International Women’s Day: we discuss with four experts 3D printing predictions & trends

Today is International Women’s Day! In order to celebrate such a day we wanted to talk about some of the influential women currently working in the field of 3D printing. The field of additive manufacturing is expanding every day and its applications are increasingly having an impact on our society. Therefore, we decided to talk with four women immersed in this field to get their expert opinion on the 3D printing market. We interviewed Jessica Snelling, Co-founder of Aurora Labs, Alessandra Sacchelli, Marketing Director of 3DZ France, Cin-Yee Syria Ho, Director of Sales and Marketing of XYZPrinting division Europe and last but not least Lynette Kucsma, Co-founder of Natural Machines. All agree that the market is still growing and further progress and applications are to come! The trends mentioned include the tremendous rise of metal 3D printing and the versatility & compatibility of 3D printing materials, amongst others.

Jessica Snelling, Co-founder of the industrial technology and innovation company, Aurora Labs

The company specialises in the development of 3D metal printers, powders, digital parts and their associated intellectual property.

“About 5 years ago, David Budge, a friend and myself were discussing our plan to manufacture and test liquid fuelled rocket motors when David floated the idea of creating a 3D metal printer to print the rocket motor instead of machining it. We then founded Aurora Labs with the aim to make 3D metal printing more accessible to the world and in order to do so, we developed the S-Titanium Pro 3D metal printer that is still the cheapest 3D metal printer available on the market.”