Research institutes play a key role in the development and spread of the LDS technology. LPKF research partner FAPS is now stepping up its activities in the area of laser direct structuring.
 
The chair FAPS for automated manufacturing and production systematics has invested in a Fusion3D laser system, thus expanding its research infrastructure at the Nuremburg site. The system is used at the E|Drive Center, a Bavarian technology center for electrical drive engineering, and the MID application center MIDAZ. Here the FAPS is supporting companies in researching and designing MID components and manufacturing prototypes and small batches.