Last year, in celebration of Germany’s most famous folk festival—Oktoberfest— GE Additive Munich decided to design and 3D print a titanium and stainless steel beer stein.

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The project, as it happily turns out, was not a one-off, as the GE Additive team in the Bavarian city want to make 3D printing an Oktoberfest tradition of sorts. This year, GE Additive’s CEC Munich team partnered with Kaspar Schulz GmbH, the oldest brewing equipment manufacturer in the world which supplies equipment to brewers around the world.

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The companies partnered to deepen the intersection of additive manufacturing and brewing, going beyond novelty projects (such as the titanium stein) to see the impact AM can really have on the brewing industry. Kaspar Schulz was founded in 1677 and today—ten generations later—it is still run by the same founding family. Over the centuries, the company has remained close to its heritage while also […]

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