AM@Å - friends

• Swedish Arena for Additive Manufacturing of Metals
  Uppsala university is a member of the Swedish Arena for Additive Manufacturing of Metals, which gathers academia and industry working within the field.
• ACES - Additive Coordination in East central Sweden
  Uppsala university is also a part of the regional initative ACES, coordinated by the Alfred Nobel science park in Karlskoga

• U-Print
  U-PRINT is Uppsala University's 3D writing facility within the domain of medicine and pharmacy. U-print helps researchers and innovators at Uppsala University and Uppsala Academic Hospital with method development and manufacture of specially adapted components. We have 3 focus areas of research we help with: Tools for life sciences research; Bbioprinting;  and help with the implementation of 3D writing for preoperative planning at Uppsala Academic Hospital.
• Ångström makerspace
  Ångström Makerspace is run by the Uppsala university library, and is a place for creative activities where you can create prototypes using among other things polymer 3D printers. The room provides the opportunity to use tools most people don’t have access to at home or elsewhere, and is situated at the libary at the Ångström laboratory.
  Introductory courses for the 3D-printers are usually given every Wednesday.

• AM4Life - Additive manufacturing for the Life sciences
  Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences a VINNOVA (Sweden's Innovation Agency) Competence Centre that gathers more than 20 partners in academia, industry and the public sector to support competence and research development in the filed of life sciences. The centre is funded by academia, industry and VINNOVA in equal parts, with a total budget of approx. 100 MSEK and will run for 5 years in a first instance, between 2020-2024, and engage experts within academia, industry and public sectors with a passion for 3D-printing.

The AM@Å initiative is located at the faculty of science and technology at Uppsala university

• Faculty of science and technology

The AM research at the faculty of science and technology at Uppsala university is mainly conducted at three departments:

• Department of materials science
• Department of chemistry - Ångström laboratory
• Department of physics and astronomy