Formnext 2026, the world's largest gathering of the additive manufacturing (3D printing) industry, takes place in Frankfurt, Germany on 17-20 November 2026. According to a preview published by 3DPrint.com on 28 October, this year's highlights will be ceramic printing, compact systems for smaller businesses, post-processing and large-format pellet printers.
Products to watch
Lithoz: 60% higher resolution for ceramic printers
Austria's Lithoz will present a Performance Pack upgrade for its CeraFab System S65 and S65 Medical printers. With 4K projection, 120 mW/cm² light intensity and 25 µm (1016 dpi) resolution, it delivers 60% higher resolution. The booth will show ceramic parts such as alumina and aluminium nitride cooling plates, turbine blade casting cores and spinal implants.
Admatec Admaflex Discovery: a desktop ceramic printer
Admatec will launch Admaflex Discovery, a €75,000 desktop DLP ceramic printer with a 96 × 54 × 110 mm build volume. Its open material system works with alumina, silica and custom resins, and it is designed to be upgradeable.
DyeMansion Powershot Go: post-processing for small runs
Built for surface finishing powder-bed printed parts, Powershot Go comes with a 50-litre basket at a price under €14,000. It was developed alongside HP's entry-level Multi Jet Fusion 1200.
Peopoly Giga 800: a cubic-metre pellet printer
At a joint booth with Siraya Tech, Peopoly will make the trade show debut of Giga 800, a granule (pellet) printer with an 800 × 800 × 800 mm build volume and up to 3 kg per hour of extrusion. With laser-assisted auto bed levelling, it is on sale from $15,000.
The trend: 3D printing reaches small workshops
One theme runs through this year's products: technologies once available only to large factories (ceramic printing, industrial surface finishing, large-format printing) are moving into smaller, more affordable and upgradeable systems. That means new opportunities for the fast-growing 3D print farms and small makers in Türkiye.
Curious about the 3D printing scene in Türkiye? Read our EXPO3D Istanbul 2026 highlights and our story on Creality ShareFest Türkiye in Istanbul. We make our own products to order on desktop FDM printers; see how we make them.
