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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...

23 December 2011 ... Every Christmas 3T RPD Ltd donate the money they would have spent on Christmas cards to a national charity, with the emphasis being on contributing to a worthwhile cause with long-term aims. Instead of sending out traditional, printed cards, 3T send a Christmas greeting via e-mail to their customers, prospects and...

11 November 2011 ... 3T announces we have installed the UK’s first EOSINT M 280 machine.  This machine offers significant benefits to customers as it can produce bigger parts, faster and in a wider range of metals.
The additional machine brings our metal additive manufacturing machine count to four.  This increased...

3T has installed the UK's first EOSINT M 280 Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) machine. The EOSINT M 280 is the most advanced DMLS machine in the world and has a number of technical innovations that offer significant benefits to customers.


3T now has four EOS Metal AM machines with the new...

11 November 2011 ... Today, Richard Benyon, MP, officially inaugurated 3T's new EOSINT M 280 machine.  The new machine is the first M 280 to be installed and working in the UK.  Speaking at the launch, Benyon said:  "3T is investing in the most up-to-the-minute manufacturing machinery. " It is companies...

26 October 2011 ... Euromold takes place this year in Frankfurt am Main, Germany from 29 November to 2 December 2011.  Additive Manufacturing (AM) will be a key theme for the exhibition and conference.   3T's Ian Halliday will be speaking at the 'Design Innovation from Additive Manufacturing' - 13th...