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8 May 2012 ... BBC's Blue Peter programme has run a competition to name and design the livery of a new 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).  The UAV has been built by 3T RPD and designed by the BBC's Research and Technology team in collaboration with the University of Southampton.  The plane,...

1 May 2012 ... There's an exciting new initiative in the Additive Manufacturing world.  The UK technology charity, techfortrade, has announced the 3D4D Challenge - a competition inviting people to come up with groundbreaking ideas that exploit the developments in 3D printing to improve the incomes and livelihoods of people...

30 April 2012 ... The Economist's latest Special Report "A Third Industrial Revolution" presents a comprehensive review of 3D printing written by Paul Markillie.


The report looks at the full range of 3D printing - or additive manufacturing - and looks at the impact the technology will have on the manufacturing sector. ...

1 April 2012 ... We know things are moving fast in this exciting industry, but we didn't realise quite how fast.  Reading The Economist article 'Just Press Print' about how the next development will be the printing of 3D pets had us scratching our heads.  Until the last paragraph.
Just check out the article yourself. ...

20 February 2012 ... Last night, Channel 4's documentary series 'Home of the Future' featured 3D printing and discussed how it could revolutionise the future of manufacturing.  The programme talked to Lisa Harouni of Digital Forming and visited 3T to see the process in action.


The family were delighted in the lamp...

2 February 2012 ... Richard Benyon, Conservative MP for Newbury, has nominated 3T as the ‘Made by Newbury’ representative of a national project called Made by Britain.  Richard says “This superb company started providing plastic (SLS) parts for a range of customers, and now manufactures precision metals as...

24 January 2012 ... The lastest TED Talk discussing 3D Printing has just been published (24 January 2012).  Lisa Harouni, co-founder of Digital Forming, gives an overview of the state of the Additive Manufacturing industry.  Featuring many 3T RPD products, Lisa's talk gives not only a thorough background on many aspects...

23 January 2012 ... The Association of Laser Users has announced the speaker line-up for its prestigious conference 'Lasers lead the way in additive manufacturing'.  3T's Phil Kilburn will be presenting at the event on 'Lightweight and complex part design for Additive Manufacturing'.  The event, which is...

9 January 2012 ... 3T customer Queen and Crawford has recently completed the fabrication of a giant kite for Heather & Ivan Morison.   We were delighted to build the 6,000+ joints for this amazing piece of work.  Called 'The Shining Man', it is a sculpture which has the potential for flight.  See the...

6 December 2011 ... The Daily Telegraph today suggests that a 3D printer would be the perfect present.  With an all round overview of the 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, landscape, the article makes interesting reading.  The DT's Roger Highfield says that the 'next industrial revolution could...