3D Printing Industry Awards 2023 - Finalists Announced, Vote Now!

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The finalists for the 3DPI Awards have been selected by the combined insights of our expert committee, with two years of combined experience, and our readers. 

The shortlists capture a snapshot of the state of the 3D printing industry in 2023. From applications in aerospace and healthcare to categories for metal and polymer 3D printing systems to 3D scanning - the 3DPI Awards has surveyed the leading themes in additive manufacturing.

Now we need your help to select the winners.

Full List of Finalists for the 2023 3D Printing Industry Awards

Community Advocate of the Year

Alex Kingsbury, Additive Economics
Brent Wright, LifeNabled / Advanced 3D
Fabian Alefeld, Additive Minds, EOS
Ivan Miranda, YouTube
Karsten Heuser, Siemens
Kimberly Gibson, America Makes
Kristin Mulherin, Hubbell Incorporated
Sean Aranda, 3D Print General
Stefan Hermann, CNC Kitchen, YouTube
Valeria Tirelli, Aidro

Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing

6K Additive
AMT PostPro Pure
Batch.works 3D print farms for circular economy
Filamentive
Fishy filaments
IperionX
Philips Lighting MyCreation
Ronald Rael indigenous Adobe and other local materials “emerging objects”
Sulapac Flow 1.7
Vivobarefoot

Software Tool or Company of the year

AutoDesk Fusion 360
Bambu Studio
Carbon Design Engine
Chitubox
Hexagon Nexus (DfAM workflow with MSC Apex Generative Design, AM Studio and Simufact Additive)
Lychee Slicer
Materialise Magics
Oqton 3DXpert
Siemens NX
Solidworks

Start-up of the Year

1000 Kelvin
9T Labs
Azul 3D
Bambu Lab
Crafthealth
Foundry Lab
Frontier Bio
In Game Collectables
IO Tech
Sun Metalon

Desktop non-FFF 3D Printer of the Year

Anycubic Photon Mono M5
B9 Core Series
Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra 9K
Elegoo Saturn 3
Formlabs Form 3+
Magforms P7
Nexa3D XiP Desktop
Photocentric Liquid Crystal Opus 12k
Phrozen Mini 8Ks
Sinterit LISA

Enterprise 3D printer of the year (polymers)

3D Systems EXT 220 MED (Kumovis R1)
Carbon M3 Max
EOS FORMIGA P 110 Velocis
Formlabs Fuse 1
HP Jet Fusion 5420W – HP
Impossible Objects CBAM25
Lynxter Silicone 3D Printer S300X
Roboze Argo 500
Stratasys Neo450
Wematter Gravity

Enterprise 3D Printer of the Year (Metals)

3D Systems’ DMP Factory 500
BLT-S 1500 SLM from Bright Laser Technologies
Desktop Metal – Shop System
EOS M290
GE Additive Spectra H
HP Metal Jet S100 Solution
Markforged Metal X
Nikon SLM Solutions NXG XII 600
Tritone Technologies Dominant
Velo3D Sapphire XC 1MZ

Company of the year (Personal)

Anycubic
Bambu Lab
BIGTREETECH/BIQU
Phaetus
E3D Online
HueForge
LDO Motors
Peopoly
Polymaker
Prusa Research

Company of the year (Enterprise)

3D Systems
Desktop Metal
Markforged
Materialise
Siemens
Sintratec
SLM Solutions / Nikon
Stratasys
Trumpf
Velo3D
Material Company of the Year
BASF Forward AM
CRP Technology
Henkel
IC3D
Jabil for PK5000
Oxford Performance Materials
Polyspectra
Sandvik for Cemented Carbide
SUNLU
Uniformity Labs UniFuse IN625

Academic, research team, or project of the Year

Dr. AJ Boydston, UW-Madison Department of Chemistry
Dr. Christopher Spadaccini, LLNL
Dr. Alaa Elwany, Texas A&M University
Dr. Chris Williams, DREAMS Lab, Virginia Tech
EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes
Dr. Eva Blasco, Heidelberg University
Dr. Claas Bierwisch team, Fraunhofer IWM
Dr. Jennifer A Lewis, Harvard University
Dr. Joseph DeSimone, Stanford University
Welding and Additive Manufacturing Centre, Cranfield University

