Additive manufacturing offers enormous potential for optimized and new components alike. At Porsche, 3D printing technology is already being employed in several areas. And now, a joint project from Porsche, Mahle and Trumpf, in cooperation with ZEISS, has successfully 3D-printed highly stressed drive components for the first time, using generative processes to manufacture pistons for the high-performance engine of Porsche's top-of-the-line 911 model: the GT2 RS. The entire team headed by Porsche project lead Frank Ickinger is more than pleased: "This makes a performance boost of up to 30 horsepower conceivable with the 700PS twin turbo engine, and with higher levels of efficiency at that." The "printed" high-performance piston project is a total success. A milestone in the history of additive manufacturing.