AMSC publishes 2026 Additive Manufacturing gaps report
America Makes and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have published the April 2026 Gaps Progress Report from the Additive Manufacturing Standardization Collaborative (AMSC), which they jointly lead. The report provides new updates on 35 of the 141 standardisation gaps identified in the AMSC’s 2023 Standardization Roadmap for Additive Manufacturing, Version 3.0 – a foundational document developed with input from approximately 300 experts across federal agencies, national laboratories, standards developing organizations, industry, and academia.
The April 2026 report offers a current snapshot of standards development, research, and conformity assessment activities across the full AM lifecycle, including design, materials, process control, post-processing, qualification and certification, nondestructive evaluation, and data. No new gaps were identified in this update.
Rather than a consensus standard, the progress report is said to function as a living document. It will be updated and republished periodically as standards work advances, until the AMSC takes on the next version of its roadmap.
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The AMSC is a cross-sector coordinating body that accelerates the development of industry-wide Additive Manufacturing standards and specifications, working to align efforts across stakeholders so the AM industry can grow with confidence.
The next progress report is anticipated in September 2026. Read the current Gaps report here.
