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Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a topic of high interest in recent years from both academic and industrial point of views with increasing importance within the Industry 4.0 context. AM uses different materials and processes to construct 3D physical objects as prototypes or finished parts. AM processes include—but are not limited to—binder jetting, directed energy deposition, material extrusion, material jetting, powder bed fusion and sheet lamination. Fused deposition modeling (FDM), laminated object manufacturing (LOM), stereo-lithography (SLA), selective laser melting (SLM) and selective laser sintering (SLS) are most extensively technologies applied.

Over the past three decades, high quality research for the application of AM in an increasing number of industrial sectors such as automotive, aerospace, biomedical and defense has been published. Additive manufacturing has already proved its suitability for structural as well as functional and smart applications. Materials and products based on additive manufacturing are being intensively explored as they result to excellent combination of physical and mechanical properties.

In the first steps of AM development, the materials used were rather limited. Nowadays a plethora of materials is used in AM and their range is expanding rapidly. Recently, plastics, metals, ceramics and composites, as well as biological, nano and green materials are increasingly used.

This special open access issue will focus on the processing of different kinds of materials by the AM technologies with emphasis to biomaterials, novel and multi-materials. The presentation of new techniques and processing strategies (combinations of AM methods with conventional methods, hybrid processes, etc) is of equal importance.

Research articles concerning with optimization of existing materials and processes, innovative applications of AM parts, quality and enviromental issues of AM processes or set additive manufacturing in the wider social-economic context are particularly encouraged.

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