The final inaugural inductee into the TCT Hall of Fame was Materialise Founder and CEO, Wilfried Vancraen, whose influence on the software and processing side has supplemented much of the hardware innovation for the last 30 years.
The man with the most rightful claim to the title 'Father of 3D Printing' wasn't able to attend the TCT Awards gala but Chuck Hull did send us a short video directly from 3D Systems HQ.
Editorial Assistant, Sam Davies spoke to Tim Weber, Head of HP's Open Applications and Materials Lab, about HP's ambitions to conquer the manufacturing market on his return from Palo Alto in the summer.
A closer look at Filkemp, an unheralded enabler of Ultimaker and Volkswagen Autoeuropa's 3D printed tooling use case which garnered a wealth coverage and the 2017 TCT Automotive Application Award.
Create It Real, a Danish 3D printing company, has established a pilot project with the Green Ship of the Future consortium to explore printing on board ships and address Intellectual Property rights.
Europac 3D, a UK-based 3D printing, scanning and inspection business, has achieved Gold Partner Status with Artec 3D, the handheld 3D scanner manufacturer it represents.
