EOS

Studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and earned a Ph.D. in Laser Technology from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich in 1980. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics before joining General Scanning, a laser systems company, where exposure to early 3D-printing patents inspired him to start his own venture. He founded EOS in 1989 with €500,000 in seed funding and built it into the global leader in industrial polymer and metal laser sintering. Inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame in 2017 and recipient of the German Innovation Award.