Formnext 2026, the world's largest additive manufacturing trade fair, will be held in Frankfurt from November 17 to 20. The shortlist for the Formnext Awards 2026 was announced on October 23, and the winners will be revealed on November 19 at 16:10 on the Industry & Application Stage. Shortlisted entries in the metal AM, powder and advanced ceramics categories include Leroy Gardner of Imperial College London (metal AM in construction), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (titanium implants), Agnikul Cosmos (single-piece Inconel rocket engine), FlexCycle Solutions (copper powder recovered from e-waste) and Spaceform (vacuum atomization levitation printing). AIDIMME of Spain will present green-laser copper LPBF, titanium EB-PBF and a new laboratory atomizer. In parallel, the US MPIF Powder Metallurgy Sintering Seminar will take place on November 17-18 in DuBois, Pennsylvania. The global technology direction for metal powders and additive manufacturing will thus be concentrated in mid-to-late November. Value for buyers: Formnext and its parallel events will showcase frontier routes such as green-laser copper LPBF, titanium EB-PBF and recycled copper powder, making this a key window for tracking new equipment and powder products and for connecting with overseas suppliers.