It’s time to search out out who gained the 2024 3D Printing Business Awards.
This 12 months, we rejoice probably the most modern 3D printing purposes, the main 3D printing startups, and extra established firms, such because the 3D printing trade firm of the 12 months.
The awards endeavor to characterize the wealthy range throughout the trade; this 12 months’s winners, honorable mentions, and nominees span the market from desktop to industrial. We’re at all times searching for methods to enhance, so please get in contact with any recommendations.
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Winners of the 2024 3D Printing Business Awards
3D Designer of the 12 months
Winner: Divergent 3D
Honorable Point out: Andreas Vlahinos – Optimized Warmth Exchanger
3D Scanning or Metrology Firm
Winner: Shining3D
Honorable Point out: Artec
Tutorial, analysis group, or undertaking
Winner: Singapore Centre for 3D Printing
Honorable Point out: ADAPT Heart, Colorado Faculty of Mines
“Within the 12 months that we’re celebrating our 10th anniversary this an essential milestone and the popularity of our function in creating, selling and pushing the boundaries of additive manufacturing,” mentioned Prof. Paulo Jorge Bártolo, Govt Director, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP). “Along with a lot of industrial companions we’re shaping the way forward for additive manufacturing, creating sooner, extra dependable, and sensible additive manufacturing programs and utilizing additive manufacturing as a platform to develop novel supplies with improved and managed properties for aerospace and protection, biomedical engineering, constructing and development, electronics, and marine & offshore purposes,” added Prof. Bártolo.
Aerospace, House, or Protection Utility
Winner: NASA JPL with REM Floor Engineering, PBF-LB/Ti-6Al-4V Crush Lattices for Mars Pattern Return Mission
Honorable Point out: Sintavia – AM for the Subsequent-Era of Hypersonic Propulsion
Dr. Ryan T Watkins, PhD, Analysis Scientist, Supplies Improvement & Additive Manufacturing at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Expertise, mentioned, “Doing one thing new is at all times onerous. Doing one thing new on a flagship NASA mission is even more durable. The group has completed an awesome job making this 3D printed crushable lattice a actuality, starting from the event of UnitcellHub, a brand new opensource lattice design software program instrument, to the event of a novel chemical etching postprocess with our accomplice REM Floor Ending to allow ultra-low density crushables. In some ways, this work exemplifies our work within the 3D printing trade, and NASA as an entire, utilizing it to create mild, excessive efficiency constructions in ways in which have been by no means earlier than doable.”
Justin Michaud, CEO at REM Floor Engineering, mentioned, “For REM, being part of successful this award is a validation and celebration of the work that we have now been doing within the steel AM trade for the previous ~15 years. A lot of what we do, supporting AM purposes with our floor ending know-how, is extremely confidential, and, because of this, we regularly don’t get to share or focus on the developments and capabilities that we assist to allow. As an organization, we regularly say that we’re the oldsters to come back to with the onerous challenges, and Dr. Watkins definitely did! From concentrating on wall thicknesses of ~100 µm to executing >80% as printed mass reductions with tolerances of <0.5%, this work definitely pushed REM to extend our capabilities. However, NASA JPL is considered one of our longest-running and most constant clients, and we’re happy with the belief we have now gained and the partner-like relationship we share with them. So, to be part of successful this award in help of NASA JPL’s crush lattice undertaking is exceptionally rewarding.”
“The idea of lattice constructions was envisioned for the reason that very starting of the 3D printing revolution. Sadly, their complexity has slowed their adoption. My hope is that this work emboldens others to push into this rising design area to do issues in ways in which we’ve by no means completed them earlier than,” added Dr. Watkins.
