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For teams working with advanced materials, validation often happens later in the process than it should.

By the time a material is tested in a real application, many of the key decisions have already been made.

In a recent article with Avient Corporation published on Wevolver.com, we look at what changes when part of that validation workflow moves in-house.

It helps teams work closer to the application from the start, testing materials in context, not in isolation, and making earlier, more informed decisions along the way.

If you’re involved in material development or validation workflows, this is worth a read.

Full article in the comments.

We’re heading to RAPID + TCT Event in Boston (April 13 - 16).

At our booth, we’ll be running a live setup where SLS waste powder is processed into filament through a continuous workflow.

From material input to final output, showing how materials can be handled and processed more directly in-house.

📍 Booth 1253

If you’re around, feel free to stop by.

More info in the comments.

MJF powder waste is no longer just a disposal issue. We’ve turned it into a commercially viable PA12 filament.

Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) has become a mainstream industrial process, but surplus powder cannot be reused indefinitely. In most cases, it ends up as waste.

Over the past months, we have been working on converting that surplus PA12 powder back into usable filament through our internal extrusion setup in the Netherlands.

The result is rPA12, now commercially available in collaboration with Filamentive.

For us, this is less about launching a new material and more about validating an approach. Recycling in additive manufacturing only becomes meaningful when it is technically reliable and economically sound. This project shows that, under controlled conditions, specific waste streams can be turned back into market-ready material in a commercially viable way.

Our internal setup serves as an active validation environment, where our team continuously tests, adjusts and refines material workflows. More broadly, it reflects our direction of enabling controlled, in-house material processing alongside existing operations, where it creates measurable operational and financial value.

Thanks to the Filamentive team for the open collaboration in bringing this to market.

If you operate MJF systems and are looking at in-house material recovery or processing, we are open to discussing how this approach could apply in your setup.

Formnext 2025 felt more grounded this year, with a clear shift toward real materials, practical workflows, and solutions that can be applied today.

Our PA12 powder-to-filament setup with the new extended air-cooling path prototype drew steady interest throughout the week, and the collaboration projects with the University of Surrey and Avient Corporation helped show what material innovation looks like in practice.

👉 Read the full recap in the comments.