An additive manufacturing and 3D printing podcast from TCT Magazine's Editorial Team | Laura Griffiths, Head of Content | Samuel Davies, Senior Content Producer
On this month’s Additive Insight editorial roundtable, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss February’s biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories. Continuing the trend for consolidation, we discuss Stratasys‘s acquisition of RPS as it ramps up its ambition to be “the first choice for polymer 3D printing”, the launch […]
On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths is joined by Tali Rosman, Xerox Vice President and General Manager for 3D Printing. The well-known 2D print giant made its play for the additive manufacturing market back in 2019 with the acquisition of start-up Vader Systems and its Liquid Metal 3D printing technology. […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, our Executive Interview series continues with a conversation with Carlos Zwikker, Chief Commercial Officer at AM-Flow. The Netherlands-based start-up is a developer of automation technologies which tackle the post-printing parts of the AM production workflow. Combining 3D-shape identification and a mix of hardware and software intelligence, AM Flow addresses those important […]
In the first of our new monthly editorial roundtable sessions, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss some of the biggest and most-read 3D printing news story from the last month on the Additive Insight podcast. On this episode we cover two big acquisition stories including Desktop Metal‘s takeover of DLP additive manufacturing pioneer EnvisionTEC, and […]
We’re continuing our executive interview series into 2021 with insights from Andreas Langfeld, President EMEA at Stratasys, who joins us on the Additive Insight podcast to discuss the last 12 months, future plans and that $100 million Origin acquisition. Speaking to Andy towards the end of a last year, we discussed resilience, and how despite the challenges of […]
For 2020’s last episode of Additive Insight (and our 50th episode to date), TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies gather around the virtual mic for a round up of the year’s biggest 3D printing stories. We reflect on exclusive interviews with industry leaders, significant launches and the impact of COVID-19 on the perception of […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths speaks to Byron Kennedy, CEO of Australian additive manufacturing company SPEE3D. Launched in 2017, SPEE3D is known for its supersonic 3D deposition process, an ultra-fast additive technique adapted from metal cold spray technology. With two machines now available on the market, both […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, we speak to Dr Lee-Bath Nelson, co—founder and VP of Business at additive manufacturing software as a service company LEO Lane. Since its founding in 2014, LEO Lane has been developing cloud based solutions which control, protect, and track 3D printed products and files. On this episode we […]
On this weeks episode of Additive Insight, the TCT content team reflect on a busy week at Formnext Connect including the biggest launches from the virtual floor, interviews with exhibitors and highlights from the TCT Conference @ Formnext Connect. Expect details on new additive manufacturing hardware from the likes of SLM Solutions, Additive Industries and […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, The TCT Group’s outgoing Head of Content Daniel O’Connor gets his turn in the hot seat as the editorial team bid a fond farewell and gather his thoughts on eight years in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry including the biggest trends, changes and technology developments. From starting out […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, we’re joined by Randy Altschuler, CEO of on-demand manufacturing marketplace, Xometry. Earlier this year TCT spoke with Randy about importance of localised manufacturing amid the COVID-19 pandemic and in this conversation, we elaborate on that idea by discussing the benefits of distributed manufacturing can provide going forward, how […]
This week, nTopology CEO Bradley Rothenberg joins us on the Additive Insight podcast. Last year the New York-based software company brought its TCT Award-winning nTop platform to market, promising the next generation of engineering design tools for advanced manufacturing. With hundreds of users already said to be working with the technology and global expansion underway, TCT spoke […]