REM Floor Engineering’s Justin Michaud continued, “The work that Dr. Watkins has led and that we have now supported in creating light-weight crush lattices has probably broad purposes throughout a variety of industries. Defending the Mars Samples is clearly a really difficult software, however the potential to use these ideas to aerospace, automotive, and different purposes is important. For REM particularly, the elevated course of management that this work drove inside has already led to a number of of latest functionality enhancements and related work in areas similar to advanced warmth exchanger purposes. There aren’t many applied sciences that may controllably take away unfastened and partially sintered powder from advanced, multi-domain inside floor purposes, however a lot of the work we did with JPL on these crush lattices has led to and aided in our potential to deal with the inherent cleanliness points of those printed parts. Generally, working with JPL and different NASA branches has been an enormous profit to each REM and the steel AM trade as they fund the analysis that’s wanted to push these superior manufacturing capabilities ahead.”
Group Advocate of the 12 months
Winner: Duann Scott, Director 3MF Consortium
Honorable Point out: Teula Bradshaw, Sanjay Mortimer Basis
Duann Scott, Director of the 3MF Consortium and winner of the 2024 3DPI Award’s Group Advocate of the 12 months mentioned, “Because the additive manufacturing trade grows via it’s painful adolescence and matures into turning into a productive a part of the broader manufacturing ecosystem, contributing extra than simply naive enthusiasm and beauty, it’s vital that the software program we use to create the designs assist direct this brash upstart to essentially begin paying it’s manner in society. That the data/knowledge we feed the machines have all the nutrient wealthy knowledge required for wholesome and sustained development into manufacturing maturity.
I’m grateful for the chance via the CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, 3MF Consortium and MIT AMX to assist construct the group of individuals able to nurturing this development, the constructive impacts it’s going to have on our society for generations, and the popularity from 3DPI with this award that displays extra on the folks I’ve labored with and discovered from alongside the way in which, than something I’ve completed to assist them,” added Duann Scott, Director 3MF Consortium.
Teula Bradshaw, CEO Sanjay Mortimer Basis, mentioned, “We’re deeply honoured to obtain this recognition from the 3D Printing Business Awards. For the Sanjay Mortimer Basis (SMF), this excessive rating by readers and specialists serves as a strong validation of our mission: to empower younger neurodiverse engineers and makers to understand their potential and thrive in industries like 3D printing.
This acknowledgment displays not solely the fervour we pour into our work but additionally the trade’s shared perception within the distinctive contributions neurodiverse people deliver. By supporting them, we purpose to make sure that no expertise slips via the cracks and that these good minds can entry alternatives to innovate and develop.
This recognition amplifies our mission and demonstrates that the 3D printing group values inclusivity and various views. We’re extremely grateful for this help, which inspires us to proceed fostering creativity, confidence, and empowerment in future innovators.”
Bradshaw added, “The Sanjay Mortimer Basis believes that neurodiverse minds are uniquely suited to the ever-evolving world of 3D printing. Their potential to assume otherwise, problem conventions, and discover inventive options aligns completely with an trade that thrives on innovation and fast change.
By offering mentorship, sources, and alternatives, we purpose to construct a pipeline of proficient people whose distinctive views can drive the subsequent wave of breakthroughs in 3D printing. These younger engineers and makers not solely deliver contemporary concepts to the desk but additionally characterize a vital step towards making a extra inclusive and dynamic workforce inside the trade.
This honourable point out by the 3D Printing Business Awards reinforces our perception on this mission, and we’re excited to see how the people we help will form the way forward for additive manufacturing.”
Firm of the 12 months (Enterprise)
Winner: Autodesk
Honorable Point out: Nikon SLM Options
Alexander Freund, Director Product Administration, Fusion Manufacturing at Autodesk mentioned, “Being chosen as Firm of the 12 months (Enterprise) for 2024 is an amazing honor for us, particularly given the power of the nominees. It reaffirms our perception that our method—creating an inexpensive, easy-to-use, but extremely highly effective mass-market platform like Fusion—is really driving Additive Manufacturing towards turning into a mainstream know-how.”
