LEUVEN, Belgium, Nov 17, 2025 – Materialise NV (Nasdaq: MTLS), a global leader in additive manufacturing (AM) software and services, announced the next phase of its open and secure software ecosystem strategy, introducing three tailored CO-AM solutions and new enabling technologies to address the industry’s growing need for workflow automation and interoperability.
“Industrializing additive manufacturing isn’t a software problem or a hardware problem; it’s a manufacturing problem,” said Udo Eberlein, Vice President of Software at Materialise. “It requires understanding the complete workflow, the real constraints, and the practical trade-offs that production teams face every day. We’re tailoring our offerings to meet the specific needs of the market, from standard to the most advanced users, bringing NPI and Enterprise solutions to help them scale AM with confidence.”
The new offerings — CO-AM Professional, CO-AM NPI, and CO-AM Enterprise — are powered by CO-AM Brix, a new low-code, node-based automation technology, and CO-AM Build Platform, a cloud-based, visual editor for build and platform preparation. Materialise also announces that its Next-Generation Build Processors now feature a fully open, modular framework, enabling manufacturers to integrate diverse tools and strategies into their workflows.”
Serving every user, every application, every machine
CO-AM continues to evolve through offerings designed to meet manufacturers wherever they are on their AM journey:
- CO-AM Professional — Delivers workflow automation and built-in traceability for high-mix, low-volume AM. Cloud-based and integrated with Magics, it unifies data and build/platform prep, embedding AM know-how so teams can share one source of truth and run repeatable, machine-agnostic operations.
- CO-AM NPI — Accelerates NPI and qualification for series AM parts with CO-AM Brix toolpath optimization and build prep engineering, tuning scan strategies to improve quality, shorten builds, and lower per-part cost. It locks validated recipes and QA parameters to speed up certification and ensure repeatable, compliant production.
- CO-AM Enterprise — Combines CO-AM Professional’s expert AM preparation with full production execution and order management, delivering end-to-end workflow management. By connecting real-time shopfloor data and capturing input/output production and quality records, it provides visibility and traceability, enabling repeatable and compliant operations across sites and scaling from pilot runs to global production.
Supported by Materialise Professional Services, these offerings enable customers to design, implement, and scale CO-AM solutions tailored to their production needs. CO-AM is not an off-the-shelf system, but a configurable orchestration layer that integrates into each manufacturer’s environment, connecting every user, every application, and every machine.
“The AM industry needs an ecosystem that connects tools and automates workflows. No point solution will solve this challenge,” said Eberlein. “Platforms without deep domain knowledge risk becoming abstraction layers, convenient until they’re not, flexible until you need something they didn’t anticipate. Materialise delivers decades of software development expertise earned through close collaboration with our partners and factory-floor knowledge. CO-AM is how we put that knowledge to work for the entire industry.”
Building blocks for the open and connected ecosystem
The latest announcements reinforce CO-AM’s role as the foundation for a connected manufacturing environment, where customers can exchange data, integrate technologies, and orchestrate customized AM workflows.
CO-AM Brix — Materialise’s new enabling technology for automating and optimizing manufacturing workflows through visual, node-based automation. Building on the Magics SDK strategy announced last year, Brix integrates over 800 proven algorithms from Materialise’s SDK suite, including Magics SDK, Build Processor SDK, and 3-matic SDK, opening significant integration possibilities by combining Materialise’s decades of AM expertise with the flexibility to incorporate external tools and libraries.
CO-AM Build Platform — Enables part and platform viewing and editing directly in the cloud, creating a single source of truth for AM data and workflows. Automated workflows designed in CO-AM Brix can be executed instantly, while interactive projects can be opened in Magics with seamless revision tracking. It is designed to give customers the flexibility to work with any third-party build prep application.
Open Build Processor Architecture — The Next Generation of Build Processor framework now features a fully open, modular architecture. Manufacturers can integrate validated OEM Build Processors, Materialise-developed processors, or create fully customized strategies using the Build Processor SDK. These can be deployed from Magics, third-party CAD systems, 3MF workflows, or directly through CO-AM, enabling process optimization and deployment of qualified strategies across sites with confidence.
Shared Domain Model — As part of its collaboration with the Leading Minds consortium, Materialise is sharing an open domain model that defines key AM entities, including Part, Build, Material Lot, Machine, Parameter Set, Telemetry, Quality, and Genealogy. The model aligns with standards including ISO/ASTM 529xx, 3MF, OPC UA, and QIF, and serves as a foundation for guiding CO-AM’s data architecture.
By providing partners with this common language for AM operations, Materialise enables them to test integrations and build compatible solutions, demonstrating its commitment to knowledge sharing and reducing integration friction across the industry.
Materialise will showcase the expanded CO-AM ecosystem, CO-AM Brix automation technology, and three new metal NxG Build Processors at Formnext 2025. Live product and software solutions demonstrations are available at Hall 12.1, Booth C139.
To learn more about our software offering, visit our CO-AM ecosystem page.
About Materialise
Materialise incorporates more than three decades of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services that empower sustainable 3D printing applications. Our open, secure, and flexible end-to-end solutions enable industrial manufacturing and mass personalization in various industries — including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, eyewear, art and design, wearables, and consumer goods. Headquartered in Belgium and with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in the industry with one of the world’s largest and most complete 3D printing facilities. For more information, visit Materialise incorporates more than three decades of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services that empower sustainable 3D printing applications. Our open, secure, and flexible end-to-end solutions enable industrial manufacturing and mass personalization in various industries — including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, eyewear, art and design, wearables, and consumer goods. Headquartered in Belgium and with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in the industry with one of the world’s largest and most complete 3D printing facilities. For more information, visit https://www.materialise.com.
