Additive Insight

Our latest guest on the Additive Insight podcast is Gaia Giladi, co-founder and Chief Creative of sustainable footwear brand HILOS. HILOS has come to market with a series of footwear products manufactured through an on-demand, circular process that limits inventory and waste. Enabling this more sustainable manufacture of footwear is 3D printing technology, with solutions from HP and BASF being lea...

On the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, Tangible Solutions Director of Engineering Matt Shomper is joined by DfAM consultant Duann Scott. On the agenda today is computational design, with Matt leaning on his 10+ years experience in the medical device market, and Duann on his learnings from the likes of Shapeways, Autodesk and nTopology. Throughout the conversation, the pai...

On this week's Additive Insight podcast, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies find a rare quiet moment during the Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference to share what they've seen and learned. We discuss a prime example of AM collaboration in a joint keynote between Robert Ducey of LAIKA Studios and Nicholas Jacobson of the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus, an inspirin...

On this week's Additive Insight podcast, TCT's Senior Content Producer Sam Davies is joined by Pat Warner, Kristin Mulherin & Matthew Shomper to discuss the conversations and collaborations at the AMUG Conference 2023. As multi-time visitors to the AMUG Conference, the trio are well versed in the kind of relationships and discussions that are generated at the event, and how they help to move the i...

On the latest episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Bauer Hockey Senior Brand Manager Mat Dejardins to discuss the company's use of 3D printing technology in the development of the REAKT helmet series. Harnessing EOS' Digital Foam technology, the company has developed a lightweight and breathable helmet liner which features 3D printed lattices. Throughout the episode, Dejardins...

On this bonus Additive Insight podcast episode to celebrate International Women's Day, the five nominees for this year's TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award come together to discuss the work they're doing in the additive manufacturing industry.  This year's shortlist includes: Dr Kate Black, Jessica Drazba, Dr Alba Gonzalez-Alvarez, Dr Parastoo Jamshidi and Beth Ripley MD, PhD.  Throughout th...

On the latest episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Senior Content Producer Sam Davies sits down with restor3d co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Cambre Kelly.  Restor3d is a medical device company that leans on 3D printing, biomechanics, and AI in its bid to deliver personalised surgical solutions for medical professionals. In recent weeks, the company has announced the successful implant...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, Mark Abshire, Additive Manufacturing Users Group President joins us ahead of this year's AMUG Conference.  AMUG 2023 will take place on March 19-23 at the Hilton Chicago.  Mark joins us to talk about what makes AMUG unique, best nuggets of additive advice he’s picked up at the conference, and the value of an AM event that’s run for users by users.
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On the latest TCT Innovators on Innovators episode, Amy Elliot, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, sits down with Formalloy CEO Melanie Lang to discuss the burgeoning additive manufacturing processes of binder jetting and Directed Energy Deposition. Throughout the episode, the pair share the work they are doing with the respective technologies, as well as their experiences in securing p...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Frank Herzog, the co-founder of Concept Laser and Managing Director of the HZG Group. Throughout our conversation, Herzog provides insights into the early days of Concept Laser, what it took to build a metal 3D printing business in the noughties, and why the sale to GE Additive in 2016 made sense. We also discuss his latest venture -...

On this episode of Innovators on Innovators, Materialise CEO Fried Vancraen sits down with Quickparts CEO Ziad Abou, just days after the companies announced their partnership. Last week, Quickparts revealed it was to implement Materialise's CO-AM software platform across its global manufacturing operations. Throughout their conversation, the pair outline the significance of this collaboration, whi...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, Chris Connery, Head of Global Analysis at CONTEXT joins us to discuss the current state of 3D printer shipments, trends, and what 2023 could hold for the additive manufacturing (AM) market. As a market intelligence and analysis provider for the global technology industry, CONTEXT's quarterly AM industry reports deliver insights on performance benchmarks,...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, we're joined by additive manufacturing industry consultant and analyst Terry Wohlers.  Wohlers, the founder of Wohlers Associates and a frequent speaker on the 3D printing conference circuit, has been working in the industry since the late 1980s.  Throughout this Executive Interview episode, the TCT Hall of Famer tells us how his introduction to 3D print...