Firm of the 12 months (Private)
Winner: Bambu Lab
Honorable Point out: Prusa Analysis
Desktop FFF 3D Printer of the 12 months
Winner: Bambu Lab A1 & AMS
Honorable Point out: Prusa Analysis XL
Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the 12 months
Winner: Formlabs Type 4
Honorable Point out: Elegoo Saturn 4 Extremely
Dávid Lakatos CPO at Formlabs mentioned, “Type 4 is a large leap in our mission to allow anybody to deliver their concepts to life. We invested years of improvement into creating Type 4 to usher in a brand new period of resin 3D printing, with blazing quick speeds and unprecedented reliability. We’re honored the skilled committee and readers on the 2024 3D Printing Business Awards acknowledged Type 4’s affect by naming it the Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the 12 months.”
The Formlabs CPO added, “We made 3D printing inexpensive and accessible, and Type 4 has accelerated 3D printing exercise and adoption. The printer’s excessive speeds and reliability have caught the eye of consumers at high manufacturers together with NASA, Ford, and Microsoft, and we anticipate this quick printer to proceed to broaden 3D printing purposes throughout new industries and use circumstances. 3D printing has traditionally by no means had the speeds and reliability to outpace injection molding, and Type 4 is the primary 3D printer that permits innovators, producers, and product designers to reimagine merchandise with versatile design and quick print instances at an inexpensive worth.”
Enterprise 3D Printer of the 12 months (Metals)
Winner: Meltio M600
Honorable Point out: EOS M290
Lukas Hoppe, Meltio‘s Analysis & Improvement Director, mentioned, “We thank the complete viewers and the 3DPI AM household for the award given this 12 months 2024 to Meltio and its new and strongest industrial steel 3D printer, Meltio M600. This recognition is a help to all of the innovation effort of all of the groups which are a part of Meltio. The design temporary for the brand new Meltio M600 was to think about what the right 3D printer for the machine store would appear like. The overwhelming majority of steel 3D printed components require post-processing which is carried out within the machine store and since our ambition is to push the large-scale adoption of steel additive manufacturing we have now a really clear imaginative and prescient that the fashionable machine store is the best level of entry. Manufacturing faces many challenges globally, from lengthy lead instances and stock-keeping prices attributable to lengthy and fragile provide chains to an ever-growing stress to decrease prices and cut back emissions.
3D Printing has big potential to deal with these points because it helps cut back lead instances, and manufacturing dependencies by printing components in-house, reduces warehouse stock because the uncooked materials might be reworked into the ultimate half on demand, and reduces prices by making use of materials solely the place it’s wanted.”
Meltio’s R&D Director added, “The Meltio M600 for us was actually the subsequent logical step on our steady journey in the direction of mass adoption of Wire-Laser DED, the method all Meltio programs are based mostly on. We started this work in earnest in 2019 after we began to depart the prototyping area with the launch of the Meltio M450. After studying from and enhancing the know-how for 3 years, the time was lastly ripe for us to work on the subsequent system. Our aim with the Meltio M600 was to strike the precise stability between machine dimension, value, and productiveness whereas being uncompromising on high quality, reliability, and ease of use. To attain this, we didn’t simply create a “scaled up” M450, as a substitute, we developed each single a part of the machine from scratch to take the know-how to the subsequent stage, based mostly on the learnings of getting manufactured and put in over 400 Laser Meltio DED programs world wide from 2019.”
Enterprise 3D printer of the 12 months (polymers)
Winner: EOS FORMIGA P 110 FDR
Honorable Point out: Axtra3D Lumia X1
Rajeev Kulkarni, Chief Technique Officer, Axtra3D mentioned, “Receiving an honorable point out for Enterprise 3D Printer of the 12 months (Polymers) is a proud recognition of the dedication, innovation, and dedication we’ve invested in advancing additive manufacturing with our Hybrid PhotoSynthesis (HPS) know-how.
At Axtra3D, our mission has at all times been to allow photopolymerization-based manufacturing with out compromises, delivering a seamless stability of print throughput, floor high quality, accuracy, decision, and half dimension. By merging the very best attributes of laser-based SLA and projector-based DLP into one cohesive system, we have now set a brand new normal for manufacturing 3D Printing.
