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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the 3D Printing space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Ian Mellor
Managing Director of Metalysis
Ian joined Metalysis in September 2004. Prior to this Ian was a Project Manager at Morgan Fuel Cell, a subsidiary of the Morgan Crucible Company plc Ian has a background in physical chemistry, he has over ten years industrial experience leading teams, developing new products and commercialising technologies, primarily in the alternative energy and metals industries. Since joining Metalysis, Ian has developed and led the Technology team to improve the chemistry and morphology of the products, primarily for tantalum and titanium. He has also provided support to the Engineering team for the scale-up of the process. Ian was awarded a PhD in Heterogeneous Catalysis from the Nottingham Trent University.
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About Metalysis: Metalysis, a manufacturer of metals and alloys, offers both economic and environmental benefits over traditional metal production methods.
Olivier Stapylton-Smith
Sales & Marketing Director, Co-founder of Moteefe
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About Moteefe: Moteefe is an e-commerce platform that allows anyone to sell customized merchandise through social media.
Paul Holt
Managing Director of Photocentric
Paul Holt did a degree in Mathematics at Bristol University and then spent his early working life as a Eurobond dealer in the City before ending up in chemical manufacture. He started Photocentric in a small room with the idea of packaging photopolymer. Paul’s interest has always been in developing ideas to innovate with photopolymer. He manages the strategic technical development of Photocentric.
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About Photocentric: Photocentric is a manufacturer & innovator in photopolymer.
Daniela Paredes
Co-Founder and Director of Gravity Sketch
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About Gravity Sketch: Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.
Kerry Hogarth
Co-Founder & Managing Director of 3D Printshow
Kerry Hogarth is Co-Founder & Managing Director at 3D Printshow.
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About 3D Printshow: 3D Printshow brings together key players from the entire 3D printing ecosystem.
Stephanie Hussels
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Full-time MBA Director & Co-Director, BGP of Fabnami
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About : E-commerce website solution for 3D printing service bureaus.
Stephanie Hussels
Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Full-time MBA Director & Co-Director, BGP of Fabnami
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About : E-commerce website solution for 3D printing service bureaus.
Peter Richards
Director of Marketing & Communications of Protolabs
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About Protolabs: Protolabs is the fastest manufacturer of custom prototypes and on-demand production parts with manufacturing facilities.
Digby Lewis
Non- Executive Director of Quarte Inc.
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About Quarte Inc.: Founded in 2005, we are a manufacturing company that produces quartz material for a wide variety of industrial applications.
Fauzan Adziman
Founder and Director of OxMet Technologies
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About OxMet Technologies: OxMet Technologies develops, licenses, and manufactures proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components.
Enrique Alabort Martinez
Co-Founder and Programme Director of OxMet Technologies
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About OxMet Technologies: OxMet Technologies develops, licenses, and manufactures proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components.
Phill Adamson
Managing Director & Co-Founder of Paragon Rapid Technologies Ltd
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About Paragon Rapid Technologies Ltd: A leading product development and production support company, offering prototyping, manufacturing and supply chain management solutions.
Liang Hao
Founder and Director of Choc Edge
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About Choc Edge: Chocedge is the world leader in 3d chcolate printing design and manufacture.
Justin Pringle
Managing Director of Prototype Projects
Justin manages the commercial, consulting and planning sides of the business, including sales and marketing activities. As well as planning the direction of the business, Justin is responsible for investment in new machinery and technologies to ensure that capacity is always ahead of customer demand.
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About Prototype Projects: Prototype Projects is a specialist prototyping and production parts manufacturer based in Royston.
Graeme Bond
CEO (Technical Director) of FDM Digital Solutions
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About FDM Digital Solutions: FDM Digital Solutions manufactures thermoplastic functional parts for modeling, prototyping, manufacturing tools, and end-use parts.
Tim Plunkett
Founder and Director of Plunkett Associates
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About Plunkett Associates: Plunkett Associates providing knowledgeable resource through which companies could order prototype & low volume production parts.
