Atome3D on desktop 3D printing’s key role to accelerate production

The company Atome3D is one of the main players in additive manufacturing in France. Today, it distributes a wide range of desktop 3D printing solutions, from printers, materials, to 3D scanners, and supports professionals and industrialists in the integration of the technology. It masters the processes of fused filament fabrication (FFF) and photopolymerization, as they believe that polymers have a key role to play in the 3D printing sector. We met the founder of Atome3D, Benoit Michaut, to learn more about the company’s ambitions, projects and vision of the market.

3DN: Can you introduce yourself and Atome3D?

Benoit Michaut

I’m Benoit Michaut, the president of Atom3D. Trained as an electro-technician, I discovered 3D printing by equipping myself with a personal machine. It was a Dagoma Discovery. I really wanted to learn more about 3D printing. That’s when I realized the potential of additive manufacturing in the industrial sector. When I was looking for my first printer, I realized that it was too complicated to understand the difference between machines, what was good and what was not. I told myself that the user really needed to be supported in the choice of technology, machine and materials. That’s when I decided to create Atome3D, to create simplicity where it was too complex.

I founded the company in 2016. Today, we are one of the leading distributors in France, with a strong focus on customer satisfaction. We are also a wholesaler, we are able to provide resellers with a wide choice of equipment and consumables, from spare parts to filaments. We started on a 25 m2 premises and have now grown to 500m2. Our asset is our reactivity: we have a huge stock which allows us to deliver quickly, in less than 24 hours, anywhere in Europe. There is a huge market to be exploited in European countries.