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On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by CADchat CEO Graham Bredemeyer.

Having previously worked at Shapeways and set up the DLP 3D printing firm Collider, Bredemeyer has been working in additive manufacturing for more than a decade.

His latest venture, however, sees him branching out to the rest of the manufacturing space too.

As CEO of CADchat, Bredemeyer and his team have developed a cloud-based digital workspace that can better foster collaboration in product development.

After launching the business earlier this year, Bredemeyer joins the Additive Insight podcast to discuss the motivation behind the platform, how the software works, and the impact it has already had at GE Vernova.

We also discuss Essentium’s acquisition of his Collider business and get his thoughts on the progress being made in AM.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Fluent Metal CEO Peter Schmitt.

With a background in fine art, most of Schmitt’s career has been focused on design, with the CEO spending several years occupying the role of Chief Designer at Desktop Metal.

During his tenure at Desktop, Schmitt’s eyes were opened to the opportunities of metal additive manufacturing, as well as the remaining and challenges, some of which he’s looking to address with this new venture.

Earlier this year, Fluent Metal emerged from stealth with 5.5 million dollars of funding and the tease of an as-yet unlaunched single-step, drop on-demand liquid metal 3D printing process.

We talk about all that and much more on this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, starting with Schmitt’s learnings from his previous roles in AM.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovator on Innovator series.

This time, our guests are from two Berlin start-ups as Quantica IP & Technology Manager Ben Hartkopp sits down with Xolo Chief Commercial Officer Stephan Kuhr.

Throughout their conversation, the pair discuss Berlin start-up culture, deep dive into the capabilities of their respective 3D printing technologies, and discuss the application opportunities both companies are enabling.

They also share their big hopes for the future of their technologies.

On this week's episode of Additive Insight, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies gather their jet-lagged selves around the podcast mic to discuss their takeaways from RAPID + TCT 2024.

Last week, North America's largest additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing event returned to the West Coast for the first time in a decade, and brought with it all of the AM industry's major players and their latest wares.

Kicking off with the inaugural RAPID + TCT Executive Perspectives Keynote Series, the event featured 14 AM leaders who shared their thoughts across three panel discussions that debated everything from AM scalability to sustainability. On this week's episode, the team discuss highlights from each alongside key product launches from Colibrium Additive, 3D Systems, Additive Industries, nTop and more.

On this week’s episode, our Executive Interview guest is Sandra Poelsma, Print Process Architect at Additive Industries, who joins us to discuss the complexities of metal additive manufacturing and a brand new machine launching at RAPID + TCT this week.

Sandra has spent a decade in the 3D printing industry, first in polymers before moving to metals where she has spent the last eight years focusing on laser powder bed fusion at Additive Industries.

The Dutch metal AM company’s flagship MetalFab technology has been adopted by users such as Volkswagen and the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult and this year it launches its latest configuration, the MetalFab 300 Flex, offering a unique on-demand build platform size to make metal AM more accessible and flexible.

On this episode, Sandra discusses this new system, the challenges facing metal AM today, and why we need to lower the barriers to enable more people to adopt.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by JEOL USA VP of Product Management Tom Isabell.

Tom has been a part of the JEOL USA management team since 2003 and joins the podcast to discuss the electron microscopy firm’s decision to enter the additive manufacturing field.

Harnessing its electron beam technology, JEOL announced the global launch of its e-beam 3D printing process at RAPID + TCT in 2022. It has since installed multiple machines, including one at Cumberland Additive’s Neighborhood 91 site and one at the Technical University of Munich.

With JEOL once again set to exhibit at this year’s RAPID + TCT event in LA, we catch up with Tom to hear about the motivation behind JEOL’s decision to move into AM, the key capabilities of the company’s JAM-5200EBM machine, and the application opportunities this system opens up.

We also discuss how JEOL can continue to lean on the wider company’s other areas of expertise and the maturity of the AM market.