Matt Griffin speaks with members of the 2020 Ultimaker Innovators list and their nominators about their initiatives and ideas. The 2020 Ultimaker Innovators list is the first in what will become a yearly celebration of the 3D printing industry, placing the spotlight on individuals or teams around the world using the technology to transform the ways people work, think, and live. It is a showcase of 3D printing technology and the innovative results that can be achieved through its use. From archit...
Dec 22, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Matt Griffin draws insights about the application engineering role from Ultimaker colleagues and allies concerning identifying and implementing opportunities for 3D printing. Whether it’s holding workshops, growing capabilities within a team, or undertaking site scans in a factory, application engineers often play a key role as champions for the adoption of additive manufacturing. Episode 17 of Talking Additive creates a group portrait of the diverse ways in which these experts make a difference...
Dec 08, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Matt Griffin sits virtually with Roger Sijlbing and Tobias Rödlmeier of BASF 3D Printing Solutions to discuss the company’s role in additive manufacturing, which includes divisions for metal FFF as well as thermoplastic filaments, along with other 3D printing technologies. Roger is BASF’s Head of Sales Additive Extrusion Solutions. He joined BASF with the acquisition of Innofil3D in the Netherlands to expand BASF's role in additive manufacturing. Tobias serves as a Project Manager focused on the...
Nov 24, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Matt Griffin and Cody Cochran, General Manager of Azoth discuss the creation of “digital inventory” items, a method for preparing projects for immediate, on-demand part production. Azoth is a recent additive manufacturing service launched within the EWIE Group of Companies (EGC), a family of manufacturing brands headquartered in Ann Abor, Michigan. Azoth 3D’s Center of Excellence is said to have grown from “an empty warehouse into an impressive lab of the industry’s highest-performing technology...
Nov 10, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Matt Griffin speaks with Steve Serpe of Arkema about the company’s high-performance materials development, including FFF 3D printing materials made with engineering-grade polymers capable of resisting harsh chemicals, high temperatures, and UV exposure. Steve works within Arkema’s North American presence, at its research center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, the site that also contains Arkema’s global center of excellence for FFF extrusion technologies.
Oct 27, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In the third episode of Talking Additive’s second season, Matt Griffin speaks with Job van de Sande, manager of Engineering and Design for ERIKS, the Netherlands, about co-engineering certified parts and 3D printing in a “clean” facility – changing the way additive manufacturing is used to meet business and logistical needs of organizations around the world.
Oct 13, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In the latest episode of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin sits down with Haleyanne Freedman of M. Holland Co. to discuss the evolving role of additive manufacturing in the injection molding industry. M.Holland, one of the industry’s leading resins distributors, was founded in Illinois in 1950. In the past few years, it has created a team dedicated to offering cross-industry knowledge, advice, and expertise to help its customers compete in the world of 3D printing.
Sep 29, 2020•48 min•Season 2Ep. 12
**SPECIAL PRO-BUNDLE-LENGTH EPISODE!** In the first episode of Talking Additive’s second season, Jabil Additive’s Director of Product Management, Matt Torosian, discusses how Jabil produces engineering-grade polymer filaments for manufacturing processes and end-use parts. Jabil’s factory ecosystem has deployed these solutions for its own print cells for several years, and continues to introduce new materials to the Ultimaker Materials Alliance that help manufacturers increase the capabilities fo...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In episode 10 of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin speaks with Marie-Luise Naerum from Schubert Additive Solutions about the Schubert Group’s unique approach to distributed manufacturing. Gerhard Schubert GmbH is a global market leader in top-loading packaging machines (TLM). Schubert Additive Solutions uses Ultimaker 3D printers to fulfill validated parts from a “digital warehouse” using the Partbox networked platform for certified printing jobs. FFF technology also gives the Crailsheim, Germany-b...
