AMTZ Medical 3D Printing Centre Trains Over 2,400 Personnel

01 October 2026: Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone’s Centre of Excellence in Visakhapatnam has trained more than 2,400 personnel in 3D printing, medical-device design, prototyping and testing, according to MeitY’s Annual Report 2025-26. The reported progress combines workforce training with domestic technology development, supporting Indian medical-device startups and manufacturers that need access to additive-manufacturing expertise. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology records these achievements in section 5.4.7.5 of its annual report. 

AMTZ medical 3D printing combines skills and technology development

The Centre of Excellence on Additive Manufacturing for the Medical Device Sector, referred to as CoE AM-MDS, operates at AMTZ in Andhra Pradesh. MeitY describes its purpose as a common facility that helps local additive-manufacturing businesses compete with global peers while supporting medical-device innovation.

Its training covers 3D printing alongside design, prototyping and testing. That scope matters because the initiative addresses product-development capabilities, rather than printer operation alone. The report presents workforce development and technology development as parallel areas of progress.

Readers can find a related, non-medical example of applied training in Screen Print India’s coverage of the Toyota–Wipro 3D training partnership.

What has the centre developed?

MeitY reports that the AMTZ centre has developed four materials, five machines, two software tools and nine additive-manufactured products. The ministry also says the centre has established production of materials and products that previously depended on imports. Its account describes capacity to produce small metal components with control over chemistry, strength and density across a range of alloys.

Support for startups and Indian intellectual property

The centre’s stated objectives include building a long-term support ecosystem for startups and industry, developing specialised skills, and encouraging Indian intellectual property creation and filing. MeitY also identifies connections with industry, academia and global networks as a route to market access for incubated products.

These are programme objectives, not evidence that every participating startup has secured patents or commercial contracts. Keeping that distinction clear gives manufacturers a more useful picture of the centre’s role.

For national policy background, Screen Print India’s earlier article on the National Strategy on Additive Manufacturing explains the ambitions set out at its launch. Those targets should not be read as confirmed outcomes.

Reported progress, with commercial outcomes still unspecified

AMTZ’s reported achievements place skills, materials, equipment and software within one medical-device initiative. For AMTZ, the evidence supports a specific conclusion: MeitY reports substantial training activity and multiple technology-development outputs.