Project ADD-reAM started: 3D printing for a circular future - Nieuws

17 april 2026

On 23 February, the ADD-reAM project officially kicked off, launching a national collaboration on circular manufacturing supported by €6.7 million from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

The consortium brings together 30 partners from academia, industry and societal organisations. ADD-reAM explores how additive manufacturing (3D printing) can support the repair, reuse and remanufacturing of high-value components. By combining advanced manufacturing, smart materials and digital spare part platforms, the project aims to extend product lifetimes, reduce material use and strengthen more resilient supply chains.

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) contributes four PhD projects. In one of those projects, researchers Rob Basten, Geert-Jan van Houtum, and Ghazi Abid focus on spare parts inventory control, incorporating decisions on which parts to repair, remanufacture, recycle, or scrap, and how to use additive manufacturing. The University of Twente also contributes three PhD and one postdoc projects. Researchers Engin Topan, Matthieu van der Heijden, and a postdoc that is to be appointed work on designing efficient reverse logistics and supply chain strategies to enable repair and remanufacturing of used or obsolete products using additive manufacturing (AM).

More information about the project on the websites of NWO and University Twente.

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