Aug 04, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Asli Oney is Digital Fabrication Manager at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)’s New York office. This multinational architectural firm has worked on buildings shaping the cityscapes of many of the world's greatest cities and has been on a twenty-year journey to explore ways to implement 3D printing to support its design processes. This week, Asli explains how the KPF has standardized on approaches to 3D printing to allow designers and architects to create multiple iterations of design concepts within the ...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 9
BONUS Episode! Talking Additive takes a momentary pause from its usual programming to share a behind the scenes experience from Ultimaker's software launch event, considering the potential impact on the industry. Ultimaker’s CMO Nuno Campos and SVP Software Paul Heijmans share news about Ultimaker’s latest products: Ultimaker Essentials and Ultimaker 3D Printing Academy. They go into depth about each product, explaining how Essentials helps businesses deploy and scale 3D printing innovation, and...
Jul 17, 2020•44 min
Several experts join us in this episode to discuss the role of additive manufacturing in the Food and Beverage Industry. 3D printing presents exciting opportunities in this field, and now, innovators are keen to share their post-pandemic AM strategies, and their vision for the long-term future. The first speaker is Jeremy Evers, Ultimaker’s Application Engineer who focuses on manufacturing and the food and beverage industry. Jeremy discusses his time spent visiting companies around the world, an...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Niklas Eutebach is Development Engineer for Igus. Over the years, Igus has developed a unique line of ‘motion plastics’ – parts that are self-lubricating, wear-resistant, low coefficient of friction, and tailored for functional use. In 2014, they launched a range of 3D printing materials, using a blend of polymers to provide better motion functionality. This gave businesses across the world the ability to develop their own customized parts with ‘tribologically optimized’ features. This week, Nik...
Jun 23, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 7
CAPT Brad Baker of the US Navy served for years as a high-ranking officer aboard nuclear submarines, but considers his most rewarding duty to be training future military leaders at the United States Naval Academy (USNA). There, he directs the MakerSpace USNA, introducing additive manufacturing technology to Naval Academy students. In Talking Additive’s latest episode, he speaks about the use of 3D printing – and Ultimaker 3D printers – at the USNA, as well as how FFF technology prepares students...
Jun 09, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Matt Griffin speaks with Thomas Collet, Director 3D Printing Materials and Marketing at LEHVOSS Group, about FFF 3D printing materials and how they are shaped through compounding to meet functional requirements. LEHVOSS Group is a leading material developer and global manufacturer of customized polymers with 125 years of innovation in chemical and mineral specialties. It has pursued 3D printing for the past nine years, offering high-performance materials with a broad portfolio and engineering su...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Matt Griffin speaks with presenters from the Construct3D education conference about the adoption of 3D printing in education. We share highlights of their presentations, as well as follow-up interviews, during which Tim Pula from Spark!Lab at the Smithsonian, Melodie Yashar from SEArch+, and Glenn Walters from UNC Chapel Hill will reveal insights into how 3D printing is improving and advancing the ways we learn, create, and innovate. By adopting additive manufacturing, our guests’ organizations ...
May 12, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 4
In our third episode, Ultimaker’s team shares insight into the evolving role of FFF 3D printing, both in manufacturing and design. Our guests from Ultimaker include: Paul Heiden, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Merijn Neeleman, Portfolio Development Manager, and Rohit Jhamb, Director of Global Research and Analytics. In this interview, they discuss the role of additive in LEAN manufacturing, digital distributed manufacturing, the future of the supply chain, and how production proces...
Apr 28, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Danielle Glasbergen-Benning is an Application Development Specialist for DSM Additive Manufacturing. DSM is a multinational material and life science company, located in around 50 countries across the world. It provides everything from a significant proportion of the world’s Vitamin C and animal nutrition to injection molding materials for electronics and mobility, and advanced additive manufacturing materials. DSM started pioneering additive manufacturing more than 35 years ago, and to this day...
Apr 28, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In our first episode, we visit L’Oréal headquarters in Clichy, France to sit down with Matthew Forrester, the company’s Additive Manufacturing Technical Manager. Matthew is a passionate advocate for additive manufacturing deployment. He’s become a key evangelist for 3D printing in his field, and works across a variety of industries, supporting others as they adopt this technology. This week, he tells us about the three stages of adopting additive manufacturing: prototyping, plants, and productio...
Apr 28, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
