Event

3D Printing Industry Awards winners announced

On Saturday May 20 2017 3D Printing Industry hosted a gala dinner to announce the winners of the first annual 3D Printing Industry Awards.

Joining us in Chelsea Old Town hall for the evening was an esteemed guest list of professionals from across the industry, including representatives of 3D Systems, Siemens, Ultimaker, Zortrax, Desktop Metal, Shining 3D, Markforged, Zortrax, Sinterit, HP, Dassault Systèmes, DWS, Autodesk, Polymaker and UCL.

The evening featured speeches by Jonathan Beck, of 3D printed world heritage project Scan the World; Konrad Głowacki, the founder of our event sponsor Sinterit; and Dr. Adrian Bowyer, the inventor of the RepRap project and recipient of our Outstanding Contribution to 3D Printing Award.

The winners were presented with a trophy 3D printed in bronze by our material sponsor, The Virtual Foundry.

Dr. Adrian Bowyer (right) receives the award for Outstanding Contribution to 3D printing from Michael Petch (left) Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Dr. Adrian Bowyer (right) receives the award for Outstanding Contribution to 3D printing from Michael Petch (left) Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

In total, we received around 200,000 votes from our readers, and we can now reveal the winners of of each category.

3D printing start-up of the year

Desktop Metal – winner
Mecuris
3Dexter
Biobots

Desktop Metal CTO & Co-founder Jonah Myerberg accepts the award for 3D Printing Start-up of the year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Desktop Metal CTO & Co-founder Jonah Myerberg accepts the award for 3D Printing Start-up of the year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Maker of the year

Jason Lopes of Legacy Effects – winner
Nervous System
Rich Rap
SparkyFace5 (Tessa Nesci)

Teacher or community advocate of the year

Phil Hall from the Windsor Boys School – winner
Angus Deveson for Maker’s Muse channel on YouTube
Rich Lehrer
Thomas Sanladerer

Personal 3D printer of the year (FFF)

Zortrax M200 – winner
MakerBot Replicator+
Raise N2 FFF 3D Printer
Lulzbot Mini

Marcin Niedzielski PR Manager at Zortrax accepting the award for Personal 3D printer of the year (FFF). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Marcin Niedzielski PR Manager at Zortrax accepting the award for Personal 3D printer of the year (FFF). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

3D printing use case or application 

Siemens, Superalloy gas turbine blades – winner
3D Systems, Separation of the conjoined McDonald Twins
Open Bionics, 3D printed bionic hands for amputees
NASA, Lockheed Martin & Arcam, Juno Jupiter Probe 

Phil Hatherley, General Manager, Materials Solutions - A Siemens Business, accepting the award for the 3D printed superalloy gas turbine blades. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Phil Hatherley, General Manager, Materials Solutions – A Siemens Business, accepting the award for the 3D printed superalloy gas turbine blades. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Academic/research team of the year

Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University – winner
Bioprinted skin at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), University of Nottingham
Professor Moataz Attallah, AMPLab, University of Birmingham

3D model sharing platform of the year

MyMiniFactory – winner
Thingiverse
Pinshape
Cults3D

Corey Clarke, senior journalist at 3D Printing Industry (left) presenting the award for sharing platform of the year to Romain Kidd, CEO MyMiniFactory. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Corey Clarke, senior journalist at 3D Printing Industry (left) presenting the award for sharing platform of the year to Romain Kidd, CEO MyMiniFactory. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

3D printing bureau of the year

3D Hubs – winner
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing
Shapeways
Quickparts

Innovation of the year

HP Multi Jet Fusion – winner
3D Systems Figure 4 Technology
Stratasys Infinite Build
WASP 3MT

Left to right: 3D Printing Industry editor in chief Michael Petch, senior journalist Beau Jackson and Ramon Pastor, Vice President and General Manager of HP 3D Printing - accepting the award for Innovation of the Year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Left to right: 3D Printing Industry editor in chief Michael Petch, senior journalist Beau Jackson and Ramon Pastor, Vice President and General Manager, HP Multi Jet Fusion – accepting the award for Innovation of the Year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Funder/Financier of the year

GE Additive – winner
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Lux Capital
Brad Feld

Material company of the year

Polymaker – winner
Verbatim
Nano Dimension’s nanoparticle inks
3D Systems Accura Phoenix

Wildrik van der Weiden, Business development manager EMEA, Polymaker accepting the award for Material company of the year (left). 3D Printing Industry senior Journalist Beau Jackson (right). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Wildrik van der Weiden, Business development manager EMEA, Polymaker accepting the award for Material company of the year (left). 3D Printing Industry senior Journalist Beau Jackson (right). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

3D scanner company of the year

FARO – winner
Shining 3D
HP Scan
Artec 3D

3D software of the year

Autodesk Fusion 360 – winner
Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
Simplify3D
3D Systems 3DXpert

Paul Sohi, Product Design Expert and Fusion 360 Specialist, Autodesk, accepting the award for 3D software of the year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Paul Sohi, Product Design Expert and Fusion 360 Specialist, Autodesk, accepting the award for 3D software of the year. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Personal 3D printer of the year (other)

DWS, XFAB – winner
B9 Creations, B9 Creator
Formlabs, Form 2
Miicraft

Ilaria Storato, Communication Manager at DWS, accepting the award for Personal 3D printer of the year (other). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Ilaria Storato, Communication Manager at DWS, accepting the award for Personal 3D printer of the year (other). Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Enterprise 3D printer of the year (FFF)

Markforged, Mark Two – winner
3DGence Industry
AON-M 3D
Stratasys, Fortus 900mc

Graham Lindsay (left) Director EME Markforged accepting the award for Enterprise 3D printer of the year (FFF) for the Mark Two. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Graham Lindsay (left) Director EME Markforged accepting the award for Enterprise 3D printer of the year (FFF) for the Mark Two. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

Enterprise 3D printer of the year (other)

3D Systems ProJet MJP 2500 – winner
Stratasys J750
Selective Laser Melting Machine SLM 500
Carbon M1

Simon van de Crommert, Sales Manager, 3D Systems Europe Ltd making his acceptance speech at the 3D Printing Industry Awards 2017. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Simon van de Crommert, Sales Manager, 3D Systems Europe Ltd making his acceptance speech at the 3D Printing Industry Awards 2017. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

OEM of the year (personal)

Ultimaker – winner
Prusa Research
BCN3D Technologies
HyVISION SYSTEM (Cubicon)

Siert Wijnia, co-founder of Ultimaker (left) and Michael Petch EIC at 3D Printing Industry. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.
Siert Wijnia, co-founder of Ultimaker (left) and Michael Petch EIC at 3D Printing Industry. Photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.

OEM of the year (enterprise)

XI’AN Bright Laser Technologies – winner
EOS GmbH
Arcam AB
Renishaw

3D Designer of the Year

Agustin Flowalistik

Outstanding Contribution to 3D Printing

Dr. Adrian Bowyer, founder of the RepRap Project – winner

We’d like to thank all of the nominees and the readers who voted for making the first annual 3D Printing Industry Awards such a success, and say a big congratulations to this year’s winners.

If, like us, you’re looking forward to the next year and you’d like to know how to get involved, send us an email here.

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Featured image shows: A view of guests as they arrive in Chelsea Old Town Hall, photo by Antoine Fargette for 3D Printing Industry.