This recognition is a testomony to the transformative worth our Lumia X1 brings to clients, serving to them push the boundaries of what’s doable with additive manufacturing. It evokes us to proceed driving innovation and empowering producers to surpass the constraints of standard SLA and DLP applied sciences.”
Axtra3D’s CSO added, “Our mission is to allow a future the place manufacturing is smarter, sooner, and extra sustainable. By integrating cutting-edge know-how with the enterprise components that matter most to our clients, we purpose to not solely advance the trade but additionally equip our clients with the instruments they should thrive in a quickly evolving panorama. We’re proud to assist form the way forward for 3D printing, creating pathways for innovation and enterprise success.”
Innovation of the 12 months
Winner: MIT 3D Printed Glass Bricks
Honorable Point out: xolo Volumetric 3D printing
Stephan Kühr, Chief Industrial Officer at xolo GmbH, mentioned, “This recognition highlights the rising pleasure round utilizing 3D printing for superior purposes like fabricating lenses and optical components in seconds. It’s validation from the 3D printing group that our Xolography know-how is addressing actual market wants and creating new potentialities. This acknowledgment evokes us to collaborate with much more innovators wanting to push boundaries.”
Persevering with xolo’s CCO added, “Xolography is without doubt one of the only a few applied sciences that may really scale 3D printing. Its layer-free method allows quick and exact manufacturing of isotropic constructions, making it uniquely fitted to large-scale manufacturing in purposes like optics, bioprinting, and past. As we refine and broaden our capabilities, we purpose to shut the hole between prototyping and mass manufacturing, unlocking groundbreaking potential throughout industries.”
Materials Firm of the 12 months
Winner: Steel Powder Works
Honorable Point out: 6K Additive
John Barnes, CEO, Steel Powder Works mentioned, “This was a real David and Goliath story from the outset. My Co-Founder Chris Aldridge and I got down to re-think what feedstocks wanted to be for steel AM, and consistency was on the high. We solely began producing powder for purchasers in 2022 and now to be nominated in the identical group as final 12 months’s winner BASF, and this 12 months’s nominees is unbelievable! That is really a testomony to our group, who’ve labored so onerous to deliver the DirectPowder™ programs on-line and supply 16 steel powders which are probably the most constant, the very best high quality, worth aggressive, and emit much less CO2.”
The Steel Powder Works CEO added, “AM wants extra manufacturing of extra powders and our know-how accomplishes this with a really excessive effectivity and low powder dimension distribution. Beginning with premium bar inventory, our modern know-how converts these alloys for purchasers and would be the ONLY devoted home supply for the total vary of copper and bronze alloys.”
Medical Dental or Healthcare Utility
Winner: Stryker’s Infinity Whole Ankle System
Honorable Point out: Lithoz & Profactor INKplant – First Ceramic Jaw Implant
Mobility or Vitality Utility
Winner: Common Motors – Cadillac Celestiq EV with 100+ 3D Printed Parts
Honorable Point out: Oak Ridge Nationwide Lab & DoE – Hydropower Era with Fast RUNNERS
Brennon White, Technical Specialist – Superior Manufacturing, Common Motors, mentioned, “It’s extremely particular for our group to win this award given the effort and time we’ve put into increasing our technical experience in additive manufacturing. With greater than 100 3D printed components within the manufacturing automobile, the CELESTIQ demonstrates GMs broadest use of additive manufacturing which is extraordinarily distinctive.”
GM’s White added, “The funding GM has made in additive manufacturing is a transparent indicator of the corporate’s confidence on this know-how and its potential. We positively see important alternative for using this know-how in extra applications sooner or later.”
