Coverage of the 11th Asian 3D Printing Exhibition
Coverage of the 11th Asian 3D Printing Exhibition: Technological Innovation of Metal Powders and Co-prosperity of the Industry Ecosystem.
On March 17, 2026, the 11th Asian 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Exhibition (TCT Asia) grandly opened at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai. As a benchmark event in the additive manufacturing field in the Asia-Pacific region, this exhibition has built a full-industry-chain ecological platform covering equipment, materials, software and application scenarios, with an exhibition scale of 55,000 square meters, more than 550 participating enterprises and hundreds of professional forums. As a core enterprise focusing on the R&D and manufacturing of metal powders, our company, although not participating in the exhibition, has sent a professional technical team to the scene to deeply participate in this industry feast focusing on the industrial application landing.
Core Highlights of the Exhibition: Metal Materials Become the Core of Technological Breakthroughs
Hall 7.1 of this exhibition takes metal additive manufacturing as the core theme, focusing on presenting the world's cutting-edge metal printing technologies and high-performance material solutions. From high-conductivity copper alloys and precision titanium alloys urgently needed in the aerospace field, to high-strength aluminum alloys for new energy vehicles, and hot work die steel powders dedicated to mold manufacturing, the performance upgrading and process adaptability optimization of metal materials have become the focus of the industry. Exhibition data shows that as additive manufacturing technology moves from prototype development to large-scale production, the batch stability, component accuracy and cost control capabilities of metal powders have become the key factors restricting the landing of high-end manufacturing—metal powders with high density (≥99%), low oxygen content and excellent fluidity are becoming rigid-demand materials in fields such as complex aerospace components, medical implants and core new energy components.
On-site observations show that leading industry enterprises have successively displayed technological breakthroughs in metal powders: the upgraded MT-CuCrZr copper alloy powder of AVIC Metal Additive Manufacturing achieved stable annual supply of 300 tons, and the CNPC-CuCrZr powder of China National Body New Materials improved the zirconium content control accuracy to ±0.1%. These technological achievements confirm the development trend of metal powders towards "high performance, batch production and customization". At the same time, the collaborative optimization of multi-laser parallel printing equipment, closed-loop monitoring systems and metal powders is promoting additive manufacturing from "laboratory to intelligent factory" and accelerating the large-scale landing of terminal application scenarios.
Core Purpose of Our Company's Visit: Anchoring Demands and Co-creating Material Solutions
During the exhibition, our company's technical team focused on participating in professional activities such as the "Aerospace Manufacturing Material Innovation Forum" and the "Metal Additive Manufacturing Quality Control Seminar", and conducted in-depth exchanges with end users, equipment manufacturers and scientific research institutions from aerospace, automotive manufacturing, medical and health and other fields. Through on-site observation and technical docking, we accurately captured three major industry demands:
1.The upgrading demand for "high temperature resistance and high strength" special metal powders in the high-end equipment field;
2.The large-scale procurement demand for "cost-effective and easy-to-form" general metal powders from small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises;
3.The market gap of integrated "material-process-application" solutions in customized scenarios.
As an enterprise deeply engaged in metal powder manufacturing, we have always focused on "material performance optimization". With technical accumulation in gas atomization powder making process, precise component control, batch stability control and other aspects, we can provide a full range of metal powder products such as titanium alloy, aluminum alloy, stainless steel and die steel, which are compatible with mainstream additive manufacturing processes such as Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) and Electron Beam Melting (EBM). This visit has further strengthened our development direction of "taking terminal demand as the guide and deepening industry-university-research collaboration"—in the future, we will continue to optimize the product matrix, launch customized material solutions for different application scenarios, and provide core material support for the high-quality development of the additive manufacturing industry.
Industry Outlook: Ecological Collaboration to Jointly Start a New Era of Manufacturing
As a "weather vane" for industry development, TCT Asia not only displays the achievements of technological breakthroughs, but also builds an integrated "industry-university-research-application" ecological platform. With the cross-border breakthrough of additive manufacturing technology in space manufacturing, high-temperature components, medical implants and other fields, metal powders, as core consumables, will usher in greater market space and technical challenges. Taking this visit as an opportunity, our company will strengthen technical exchanges and cooperation with industry partners, continue to invest in R&D and innovation, improve the performance stability and application adaptability of products, and help more enterprises realize the transformation from "design innovation" to "efficient mass production".
We sincerely invite industry colleagues to contact us through the official website to jointly explore the innovative application of metal powders in the field of additive manufacturing, work together to build a collaborative and win-win industry ecosystem, and jointly start a new era of high-end manufacturing!