Corporate Vision August 2017

CORPORATE VISION / August 2017 33 Knowledge and Insight into 3D Printing Company: AT 3D-SQUARED
 Name: Andrew Allshorn
 Email: [email protected]
 Web Address: 3d-squared.com
 Address: Greenfield Business Centre, Greenfield, Flintshire, North Wales, CH8 7GR Telephone: +44 (0)1352 714 572 g giving lectures to under graduate Design students at Liverpool John Moores University.” To wrap things up, Andrew reveals the prospects for the company and the wider developments he foresees across the corporate landscape. “The 3D printing industry is fast moving, so we must change continually. Working together with companies such as Michelin, we can take legacy (old) 3D printing technology, regenerate it and create something that can outperform new machines on the market. We can do this due to our three decades of experience combined with consistently listening to the end users we work with, to give them what they ask for.” “This industry has a wonderful future, but we need to take care to educate people correctly, so that it has a sustainable future and doesn’t implode by over expectation. These machines can build virtually anything; indeed, the sky is the limit, but learn to use them correctly and not just because you can. Why use 3D printing when an object can be made both faster and cheaper, by using an existing technology. Recycling of materials is also an important thing to consider, as is regenerating old machines, our Aurora Repair Kit for legacy SLA machines being a very fitting example here.” “Finally, I believe that education and understanding 3D printing technologies from an early age is where our industry needs to be at. That’s why I chose to donate a printer to my old high school, which turned out to be one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.”