Kris Binon graduated as a Master in Nautical Sciences and continued, while working, studies on international and intercultural management, as well as Disaster Studies. His professional career has been diverse so far: sales engineer in the technical textile industry, various positions in disaster management, representative for the Red Cross in Nepal and developing SME’s in Africa. In 2015, he became the first director of the Benelux AM Association, Flam3D. From there, he moved on to HYBRID Software in April 2023, to set up the new AM Business Unit: AMIS. AMIS provides novel solutions for Build Preparation for Jetting technologies and SLS