Accelerating the development of secure AM supply chains for producing (spare) parts in specific industries. Our focus for 2023 is:

Development ProjectAddressing & solving pain pointsFirst StageSecond StageDevelopment Project

AM parts for inland ports
The goal is to develop Industrial Grade On-Demand Manufacturing, starting in Duisburg Port and using this blueprint to build a global network of certified AM production facilities across inland ports.

Addressing & solving pain pointsSupply chains of spare parts can be disrupted in many ways:

• poor performance & long lead times
• part obsolescence
• poor part performance
• increased delivery time
• different global disruptions

First StagePilot in Duisburg Port:

Why Duisburg Port:

• world’s largest inland port
• leading logistics hub in Central Europe
• 20,000 ships and 25,000 trains processed per year
• D3AM Knowledge Center to be built in Duisburg Port 

Second StageBuilding a global on-demand network for parts
Important inland ports have the same infra characteristics:

• 200 in Europe
• 144 in North America
•   16 in South America
•   19 in Africa
•   32 in Asia