Exclusive Interviews
Interview with Dr. Albert Woo: How can Hospitals and Surgeons Harness 3D Printing Today?
Dr. Albert Woo is the Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and also an Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics & Neurosurgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University....
Dan Wellers, Digital Futures Lead at SAP “3D Printing will Expand into 4D Printing”
We’re seeing an increased focus by software firms in our teeny tiny industry. Simulation, PLM, CAD, the Digital Twin, Industry 4.0 have some very large and influential firms salivating about that peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is the combination of the...
Interview With Greg Haye of Local Motors About Co-Creation and 3D Printing
Local Motors burst onto the scene in 2007 using crowdsourcing and cooperative design to develop cars. Their visionary and bold approach lead them to become a nexus for designers, engineers, and gearheads who wish to work together on making vehicles. The Local Motors...
Raja Sekhar Upputuri of think3D On 3D Printing’s Potential in India
Raja Sekhar Upputuri co-founded think3D with classmate Prudhvi Reddy in 2014. They now have a full-service 3D printing firm that sells hardware, is a 3D printing service bureau, offers 3D scanning services and does 3D printing design services. The company is a...
Interview with Ken Welch of Altair on SimSolid Simulation Software for 3D Printing
Ken Welch became the manager of Product Marketing of AutoCAD in 1995. He then rose through the ranks to CEO at the Moldflow Corporation, a simulation software package for injection molding which was acquired by Autodesk. Later he worked at MSC the company that makes...
Twikit’s Twikbot Brings Mass Customization Using 3D Printing To Prosthetics and Orthotics
Twikit is a Belgium based startup that makes mass customization software. The firm created parametric software that can be used to, within well-defined parameters, make unique 3D printed products. For BMW, for example, the company created a tool that would let Mini...
Interview with Sean Looi of Creatz3D on 3D Printing in Singapore and Vietnam
We’re doing a series of interviews with 3D printing resellers worldwide. Resellers thrive when an industry is doing well, in charge of distributing and supporting products overseas they are a key health indicator of any industry. In 3D printing, many people have...
Interview with Matthias Schmidt-Lehr of Metal 3D Printing Consultancy Ampower
Matthias Schmidt-Lehr of Ampower is a 3D printing consultant with deep experience in manufacturing for 3D printing. He’s worked for technology development institute Laser Zentrum Nord (Fraunhofer IAPT), its manufacturing spinoff Bionic Production and has been...
Interview with Aintzane Arbide of IAM 3D Hub Barcelona
We’re very interested in seeing if hubs can bring about the future of 3D printing in a communal way. We’re far from alone in that front however cities such as Singapore and Dubai are pouring lots of money in trying to be the silicon valley of 3D printing....
Interview with Dynamism and Desktop Metal on the Ultimaker S5 and DM Studio System
Dynamism has been a retailer of 3D printing technology for over two decades, and the company always does well at keeping up with the latest, most talked-about 3D printers. Currently, one of its featured products is the Ultimaker S5, which was released last year and...
3D Printing and the Law Interview with Rania Sedhom
The law and 3D printing is a very exciting emerging area of interest for many. What exactly happens with to 3D printed products and liability or IP? Most people in 3D printing don’t want separate laws for 3D printing or 3D printed goods. But, in 3D printed guns...
Interview with Prosthetist and Orthotist Brent Wright of LifeEnabled on 3D Printing Prosthetics
Amidst the hubble and bubble of optimism, money and growth, there are also people doing good things with 3D printing. Open source prosthetics are one of the most exciting areas of 3D printing. Here is an area where widely available desktop printers and industrial...
Interview with Patrik Ohldin of Open Source Metal 3D Printing Company Freemelt
I’ve known Patrik Ohldin for a long time as a supremely knowledgeable metal printing guy. He’s been working in metal 3D printing for over 14 years, 12 of those as an Area Sales Manager for Swedish EBM metal printing company and now GE subsidiary Arcam. He...
