座3D打印钢桥入围大使奖；可持续发展奖另入围Baker Hughes制造碳平台与BMF备件方案。对粉末采购商的价值：① 废料回收铜粉、真空雾化悬浮打印等入围技术指向低成本、可持续金属粉末路线，值得跟踪其商业化进展；② Formnext是粉末厂商对接设备商与终端应用的年度窗口，可关注入围团队的技术合作需求；③ 11月19日展会期间发布的获奖名单将提供下游需求风向标。

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