The Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) was founded in 2008 by Boeing, EOS Electro Optical Systems, Evonik Industries and MCP HEK Tooling as well as the University Paderborn.

The DMRC is a research center building on the expertise of the involved partners from industry and academia with up to date equipment.

The specific aims of the DMRC include:

• advancing vital technological progress for broader application of Direct Manufacturing (DM) in series production
• incubation as well as transfer of highly promising technologies in new and existing companies
• promote the corresponding paradigm change from production driven design to function driven design
• training and education of the next generation of engineers
• performing independent market studies and benchmarks on methods and processes
• performing scenario projections for the future of DM
• becoming an internationally renowned platform for exchange of best practices as well as optimal procedures