Interview with Denis Hamant of French 3D Printing Reseller Kreos
At 3DPrint.com we’re very interested in finding out how 3D printing is actually doing. For many 3D printing materials and products, the reseller is where the rubber meets the road. Although many 3D Printing OEMs and materials companies operate and sell directly...
Interview with Scott Schiller Global Head of Market Development at HP 3D Printing About Manufacturing Using 3D Printing
Scott Schiller is the Global Head of Market Development at HP. He’s also brilliant and has a long history of building HP businesses in Inkjet and digital press. HP is, of course, a huge company with an incredible degree of technical prowess which they’re...
Engineering Simulation for 3D Printing Interview with Chris Robinson of ANSYS
Chris Robinson is the Senior Manager of ANSYS Additive Software Development at ANSYS. ANSYS is a billion dollar revenue company that is huge in engineering simulation software. ANSYS software is used to test, simulate, design and improve designs in many industries....
Paul Benning Chief Technologist 3D Printing at HP Predicts 3D Printing Developments in 2019
Paul Benning is the 3D Print and Microfluidics Chief Technologist at HP. Before that he was an HP Fellow and the Chief Technologist of their imaging and printing division. He’s a noted expert in nanotech, microfluidics, and inkjet with a Ph.D. in Material...
Interview with Vibeke Kristiansen of the Dansk AM Hub on New 3D Printing Business Models
There is no real Silicon Valley for 3D printing as of yet. Germany has a lot of the industrial OEMs and a lot of activity around DMLS and sintering as well as research activity centered around the dueling Fraunhofer sisters. Sweden has a lot of activity because of the...
Interview with Ankit Sahu of India’s Largest 3D Printing Service Bureau: Objectify Technologies
Only a few years ago Ankit Sahu started Objectify Technologies. Over the past years of rapid growth, Objectify has become India’s largest 3D printing service bureau. The company serves the automotive and industrial markets and works with the main 3D printing...
Interview with Fabio Sant´Ana of Farcco Tecnologia About Metal Printing and 3D Printing in Brazil
Fabio Sant´Ana is from Brazil a country we associate with beaches, football, and carnivals. Yet, the verdant green Carnival-land has much more potential than just being a fun place. Brazil produces aircraft, has growing international companies, a large auto industry,...
Interview with 3D Print Pioneer Kevin McAlea EVP Healthcare and Metals 3D Systems on Industrializing 3D Printing
There are not a lot of people out there with over 25 years of experience in 3D Printing. One of those people is Kevin McAlea. He is currently an EVP at 3D Systems and in charge of the company’s Healthcare and Metal Printing Business Units. In Healthcare 3D...
Makelab Founders Expand Business with Makelab Market for 3D Printed Interior Designs
Christina Perla and Manny Mota started Makelab a few years ago as a way to offer customers help with bringing their 3D printing ideas to life. They founded the Brooklyn-based company on the principles of innovation and sustainability, and have shown a seemingly...
Interview With 3D Printing Pioneer Janne Kyttanen
We had a chance to catch up with 3D pioneer, Janne Kyttanen, to talk all things 3D, and a little bit about fatherhood too. Janne has been behind the scenes quietly working on several 3D related projects that he can now share with us in more detail. In addition to...
Interview with Manuela Pipino of Stereolithography & DLP Company Lumi Industries
Lumi Industries is an Italian company specializing in stereolithography 3D printers. We covered the company’s Kickstarter launch in 2015, the launch of their DLP printer, the Lumifold foldable printer and their debut at MakerFaire Rome. In addition to printers...
Interview with Solvay’s Brian Alexander About Solvay’s 3D Printing Future
The giants are coming. DSM, SABIC, BASF, DOWDuPont, Eastman, Mitsubishi, Covestro, Evonik, Arkema, Perstorp, Clariant and Solvay have all joined the 3D printing industry. All these companies are making serious investments in creating materials and applications for 3D...
