VYSOKE UCENI TECHNICKE V BRNE (BUT) is the largest technical university in CZ with approx. 18 000 students, 8 faculties, 3 institutes, 5 research centers and hosts 2 national centers of excellence. BUT is a member of CEITEC consortium responsible for 3 CEITEC research programmes: Advanced Nano- and Micro-technologies, Advanced Materials, and Industrial Cybernetics, Instrumentation and Systems. With an annual overall research budget approaching €16M, CEITEC BUT publishes over 250 research articles in high quality, peer-reviewed journals per year. CEITEC BUT hosts 2 research groups involved in the project and active in the research fields of AM, coatings and materials characterization, having a long-term history of cooperation with the local industry, and solving applying research and technological problems.