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Dr. Olaf Biedermann, Director Innovation Europe at
Faurecia, will be chairing the Smart iAM conference. In
his session “Polymers, carbon fiber and composites:
Innovative uses and designs” he will address current
concepts and challenges with multi-materials and new
manufacturing techniques.
Mr. Biedermann, cost-effective weight reduction is
the key goal for everyone in the automotive industry, how
are you dealing with it at Faurecia Innovation Europe?
Cost-effective weight reduction drives the automotive industry
and Faurecia. Faurecia innovation looks at different approaches
of new advanced material, new manufacturing processes or de-
sign methodologies. One very appealing approach is design inspired by nature, so called bio-
mimicry or bionic design. It leaves all constraints of traditional manufacturing technologies aside
and can be ideally connected to AM.
Additive manufacturing is a very powerful tool to achieve an optimized design. Would you
give some examples of possible applications?
In Aerospace we have now seen optimized design of parts going into serial production, e.g. sev-
eral brackets and fuel nozzles that would not have been possible without AM. Also any kind of
weight optimized bionic design, e.g. implants with lightweight bone structures are solely feasible
with AM.
What are the main advantages that additive manufacturing can offer to the automotive
industry?
On a short term view and already on rise, AM shortens cycle times for rapid modelling and proto-
typing. Also AM helps with creating show and concept cars and parts. Moreover, we see first
part applications for race and niche cars. In the mid term, the AM’s great design freedom and
ability of customization/personalization will enable AM to find its path into small volume produc-
