Key Advancements in High-Temperature and High-Performance AM from Formnext 2025
The global additive manufacturing (AM) community recently converged at Formnext 2025, the largest and most influential trade show in the world for industrial AM. This year’s event proved again that AM is no longer centered around prototyping. It is now about production-grade parts, new materials, and end-use applications across multiple industries.
Companies across advanced sectors are increasingly turning to high-temperature polymers to solve engineering challenges that traditional materials or lower-temperature plastics cannot handle. With the rapid evolution of additive manufacturing technologies showcased at Formnext, even more industries are stepping into high-temperature polymer AM. Formnext made it clear that advancements in machine architecture, material platforms, and production-ready workflows are unlocking new opportunities for users across these industries to fully leverage high-temperature polymers. The ecosystem is expanding, and the capabilities of high-temp AM are expanding with it.
Formnext 2025 delivered a wave of announcements that highlight how quickly the AM ecosystem is moving forward, especially for users who need high-performance and high-temperature materials. HP made one of the biggest headlines with the launch of its new Industrial Filament 3D Printer Solutions: the HP IF 600 HT and HP IF 1000 XL. These systems represent HP’s official expansion into high-performance filament printing and signal a major shift toward reliability and scalability in high-temp AM.
INTAMSYS continued its focus on engineered polymers with the release of the FUNMAT PRO 310 APOLLO. This system arrives as a fully integrated high-temperature ecosystem validated for PEEK, PEKK, PPS, VICTREX AM 200 FIL, PC, advanced nylons, carbon fiber and glass fiber composites, and a broad range of engineering materials.
For users who do not require a large-format system, Bambu Lab introduced the H2C. This compact, high-performance printer uses the new Vortek contactless tool-changing system with support for up to 24 filaments. Intelligent calibration and automated workflows help bring industrial-grade multi-material capabilities into a desktop-friendly footprint.
Prusa also stepped forward with its new INDX system, an eight-material tool-changing platform designed exclusively for the Prusa CORE One. The INDX focuses on speed, efficiency, and waste reduction. It swaps tools in seconds and provides a streamlined approach to multi-material AM that is both accessible and scalable for professional environments. Prusa also introduced updates to its CORE ONE lineup, including the new CORE One L, the CORE One Plus, and a 400C hotend upgrade designed for both the XL and the CORE ONE platforms, enabling users to print high-performance materials such as PEEK CF, PPSU, PPA GF, and other advanced engineering polymers.
Taken together, these announcements show a clear trend. AM hardware is becoming more capable, more versatile, and more production-ready. Users across many sectors now have more opportunities than ever to adopt high-temperature polymers, high-performance composites, and advanced multi-material workflows.
This rapid growth in high-temperature and multi-material hardware aligns directly with what we focus on at 3DXTECH. Our portfolio of high-performance filaments, including PEEK, PEKK, PPS, PC, advanced nylons, Ultem-based blends, and carbon fiber and glass fiber reinforced materials, is engineered for the exact types of platforms announced at Formnext. Each year, more machine manufacturers validate for higher print temperatures, more aggressive chemistries, and more demanding end-use applications. We continue developing materials that match those requirements and give engineers the performance they need without compromise.
As the industry moves into this next era of high-temperature AM, we are committed to supporting customers, machine partners, and engineering teams with materials that keep pace with the capabilities of this new hardware. Formnext showed the world what comes next. At 3DXTECH, we are ready to help build it.
