German net-shape metal manufacturer specializing in pilot-scale production and circular economy remanufacture of rare earth permanent magnets.
MIMplus Technologies is a German precision manufacturing company whose name and project footprint point to Metal Injection Molding (MIM) as their core production technology — a process for producing small, geometrically complex metal components at industrial scale. They bring pilot-scale manufacturing capacity to research consortia, translating laboratory processes into production-ready components. In SUSMAGPRO, their contribution centered on net-shape manufacture of recycled neodymium-iron-boron magnets, which is precisely what MIM excels at: producing near-final-geometry permanent magnet parts directly from powder feedstock without extensive machining. Their earlier work in MAESTRO placed them inside a laser additive manufacturing platform project, signaling broader competence across advanced metal forming and powder-based production routes.
SUSMAGPRO explicitly lists 'netshape manufacture' as a keyword and MAESTRO involved modular manufacturing platforms, both pointing to MIMplus's core powder-based production capability.
SUSMAGPRO (EUR 644,219) focused on recovery, reprocessing, and reuse of NdFeB rare earth magnets, with MIMplus contributing pilot-scale net-shape production of recycled magnet material.
MAESTRO (2016–2019) targeted modular laser additive manufacturing platforms for large-scale industrial applications, placing MIMplus within advanced metal deposition process development.
SUSMAGPRO's focus on critical raw materials recovery and circular economy reuse of NdFeB magnets positions MIMplus at the industrial end of the EU's critical materials supply chain agenda.
In their first H2020 project (MAESTRO, 2016–2019), MIMplus engaged with laser-based additive manufacturing platforms for large industrial applications — no detailed keywords were recorded, suggesting a supporting industrial role rather than a topic-defining one. By 2019, with SUSMAGPRO, their keyword profile sharpens dramatically around NdFeB recycling, efficient extraction, pilot-scale processing, and net-shape manufacture — all terms that map directly onto MIM production of permanent magnets from recovered powder. The shift is from general advanced manufacturing participation toward a focused, proprietary position in the rare earth magnet remanufacturing supply chain.
MIMplus is positioning itself as the industrial production link in the EU's critical raw materials circular economy — specifically turning recycled rare earth magnet powder back into finished NdFeB components, a capability that will be in high demand as wind turbine and EV motor supply chains face pressure to reduce dependency on virgin rare earth imports.
MIMplus has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects, never taking a coordinator role — a pattern consistent with a specialist manufacturer brought in to validate processes at pilot or industrial scale rather than to lead research programs. Both projects involved large multi-partner consortia (33 unique partners from 2 projects), suggesting MIMplus is comfortable operating as one of many contributors in complex H2020 Innovation Actions and Research Actions. Partners and coordinators likely engage them for their production infrastructure rather than for project management capacity.
From just two projects, MIMplus has worked alongside 33 unique partners across 10 countries — an unusually wide network for a two-project participant, indicating involvement in large, well-connected consortia rather than small focused partnerships. Their network spans both manufacturing-focused (MAESTRO) and environment/materials-focused (SUSMAGPRO) communities across Europe.
MIMplus occupies a narrow but strategically valuable niche: they are one of very few industrial companies that can take recycled rare earth magnet powder and manufacture it directly into net-shape permanent magnet components — closing the circular economy loop at the production stage, not just at the recycling stage. This makes them an essential industrial partner for any consortium that needs to demonstrate end-to-end critical materials recovery rather than stopping at the refined-powder stage. For businesses in wind energy or EV motors seeking to reduce rare earth sourcing risk, MIMplus represents a direct path to a European remanufacturing supplier.
