Companies developing new products (particularly SMEs) and startups require capabilities to generate functional prototypes and replicas in short series. Functional prototypes must be built with final consumer-oriented geometries and materials. Replicas of functional prototypes are frequently required for product validation and certification testing.
In internal projects, such as product development projects (Challenge-based Research, HealthPioneers, among others), research projects, and academic projects, the same need described above for the industrial sector also arises.