Science in Focus: Review of the Scientific Sessions at rapid.tech 3D 2025

The rapid.tech 3D Confress in Erfurt has been one of the leading platforms for the exchange of ideas and information on additive manufacturing technologies for years. From May 13 to 15, 2025, the event entered its 21st year – and, in addition to a practice-oriented congress program, once again offered an exciting scientific session. Particularly gratifying: in 2025, the scientific presentations celebrated their tenth anniversary as an integral part of the congress.

Science at its highest level

All scientific contributions submitted to rapid.tech 3D 2025 underwent a rigorous double-blind review process. Renowned experts from the rapid.tech 3D Scientific Review Committee carefully examined the papers for innovative content, scientific quality, and relevance to additive manufacturing.

The goal: to make new findings, innovations, and scientific advances along the entire additive manufacturing process chain accessible to a broad professional audience.

Publication in renowned journals

After the review process was completed, the accepted papers were assigned to the two rapid.tech 3D partner journals by the Joint Editorial Board:

• RTe Journal
  Click here to read → RTe Journal

• Progress in Additive Manufacturing (Springer Nature Verlag)
  Issue 6 / Volume 10 with the Title “New Impetus for the Additive Manufacturing process”
  Click here to read → Progress in Additive Manufacturing

All articles are available in open access and thus freely accessible to interested experts.

The best on stage

Particularly exciting: The eight most innovative contributions received one of the presentation slots in the congress program. But even the scientific papers that didn't make it into the presentation program didn't go empty-handed: They had the opportunity to present their results on A1 posters during the Scientific Poster Session.

Anyone interested in an overview of the presented posters can find them here:
→ View all posters from rapid.tech 3D 2025

Outlook for 2026

rapid.tech 3D 2025 has barely ended, and the next round is already in the starting stages: The call for papers for rapid.tech 3D 2026 will launch soon via the Progress in Additive Manufacturing portal. Full details will be announced in early July. If you don't want to miss anything, you should follow rapid.tech 3D's LinkedIn channel – because one thing is certain: there has never been so much space for science and research at rapid.tech 3D!