Medical Dental or Healthcare Application

Axial3D Insight software cloud-based segmentation
BellaSeno Resorbable Breast and Pectus Excavatum Scaffolds
Curiteva world’s first 3D printed porous PEEK cervical spacers
Dimension Inx first patient use of CMFlex™, the FIRST FDA-cleared 3D-printed regenerative bone graft product.
Hospital based Patient-specific metal implants with LimaCorporate and Hospital for Special Surgery Collaboration.
IMcoMET microneedle-Duo (M-Duo) Technology
MB Therapeutics automatic production of personalised medicines using pharmaceutical 3D printing.
Osteobonix
Spentys
Stratasys with the DentaJet, MediJet and DAP growing market

Aerospace, Space or Defense Application

3D Printed Haynes 230 for Elevated Temperature Applications
3D Systems’ Thales Alenia Space: Compact C-band Corrugated Horn Antenna
Alba Orbital & CRP Technology
Launcher & Velo3D heat exchanger for Launcher’s E-2 rocket engines.
Lockheed Martin Hypersonic Ramjet
NASA, L-PBF copper-alloy combustion chamber
Hyphen Innovations, leveraging trapped metal powder for vibration suppression and dampening.
Relativity Space Aeon R Engine for Terran 1 rocket
SPEE3D trained 13 Ukrainian soldiers in advanced manufacturing design theory and practice. Focused on cold-spray additive as the delivery technology
Stratasys hatch in Antero 840CN03 material for Artemis 1 launch

3D Designer of the Year

Brigitte Kock, Paraprint
Adidas 4DFWD
Clockspring
Optisys for functional RF components
EOS, General Lattice, DyeMansion, ALM – Wilson basketball
Fotis Mint – Digital Sculptor
Olaf Diegel
Pratt Ceramics
Sara Alvarez Symbiotic Shoes
Merit3D for the Hanger for Epoxy holder

Innovation of the year

AlphaPowders – spheroidization technology to convert low-cost non-spherical polymer powders into uniform, spherical powders for AM
Sakuú first fully functional 3D printed lithium-metal battery
nTop, nTop4 Software
Jiangnan University – support-free ceramic 3D printing
UpNano GmbH, novel material for 2PP 3D-printing and innovation in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) market
GE Additive Binderjet Series 3
Helio Additive, Dragon Software
Beni Cukurel, Micro Gas Turbine
National Eye Institute, bioprinting eye tissue
Stratasys F3300

3D Scanning or Metrology Company

3DMakerpro
Artec LEO
Creaform, Black Elite Limited Scanner.
Direct Dimensions
Factum Foundation
Hexagon Volume Graphics
Polycam
Quicksurface
Revopoint Pop 3
Shining3D

Value-added Reseller of the Year

3DGBIRE
Dynamism
Go Engineer
Hawk Ridge Systems
iGo3D
InfoTRON
Makerpoint
Mark 3D
Purple Platypus
Solid Print3D

Mobility or Energy Application

Aidro, Hydraulic and 3D Printing components
Czinger C21C Extensive Use of 3D Printing in a Hypercar
Daimler Truck
Deutsche Bahn Reaches 100,000 3D printed Spare Parts
DNV Quality Assurance Standards
Equinor Digital Inventory
Curable Composites
NASA AI Designed Bracket
US Navy Adopts Meltio Additive Hybrid Manufacturing At Sea
Wärtsilä turbomachinery

Desktop FFF 3D Printer of the Year

AnkerMake M5C
Bambu A1 Mini
Bambu Lab X1C
Bambu Labs P1-series
Creality Ender 3 V3 KE
Creality K1 Max
Prusa Research MK4
Prusa Research Prusa XL
UltiMaker S7
Voron Design (V2.4 R2)

Wichtige Daten

Start der Stimmabgabe - 18. Oktober 2023

Ende der Abstimmung - 28. November 2023

Bekanntgabe der Gewinner - 30. November 2023

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