Software program instrument or firm of the 12 months
Winner: Orca Slicer
Honorable Point out: nTop
Li Jiang (aka Softfever) founder and maintainer of the OrcaSlicer undertaking, Noisyfox, most important contributor, and Ioannis Giannakas(aka igiannakas), most important contributor, informed us extra about what successful the 3DPI Award means, “It’s really a blast! Successful this award means an awesome deal to our open-source group and me personally. It’s a testomony to the onerous work and dedication of all contributors who’ve performed their half in making Orca Slicer what it’s in the present day. This recognition displays our dedication to innovation and excellence within the 3D printing trade, in addition to our mission to offer accessible and high-quality software program that meets the varied wants of the group, from new customers to the geeks.”
The Orca Slicer group continued, “We’re tremendous enthusiastic about pushing the boundaries in 3D printing! We plan to maintain innovating and making Orca Slicer even higher, so it might assist everybody—from novices to specialists—create superb issues. Whether or not it’s for off-the-shelf printers or DIY printers, we wish to be certain Orca Slicer makes 3D printing extra accessible and enjoyable for all customers.”
Begin-up of the 12 months
Winner: Hyphen Improvements
Honorable Point out: 3D Spark
Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing
Winner: 6K Additive
Honorable Point out: WASP & United Nations
Worth-added Reseller of the 12 months
Winner: MatterHackers
Honorable Point out: Strong Print3D
Lars Brubaker, CEO of MatterHackers mentioned, “Successful the Worth-added Reseller of the 12 months award is an unbelievable honor for all of us at MatterHackers. It’s a testomony to our group’s dedication to offering distinctive service, modern options, and complete help to our clients. This award displays our dedication to empowering makers, educators, and companies by making 3D printing accessible and sensible for everybody. We’re deeply grateful to the group for his or her help and recognition, because it validates our efforts to not solely meet however exceed the expectations of the 3D printing group. This award evokes us to proceed contributing positively to the trade’s development and improvement.”
Brubaker added, “At MatterHackers, we envision our work as a catalyst for innovation and creativity within the 3D printing area. We’re dedicated to increasing the attain and potential of 3D printing by offering cutting-edge merchandise, academic sources, and unparalleled help. We’re notably proud to be increasing our enterprise by providing print companies and upkeep packages/restore, which be certain that our clients can depend on their 3D printing gear to carry out optimally. These companies permit us to help a broader vary of purposes and industries, guaranteeing that 3D printing stays a viable and environment friendly resolution for advanced challenges. Our aim is to proceed driving developments in know-how that can allow new purposes throughout varied industries, from healthcare and schooling to aerospace and manufacturing. By fostering a group of makers and innovators, we purpose to encourage and equip the subsequent era of creators to push the boundaries of what’s doable with 3D printing.”
| 3D Printing Business Award Class | Winner |
| 3D Designer of the 12 months | Divergent 3D |
| 3D Scanning or Metrology Firm | Shining3D |
| Tutorial, analysis group, or undertaking | Singapore Centre for 3D Printing |
| Aerospace, House or Protection Utility | NASA JPL with REM Floor Engineering |
| Group Advocate of the 12 months | Duann Scott, Director 3MF Consortium |
| Firm of the 12 months (Enterprise) | Autodesk |
| Firm of the 12 months (Private) | Bambu Lab |
| Desktop FFF 3D Printer of the 12 months | Bambu Lab A1 & AMS |
| Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the 12 months | Formlabs Type 4 |
| Enterprise 3D Printer of the 12 months (Metals) | Meltio M600 |
| Enterprise 3D printer of the 12 months (polymers) | EOS FORMIGA P 110 FDR |
| Innovation of the 12 months | MIT 3D Printed Glass Bricks |
| Materials Firm of the 12 months | Steel Powder Works |
| Medical Dental or Healthcare Utility | Stryker’s Infinity Whole Ankle System |
| Mobility or Vitality Utility | Common Motors – Cadillac Celestiq EV |
| Software program instrument or firm of the 12 months | Orca Slicer |
| Begin-up of the 12 months | Hyphen Improvements |
| Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing | 6K Additive |
| Worth-added Reseller of the 12 months | MatterHackers |
Observe the hyperlink for a full checklist and outline of all 2024 3D Printing Business Awards nominees.
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