On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Steve Chillscyzn, CEO of Evolve Additive and inventor of STEP (Selective Thermoplastic Electrophotographic Process) technology joins us to discuss additive manufacturing (AM) for production. Evolve Additive is an AM start-up which spun out from Stratasys in 2018. With investment from Stanley Black & Decker and the Lego Brand Group supporting […]
On this this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths speaks to Xavier Martínez Faneca, CEO of Barcelona-based 3D printing company BCN3D. BCN3D is manufacturer of polymer extrusion-based desktop 3D printers, which spun out of the Polytechnic university of Catalonia. From automotive to fashion, the company is said to have an install base of around 5,000 machines employed by […]
On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, TCT Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths is joined by Max Lobovsky, Co-founder and CEO of leading 3D printing company Formlabs. From its origins as a Kickstarter success story which grew out of the MIT Media Lab back in 2012, Formlabs has gone on to become one of a handful of unicorn […]
On the latest episode of our Additive Insight podcast, Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths speaks to Sherry Handel, Executive Director at the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA). The AMGTA is a global non-profit organisation which was setup in November last year to promote the green benefits of additive manufacturing in order to accelerate the adoption […]
In the latest episode of our Additive Insight Executive Interview series, Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths speaks to Ellen Kullman, CEO of Carbon. Since its launch in 2015, The Silicon Valley 3D printing unicorn‘s Digital Light Synthesis technology has been adopted to manufacture everything from parts for Lamborghini to critical items on the frontline of the COVID19 pandemic. […]
In our first live stream, TCT editors Daniel O’Connor, Sam Davies and Laura Griffiths present a behind the scenes tour of Photocentric‘s Magna 3D print farm, which is busy working to fulfil an order of 7 million protective face shields for the NHS. You can now listen to the full interview featuring Photocentric’s 3D Development Engineer […]
In the latest episode of Additive Insight, we bring you another Executive Q&A, this time with President and CEO of Protolabs, Vicki Holt. As the digital manufacturing company marks its 21st anniversary, Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths talks to Holt about developments in additive manufacturing and Protolabs’ fleet of over 170 AM systems, why the ‘digital thread’ […]
In this episode of Additive Insight, Dan, Laura and Sam catch up from the comfort of their spare rooms, hot desks and sheds to discuss the latest features inside TCT Magazine and how the 3D printing industry is responding to the COVID-19 crisis. In addition to covering the latest in healthcare, post-processing and architecture & construction, Sam explores […]
In this episode of Additive Insight, Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths talks to Materialise founder and CEO Fried Vancraen about 30 years of additive manufacturing innovation. The conversation takes us from the early days when Fried realised this technology would signal a paradigm shift, to building out a software backbone for AM and the meaningful applications that […]
In this episode, the editorial team gets together to discuss places they’ve been and conferences they’ve seen before diving into what’s coming up at this year’s RAPID + TCT. FEATURING: Sam on his trip to Sween to see GE Additive’s Arcam facility. Dan and Laura get to grips with two very different aerospace conferences. Team […]
In this episode, TCT Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths chats with Marie Langer, CEO of German additive manufacturing leader EOS. Marie recently took over from her father Dr. Hans Langer who founded the company in 1989. Now, Marie is on a mission to lead 3D printing to become a mainstream, sustainable manufacturing process. In this […]
The final day of TCT Show 2019 saw the third annual #3DTalk panel session take place on the Tech Stage in collaboration with Women in 3D Printing and Cyant. This year’s session, co-chaired by Kadine James, 3D Tech Lead at Hobs 3D, shone the spotlight on software for additive manufacturing. A panel of expert speakers […]
On the final day of this year’s TCT Show Dan, Sam and Sandra sat down to discuss the previous night’s TCT Awards ceremony.
Here at TCT Show 2019, the TCT editorial time sat down with Dr Phil Reeves to discuss the state of the 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry.
Here at TCT Show 2019, the TCT editorial time sat down with industry veteran, Graham Tromans for some war stories on 3D printing in the early days.
