Barcelona has become the focal point of the global 3D printing community this week, as 26 international organisations and hubs convened at DFactory for the inaugural Global AMB Hubs Summit. Running from Tuesday until Thursday, the congress is dedicated to additive manufacturing and showcases the latest breakthroughs reshaping the industry.
Delegates from Austria, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Andorra, Bulgaria, Greece, Finland, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Turkey and Norway are attending. The programme includes an exhibition area featuring cutting-edge technologies, alongside conferences and round tables with 48 leading industrial figures and experts.
The summit also marked the official launch of (Add)liance, a new European alliance of 3D printing hubs, designed to foster collaboration and provide a stable framework for the sector. Pere Navarro, the State’s special delegate to the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB), emphasised the collaborative nature of the event: ‘The future will not be about competition, but about working together.’
Blanca Sorigué, general director of CZFB, described the congress as an ideal opportunity to present Barcelona’s District 4.0, a project that reflects the city’s strategic vision to lead industrial transformation in Europe.
With DFactory now positioned as a key European hub for Industry 4.0 technologies, the event underlines Barcelona’s growing role as a global reference point in advanced manufacturing.
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