Wilfried Vancraen started Materialise twenty years ago in Leuven, Belgium, through its work with Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, Materialise works to put great products aimed at niche markets directly into the marketplace as well as helping make the prototypes of products later manufactured by the millions. With its headquarters in Leuven, Belgium, and branches worldwide, Materialise has been playing an active role in the field of Additive Manufacturing (AM) since 1990. In addition to having the largest single-site capacity of AM equipment in Europe, Materialise is also a provider of innovative software solutions.