North America’s biggest additive manufacturing event, RAPID + TCT landed in Detroit last week, bringing over 400 exhibiting companies together to showcase the latest and greatest in 3D technologies. The TCT team was there to get the latest updates first-hand with plenty more interviews and insight to come over the following weeks and in our […]
One we’ve been looking to get up for a while here folks. Earlier in the year, Dan caught up with the author and co-founder of Fast Company, Bill Taylor. Bill is the opening keynote at RAPID + TCT in Detroit next week and his research of how companies deal with transformational change is apt for […]
Team TCT spent last week in Chicago at the 31st Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference. Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths and Assistant Editor, Sam Davies sat down to discuss the keynotes, surprising launches and applications that were the talk of the industry’s largest gathering of 3D printing users. Listen for the latest news from Formlabs, […]
As the fifth TCT Asia came to a close, Head of Content, Daniel O’Connor sat down with Assistant Editor, Sam Davies to discuss some of the exhibitors they had spent time with over the course of the show. With a focus on polymer technologies, Dan covers the latest developments at Farsoon and tells the story […]
This week we’ve got a talk from Samira Gruber, Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology. In one of the most popular talks from our TCT Show 2016 Conference video series, Samira gives an overview of the different metal additive manufacturing technologies at the Fraunhofer’s Center of Additive Manufacturing in Dresden, Germany […]
From the show floor at the first TCT Japan, Dan and Laura discuss some of the show highlights so far, and are joined part-way through by a special guest who is among the best placed to give the lowdown on additive manufacturing in Japan. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/j5summ783pzsxs4kwqj1p0vyj8rri1c9.mp3
Part 2 of the Additive Insight 2018 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing retrospective. In part two the TCT Editorial team of Daniel O’Connor, Laura Griffiths and Samuel Davies talk through the months July to December, with a quiz on tctmagazine.com‘s most read story from each month. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/c3jwa6qjh8mqh5bxtgvnxiiwrj1mzjli.mp3
The TCT Podcast has become Additive Insight – a podcast from the TCT Editorial team. The first episode is a two parter, in which Daniel O’Connor, Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies look at an incredible year for additive manufacturing. In part one we talk through the months January to June, with a quiz on […]
In this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to bestselling author and Dartmouth, Tuck School of Business Professor, Richard D’Aveni, following the release of his new book, The Pan-Industrial Revolution. D’Aveni discusses the impact of additive manufacturing on the world economy, current challenges and how a small number of pan-industrial companies, […]
At this year’s TCT Show, we were pleased to welcome back Women in 3D Printing and Cyant to co-host another #3DTalk panel session on 3D printing and smart factories. Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths and Hobs 3D Tech Lead, Kadine James were joined by panellists Stephanie DePalma, AddWorks Lead Engineer at GE Additive, Katy Milne, Chief Engineer for […]
On the 26th September 2018, during the TCT Awards three more maestros of manufacturing were inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame. Earlier that day Head of Content, Daniel O’Connor hosted a panel session at the TCT Show, in which two of the inductees, Greg Morris and Professor Ely Sachs discussed how their pasts are […]
TCT Show has closed its doors for 2018 where, across three packed days, we saw over 250 exhibiting companies showcase the latest and greatest in design-to-manufacturing technology. But before we left the NEC for another year, the TCT editorial team got together to discuss what we found on the show floor and of course, the […]
Sam Davies, Laura Griffiths and Daniel O’Connor gather around the microphone to discuss what was hot on day two at the TCT Show. It was a day of panel sessions today as Laura hosted #3DTALK and Dan the TCT Hall of Fame panel session, plus Sam speaks to a service bureau with a very interesting […]
The doors have now closed to the public after a successful first day at TCT Show 2018 and the exhibitor party is just getting started. Before the celebrations get into full swing, the TCT editorial team grabbed a few quiet minutes to chat about some of the launches, announcements and keynotes we’ve seen on the […]
In this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to TCT Head of Content, Dan O’Connor live from the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago where the likes of HP, Stratasys and 3D Systems have been showcasing their latest additive manufacturing technologies. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/ilmyo5r0271ocwdtrmrv1ytt5ewiufyz.m4a
