Yannik Wilkens works as Product Manager in the field of Additive Manufacturing and Powder Metallurgy for SMS group GmbH, a German equipment supplier. As an industrial engineer, graduated from RWTH Aachen university, he has specialized on metal powders for AM. In his role as Product Manager at SMS group GmbH he deals with the process of powder atomization. He is responsible for metal powder quality control and optimization at the SMS 3D-Test Centre, containing an industrial powder production system.