Additive Insight

Melanie Lang founded FormAlloy in 2016, alongside CTO Jeff Riemann, after first becoming interested in 3D printing as a hobbyist. The co-founders first met as interns at Boeing, and reconnected years later when they spotted an opportunity for DED technology in industries such as aerospace. Lang herself started out as an aerospace engineer, landing a role at Lockheed Martin after her stint at Boein...

On the latest Additive Insight podcast episode, we sit down with Scott Van Vliet, the SVP of Additive & Software Engineering at Relativity Space, to discuss the space company's use of 3D printing technology.  Van Vliet joined Relativity at the start of 2022, having previously held roles at Mattel, Microsoft and Amazon. Through these roles, he had exposure to both 3D printing and software engineeri...

For this week's episode of Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team is back with another Editorial Roundtable, covering the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month. Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss yet another major AM acquisition as Stratasys announces plans to acquire Covestro, two more major manufacturers joining the Biden administration's A...

Earlier this year, Xerox announced the installation of an ElemX liquid metal 3D printing system on a U.S. naval vessel. It followed the deployment of a machine at the Naval Postgraduate School in California back in 2021 and served to represent the increasing play for metal 3D printing in the military sector.  Weeks later, Tali Rosman, the Elem Additive General Manager at Xerox, sat down with Mike...

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, Sherri Monroe, Executive Director at the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest. With a leadership background spanning both non-profit and for-profit organisations, Monroe joined the AMGTA back in June at what she describes as a ‘critical point’ in the development of the association, which w...

On this week's Additive Insight podcast, the TCT editorial team is back for another editorial roundtable covering the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news from the last month. Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss some major acquisitions including news that Nano Dimension has taken a 12% in Stratasys, and Markforged's recent addition of binder jet to its portfolio with the...

James DeMuth, the CEO of Seurat Technologies, joins the Additive Insight podcast to explain how his company is looking to achieve mass production with its metal 3D printing technology.

Trumpf Industry Manager for Aerospace & Medical Eliana Fu sits down with NASA's Paul Gradl to discuss NASA's application of 3D printing, the importance of space exploration and inspiring the next generation of aerospace engineers.

On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths speaks to Eliana Fu and Kristin Mulherin in this Women in 3D Printing fireside chat recorded live at TCT 3Sixty. Mulherin, President of Women in 3D Printing, and General Manager for Powder Bed Solutions at Nexa3D, answers questions alongside Fu, Industry Manager for Aerospace & Medical at TRUMPF, and this year's Women in 3D P...

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On this episode of Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team record live from the TCT 3Sixty show floor to bring you highlights from the UK's leading 3D printing and additive manufacturing showcase. The team discuss launches from Wematter, WAAM3D and Construct3D along with key takeaways from the conference including sessions from Aston University, Boston Consulting Group, and TCT's new Global Persp...

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, Casey Melvin, Co-founder and Co-CEO of THEFUTUREOFJEWELRY joins us as our Executive Interview guest.  Melvin co-founded THEFUTUREOFJEWELRY with sister Janine back in 2017 with a mission to democratise jewellery through 3D printing. To do that, they developed a platform that allows customers to easily customise and create personalised jewellery products –...

On this episode of Additive Insight, the TCT content team discuss the latest 3D printing and additive manufacturing developments live from RAPID + TCT in Detroit. In addition to key themes from keynotes presented by Siemens and Honeywell Aerospace, the team discuss tours of Desktop Metal, Stratasys and 3D Systems alongside conversations with DyeMansion, Jabil, Mosaic Manufacturing and more. You ca...

On this episode of Additive Insight, our Executive Interview series continues with Makelab Co-founder and CEO Christina Perla.  Perla founded Makelab, a Brooklyn-based 3D printing service, with her husband Manny back in 2017. At the time, the co-founders were freelancing as industrial designers and offering 3D printing as an additional service - but within two years, the 3D printing part really to...

On the latest episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you another Innovators on Innovators instalment which features Osseus Fusion Systems R&D/ Engineering Manager John Bohenick & 4WEB Director of Patient Specific Solutions Steve Zambrano.  As engineers working at two mid-sized medical device companies, Bohenick and Zambrano share their insights around 3D printed implants. Throughout the...

This week's Additive Insight is another Editorial Roundtable featuring the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month. On this episode, the TCT content team discuss: - Zortrax withdrawing from Roosatom - Additive Technologies investment  - XJet delivering its first Carmel 1400M metal 3D printer - GE Aviation Singapore repairing engine parts at volume with metal...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, featuring Professor Phill Dickens of Added Scientific and University of Nottingham and Stefanie Brickwede of Deutsche Bahn and Mobility Goes Additive.  Having recently worked with a group that is exploring the use of 3D printing technology for spare parts, Phill has began to...

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, TCT Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month. Get up to date on 3D Systems' acquisitions of Titan Robotics and Kumovis to expand its play in industrial and medical markets; Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp's decision to terminate its business combination agreement...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, featuring GE Additive Operations Leader Stephanie DePalma and Protolabs Applications Engineer Eric Utley. They join the podcast two and a half years after they collaborated with fashion designer Zac Posen to produce a series of 3D printed garments for the 2019 Met Gala. Throu...

At this year's TIPE 3D Printing Conference, the finalists for the 2022 TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award were unveiled.  The collaboration between the TCT Group and Women in 3D Printing was founded in 2019 to celebrate the women who are leading the charge in the 3D printing and additive manufacturing sector. On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths introduces...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the fifth instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, featuring Candice Majewski of the University of Sheffield’s Mechanical Engineering Department and Alex Kingsbury, an AM Industry Fellow at RMIT University. Despite never having met in person, Majewski and Kingsbury have long enjoyed discussing their work in additive manufactur...

In part two of our final Additive Insight editorial roundtable of the year, Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies gather around the mic to discuss the biggest 3D printing news stories from the last 12 months. On this episode, we reflect on another acquisition from Desktop Metal, Team GB racing to seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a little help from 3D pr...

For our final Additive Insight editorial roundtable of the year, Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies reflect on the biggest 3D printing developments from 2021 in a two-part end of year special. In part one, we look back on the first half of the year, from Desktop Metal's surprise acquisition of EnvisionTEC to a conversation with Meta Additive’s Dr Kate Black. But...

On this episode of Additive Insight, we bring you the fourth instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series featuring Stratasys' VP of Aerospace Scott Sevcik [SS] and Boeing Technical Lead Engineer Michael Hayes [MH].   The pair both have extensive experience in the aerospace sector, with Sevcik spending time at Lockheed Martin and United Technologies before moving across to Stratasys and Hayes...

On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies gather around the mic for another Editorial Roundtable. This month, it's a Formnext special as we select a handful of the biggest announcements from the show floor including news from  Xact Metal, Axtra3D, AMT, 3D Systems and more. For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: https://www...