Additive manufacturing (AM) is changing how the world builds things — from heart valves to jet engine components. Standards are what allow this innovation to move from prototype to production safely and at scale. A new report released today takes stock of where those standards stand, and what’s next.
America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) today published the April 2026 Gaps Progress Report from the Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC), which they jointly lead. The report provides new updates on 35 of the 141 standardization gaps identified in the AMSC’s 2023 Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing, Version 3.0 — a foundational document developed with input from approximately 300 experts across federal agencies, national laboratories, standards developing organizations, industry, and academia.