Additive Manufacturing shows its strengths where conventional production reaches its limits. Technology begins where construction, design and manufacturing need to be re-thought to find solutions. It enables a “design-driven-manufacturing-process” where design determines manufacturing – not the other way round. In addition, additive manufacturing allows highly complex structures that can be extremely lightweight and stable at the same time. It provides a high degree of design freedom, function optimization and integration, small batch sizes at reasonable unit costs and a high degree of individualization of products – even in mass production.