3DTY 3D-Printing Collaboration Project

The project strives to modernize the industry by bringing together actors in research, development and innovation (RDI) throughout Finland that develop and disseminate the use of large-scale 3D printing technology. The aim is to improve the local and national impact of these activities by combining close domestic cooperation with the best of global expertise. In practice, this means new business and business-driven renewal based on the development of skills and innovation. The project will achieve these objectives and contribute to the digitalization of manufacturing by supporting the transition to 3D printing as one of the digital manufacturing methods, the adoption of which will also contribute to the digitalization of other manufacturing methods.

The total budget of the project is 3.2 million euros. The share of the University of Oulu in the project is 536,691 euros. The project will be implemented between August 1, 2023 and July 31, 2026 and it is co-funded by the European Union (ERDF/Innovation and Skills in Finland 2021−2027 programme). The funding authority is Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (South Savo). The project's coordinator is the University of Oulu's Future Manufacturing Technologies (FMT) research group. The other implementers of the project are Rovaniemi Education Center REDU, Savonia University of Applied Sciences, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), LUT University, Tampere University of Applied Sciences and DIMECC Oy's ecosystems FAMN and FAME. In addition, more than 20 companies are involved in the project.