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Formnext 2026: the nylon watchlist

Preview · Published 14 November 2026 · Formnext, Messe Frankfurt, 17–20 November 2026

The show in brief

Tuesday's reveals, from the nylon side

EOS — a new large-frame polymer SLS platform (Hall 12.0, D71; Tuesday 11:00)

The headline act for powder-bed nylon. EOS will unveil a new large-frame polymer SLS system at 11:00 CET on the first morning — its first new polymer platform in about five years. What is confirmed ahead of the reveal is the architecture: three lasers, with intelligent utilisation and dynamic load balancing. What is not yet public is everything a database would need — build volume, layer range, power, price. Materialise has run the unreleased machine in production and reports 44% higher productivity than the previous EOS platform, with more than six minutes saved per part on its trial job; that is an early customer's reported figure, not an EOS specification. The full specification is promised at the unveiling, and the machine becomes a candidate for our machine database — alongside the EOS P 396 and Formiga P 110 — only when EOS publishes it. EOS in the vendor directory.

Stratasys — a manufacturing-scale system, and the F870's European debut (Hall 12.1, D129; Tuesday 13:00)

Two hours later, Stratasys unveils what its 29 October announcement calls a new manufacturing-scale solution for serial production of end-use polymer parts. The same booth gives the F870 FDM system its European debut and shows factory-floor applications from Toyota and GM. Stratasys's nylon powder story on this site currently runs through the SAF platform and the H350; whether Tuesday's system extends that line is one of the week's open questions. Stratasys in the vendor directory.

Arkema — next-generation Orgasol PA12 (Hall 12.1, C119)

The materials story of the show. Arkema's 9 November release says it will showcase a next generation of Orgasol PA12 powders for SLS and MJF, designed for powder recyclability; Arkema claims the powders can reduce material-related variable costs by up to 50%. That is the maker's claim, made ahead of the show: Arkema has not published a datasheet for the new grade, so there is nothing to put in a specification table yet — and on this site, no datasheet means no database entry. Alongside it, Arkema will highlight its Rilsan PA11 line — castor-bean based and 100% bio-based — with a claim of up to 40% lower material-related operating costs. Our database carries the current Rilsan Invent grade, Arkema Rilsan Invent PA11, on its published datasheet. Arkema in the vendor directory.

TPM3D — the compact CF250 goes international (Hall 11.0, D29)

TPM3D's CF250+PPS250 compact SLS system, launched in China earlier this year, makes its international debut in Frankfurt. TPM3D states a 250 × 250 × 320 mm build volume, a 0.53 m² footprint and standard 220 V power — a specification aimed squarely at the lab and small-production niche that Formlabs' Fuse series opened. TPM3D is not yet in our vendor directory; its stated figures enter the machine database only from published documentation, after the show.

Also on the floor

• DyeMansion launches the Powershot Go, a post-processing system for smaller shops finishing SLS and MJF parts; trade previews report a price below €14,000 — a reported figure, not a DyeMansion list price we have verified.
• 3devo (Hall 12.1, B139) runs its Filament Maker X10 live for all four days, turning spent MJF PA12 powder into spooled filament — powder economics in the most literal sense on the show floor.

The thread running through it: powder economics

Read the announcements together and one theme dominates the nylon side of Formnext 2026: what a build costs in powder. Arkema's recyclability claims, 3devo's waste-powder filament and the productivity fight between the new platforms are all, underneath, arguments about refresh ratio and cost per part. Our standing rule survives the show unchanged: a recyclability claim stays a claim — attributed to its maker — until a datasheet states the ratio. The tools to run your own numbers are already here: the refresh ratio calculator and the part cost estimator.

After the show

This preview becomes a report. The EOS platform's specification sheet, any Orgasol PA12 datasheet Arkema publishes, and the CF250's documentation are the first documents the desk will chase — in that order — and each database entry they produce will cite them, per our sourcing policy. Follow the coverage on the news page.

Last updated: November 2026