Additive manufacturing is defined (in 52900:2021) as "the process of joining materials to produce parts from 3D model data, typically layer by layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing and formative manufacturing methodologies".

The CTPAV aims to promote the work with additive technologies, their implementation and application in the industrial sphere. We want to achieve the development of the field of additive manufacturing (AM) primarily by intensifying cooperation between academia and business.

The CTPAV is organizationally integrated into the MECHATRONIKA Cluster z.s. , whose membership consists of companies operating in the field of mechatronics and related fields, public administration institutions, schools and research organizations.