Additive Technologies in Product Manufacturing

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of additive manufacturing technologies and their transformative impact across fashion, footwear, leather goods, food production, healthcare, protective equipment, and sustainable product development. Bringing together advances in materials science, digital design, artificial intelligence, generative design, and 3D printing processes, the chapters examine how additive technologies are reshaping traditional manufacturing workflows, enabling customization, enhancing product performance, and supporting more sustainable and circular production models. Through a combination of theoretical perspectives, industrial applications, experimental studies, and future-oriented analyses, the volume highlights emerging opportunities and challenges in the integration of additive manufacturing into diverse sectors, offering valuable insights for researchers, engineers, designers, and industry professionals seeking to understand the current state and future potential of this rapidly evolving field.