On the latest Innovators on Innovators episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Matt Whelan, Ocado Technology Head of Engineering for the 600 Series Bot, is joined by nTopology CEO Brad Rothenberg.  The pair have worked together through Ocado Technology's deployment of the nTopology platform as it has developed its fleet of swarm robotics within its warehouses. Ocado Technology operates within the...

For the last Additive Insight of 2022, the TCT editorial team gather for a first live recording from our newly minted TCT Additive Manufacturing Network to discuss this year's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) news stories. As this handy month-by-month round-up proves, 2022 was by no means short on new AM products, developments, acquisitions or disruptions to keep us busy. On thi...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, we're joined by ALTANA CTO Petra Severit & Dr. Max Röttger, Head of 3D Lab & Cubic Ink Additive Manufacturing.  ALTANA is a specialty chemicals company providing Cubic Ink materials to inkjet and resin-based 3D printing systems. Earlier this year, the company sold its controlling stake in dp polar to 3D Systems, but remains committed to supplying materia...

Hubs is an online manufacturing platform that was founded in 2013 and boasts a range of services that span 3D printing, CNC machining, injection moulding and sheet metal fabrication services. Through its global manufacturing network of suppliers, it has long been an advocate for decentralized manufacturing, and as it has matured as a company, has placed a significant focus on quality assurance acr...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, MakerVerse CEO & Managing Director Markus Seibold joins as our latest Executive Interview guest. Laura Griffiths speaks to Seibold about providing a one-stop shop for additive manufacturing (AM), impact on supply chain, and AM lessons learned from Siemens Energy, a prolific adopter of industrial 3D printing from which MakerVerse was funded as a joint ven...

On the latest Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team sum up a week in Frankfurt with a special roundtable recorded live at Formnext 2022.  The team discuss launches from HP, SLM Solutions, Carbon alongside partnership announcements from Materialise, Oqton and more. Learn more about 3D printing with DuraForm PAx Black and DuraForm PAx Natural (SLS) from our episode sponsor 3D Systems by visiting...

On the latest Additive Insight Innovators on Innovators podcast, Met-L-Flo President and AMUG Past President Carl Dekker sits down with William Dallas Martin, a Technician at Toyota Motor North America's TILT Lab. Throughout the episode, they discuss the use of 3D printing inside that Toyota makerspace facility, the application opportunities for additive manufacturing inside automotive, and how ed...

In our latest Executive Interview, we speak to the newly appointed President of Healthcare at Formlabs Guillaume Bailliard. Bailliard has been working in the healthcare sector for 25 years, and on the Additive Insight podcast, he shared his thoughts on the opportunities for 3D printing in the medical space, as well as what he will bring to his role at Formlabs. Learn more about ultrafast 3D printi...

On this episode of the TCT Additive Insight podcast, Evolve Additive CEO Joe Allison is joined by Buildparts founder Mike Littrell for the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series. Throughout the conversation, Joe and Mike share how they built their service bureau businesses, assess the accuracy of market value estimates in AM, and give details about the respective STEP and WAV pro...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, the editorial team discuss the biggest additive manufacturing and 3D printing news stories from the last month. The top story focuses on Nikon's numerous investments in metal AM, starting with the biggest, a voluntary public takeover of SLM Solutions in a 622 million Euro deal at the start of September, quickly followed by investments in Hybrid Manufactu...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, we bring you a panel session recorded live at this year's TCT 3Sixty on the future of sustainability in additive manufacturing.  Hoda Amel, Technology Manager, Additive Manufacturing at the the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) leads a panel of experts including Stephen Fitzpatrick, Machining and Additive Manufacturing Team Lead at the National Manuf...

TCT's Senior Content Producer Sam Davies joins Head of Content Laura Griffiths on a call from Chicago to discuss the biggest additive manufacturing launches from the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2022. HP and Nexa3D were the headline stories from the week as both launched long-anticipated production focused 3D printing technologies at the mammoth manufacturing event. HP's Meta...