Additive Manufacturing Made in Bremen (Marcus Joppe, Managing Director, Materialise; Christoph Weiss, CEO, BEGO)

Bremen is an international hotspot for additive manufacturing and
3D printing with a globally recognized ecosystem of academia,
research institutions, companies and talent specialized in the
field. Our guest Marcus Joppe is Managing Director Germany at
Materialise. Materialise, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, is one
of the largest and most established independent companies in the 3D
printing and additive manufacturing sector. Our guest Christoph
Weiss is CEO of BEGO. BEGO was founded in Bremen in 1890 and today
is one of the leading dental companies in the business of dental
prosthetics and implantology. With our host Boris Felgendreher,
Marcus and Christoph discuss the following topics: - The histories
and backgrounds of BEGO and Materialise - Where is 3D printing
today? Where does it reside on the Gartner Hype Cycle? - How has
the sector of 3D printing evolved over the years? - Common
misconceptions about additive manufacturing and 3D printing - How
has the pandemic influenced the industry? - How global supplies
have changed and how 3D printing will change global supply chains?
- What industries and companies are the next to embrace 3D printing
as a technology? - How important is additive manufacturing to the
automotive and aerospace industries? - How has 3D printing for end
consumers evolved? - Bremen as a hotspot for 3D printing - The
state of the Bremen 3D printing ecosystem. What are the relevant
companies and research institutes? - The connections of the
ecosystem to other German, European and Global hotspots. How can
those connections be strengthened? - How does the talent pool for
3D printing look like in Bremen? - What does the industry expect
from politics and the incoming new government in Germany? -
Predictions for the future - and much more The Go Global! Bremen
Business Talks Podcast is a joint project by BremenInvest, the
Bremen Chamber of Commerce and the Bremen Ministry of Economic
Affairs, Labour and Europe. More information about Bremeninvest:
https://www.wfb-bremen.de/en/page/bremeninvest-start More
information about the Bremen Chamber of Commerce:
https://www.handelskammer-bremen.de/english_site More Information
about the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and the Bremen Ministry of
Economic Affairs, Labour and Europe:
https://www.wirtschaft.bremen.de/home-50419 More information about
Materialise: https://www.materialise.com/en More information about
BEGO: www.bego.com