TCT Show 2018 is just around the corner and for this week’s episode, the editorial team preview some of the highlights from the conference, the show floor and the finalists in TCT Awards. Register for TCT Show for free here. Tickets for the TCT Awards ceremony are on sale now. Click here to book your […]
Our final inductee to the TCT Hall of Fame for 2018, is a man that many feel should have made the cut last year. Fortunately, those protestors got their act together and voted for Dr Carl Deckard, inventor of Selective Laser Sintering, in their droves. After being inspired by a visit to the Henry Ford […]
After the inventor of binder-jet printing, Professor Ely Sachs became the first inductee into the TCT Hall of Fame in 2018, our next inductee is much more famed for his applications over inventions. Greg Morris established Morris Technologies in 1994, it became one of the leading providers of specialist AM services in the US before […]
On the 26th September, at the TCT Awards, three more people will join the illustrious crowd that is Chuck Hull, Scott Crump, Hans Langer, Adrian Bowyer and Fried Vancraen. Proceeding the gala dinner will be three in-depth conversations with the inductees who were nominated by their peers and then voted in by the general public. […]
On September 26th, three more industry pioneers will be inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame at the second TCT Awards ceremony. Dr Carl Deckard; Prof Phil Dickens; Todd Grimm; Greg Morris; Prof Emanuel ‘Ely’ Sachs; and Graham Tromans were the nominated six by the TCT Expert Advisory Board. The public have now voted, the […]
This week we’ve got a talk from Samira Gruber, Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology. In one of the most popular talks from our TCT Show 2016 Conference video series, Samira gives an overview of the different metal additive manufacturing technologies at the Fraunhofer’s Center of Additive Manufacturing in Dresden, Germany […]
In this week’s episode we bring you our super closing session from this year’s TCT Show featuring Vynce Paradise, Head of Advanced Manufacturing at Siemens PLM Software. In this talk Vynce discusses how partnerships are key to driving the industrialisation of 3D printing. We saw this in the recent partnership between Stratasys and Siemens on […]
In this TCT Show 2016 talk, Chris Connery, VP of Global Analysis & Research at CONTEXT, offers new insights, data and market trends on the 3D printing market. He also highlights the performance of vendors, looking at emerging players, their strategies as well as new market segments that are being created. All of this is […]
TCT Podcast Episode 7 – GE has well and truly dominated industry headlines over the last few months since it announced plans to acquire two metal 3D printing companies, Concept Laser and Arcam, and most recently with the launch of a new business, GE Additive, which sets GE on a path to becoming a leading supplier […]
TCT Podcast Episode 6 – The day two keynote at this year’s TCT Show Conference came from a true stalwart of the additive manufacturing industry and one of only a few reoccurring speakers in the TCT Show conference calendar – it is of course Todd Grimm. Todd has held positions at some of the additive industry’s biggest […]
TCT Podcast Episode 5 – The second keynote at this year’s TCT Show Conference came form David Burns, a longstanding figure in the additive manufacturing community and someone who has spent his entire career in the wider manufacturing industry. Previously serving as CEO for the Gleason Corporation and then as President at ExOne, he’s currently […]
TCT Podcast Episode 4 – TCT Podcast is back! The 2016 edition of TCT Show was opened with one of THE most awe-inspiring stories ever to be told in 3D Printing. Alex Berry founder of Sutrue and Mr Richard Trimlett, Adult Cardiac Consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital took to the Main Stage to discuss the developments of […]
TCT Podcast Episode 3 – As Microsoft, HP, Autodesk, netfabb & Shapeways launch the new 3MF file format, TCT interviews Mcor Technologies, Shapeways, Spectrom, Adobe and Faberdashery posing the question; does full colour 3D printing need a new file format? https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/1qzcqp1bfvxccv6xix07nnrkomkr7r9d.mp3
TCT Podcast #2 – The TCT + Personalize sponsored 3D Printing Marketplace at the 2015 International CES doubled in size this year as over 40 companies competed to show off the best of what’s new in the industry. Laura reports live from the showfloor. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/2qb2rikcd2qdpco0htqh7dco06w8tpep.mp3
TCT Podcast #1 – A Legend is Born: The debut of the TCT Podcast features host Laura Griffiths interviewing three of the creators of the Netflix exclusive 3D Printing documentary Print the Legend. Click play below or subscribe via the links. Enjoy. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/jzj0v76nrenwi9ikzt4jgg2z2y4r7wd9.mp3