Caracol to Showcase Robotic Large-Format AM for Mobility at JEC World 2026

Caracol will present robotic large-format additive manufacturing platforms, AI-driven software and mobility case studies at JEC World in Paris, March 10–12, 2026, returning to the show for its fourth consecutive year. The Milan-based company said its program will include demonstrations and a panel on composite manufacturing for mobility, and will showcase projects for trains, racing cars and yachts.

Paolo Cassis, co-founder and COO of Caracol, positioned the JEC World appearance as strategic for market engagement, saying robotic LFAM spans aerospace, marine and automotive and that the sectors face pressure to improve production efficiency and flexibility in the current macroeconomic landscape. Cassis called JEC World an ideal forum to reconnect with leading players and to discuss how Caracol’s technology meets evolving mobility engineering and manufacturing challenges.

Caracol’s headline hardware for the show is Heron AM, described in company and trade Q&A texts as a modular, turnkey robotic platform for large-scale thermoplastic composite parts from pellets. Heron AM can be configured as a hybrid system that automatically substitutes its extrusion head with a milling head or other extruders, and Caracol notes the platform ships with three extruders tuned “from precision to speed” and supports different robotic arms, rails and printing beds to produce near-net shape parts layer-by-layer and minimise waste.

Alongside Heron, Caracol lists Vipra AM as its robotic turnkey platform for advanced large-scale metal parts, positioning the company across both composite 3D printing and metal manufacturing. Caracol also plans to present software as part of its JEC program; Eidos, the company’s AI-driven manufacturing software, was unveiled with new features at Formnext 2025 by Giovanni Avallone, Caracol’s Chief Innovation Officer, during a November 18 booth event that opened with the Eidos reveal and continued with the panel “Disrupting Transportation: Redefining Sea, Rail, and Road,” featuring Lorenzo Gasparoni of Alstom, Fabio Botti of Ferretti Group, Raul Gonzalo of V2 Group and Gregorio Delcò of The Cab, moderated by CEO Francesco De Stefano.

Trade and press activity since November 2025 gives context for the March presentations. Caracol’s press list includes November 2025 items on the Stratospheric Gondola project and THE CAB, a 3D printed RV made from recycled polymer, and Formnext 2025 materials referenced booth C101 in hall 12.1 and an Instagram post that advertised a separate “Wednesday 11, 4 pm – Caracol Booth 5M92” session. Those booth numbers were tied to Formnext materials; no JEC World booth number was provided in the company’s February 2026 announcement.

Caracol was founded in Milan in 2017 and maintains presence in Milan and Austin, Texas. Company contact details in press materials include a Milan address at Via Marisa Bellisario 6C, 20825, Italy, and a phone number +39 0362 283 204. Aero-mag coverage of Caracol events also described a networking happy hour with an open bar in the context of the company’s mobility programming, noting the opportunity to connect with industry leaders shaping advanced manufacturing and sustainable mobility. Caracol’s JEC World program will focus on demonstrations and the composite manufacturing panel during the show on March 10–12, 2026.