Sporting performance not only depends on athletes’ mental and physical constitution. Equipment is a decisive factor in many disciplines too. High-tech materials and specialized equipment tailor-made to athletes’ requirements lead to success.
To remain competitive, the development departments of the sports equipment industry deviate from series products. They come closer to their objective of optimizing the system "athlete and equipment" with new ideas for product improvements.
These ideas are turned into product innovations through the use of production technologies such as additive manufacturing. This results in the production of robust lightweight versions of complex sports equipment, for example, which would not be able to be produced using conventional production technology.
For athletes, this mainly means one thing: a competitive lead in the fight for medals and podium places.