Michael Petch
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Michael Petch is the editor-in-chief at 3DPI and the author of several books on 3D printing. He is a regular keynote speaker at technology conferences where he has delivered presentations such as 3D printing with graphene and ceramics and the use of technology to enhance food security. Michael is most interested in the science behind emerging technology and the accompanying economic and social implications.

A Donut-shaped Market: Stratasys’ Yoav Zeif outlines Additive’s Next Phase at AMS 2026

Not obvious that Yoav Zeif would open by thanking the audience for braving the New York snow and market turbulence to reach this year’s AMS event*, but that was his starting point. “Another challenging year in the industry. I don’t…

Additive Manufacturing Advantage Returns with Vertical Focused 3D Printing Industry Events

3D Printing Industry has opened registration and the call for speakers for the 2026 Additive Manufacturing Advantage (AMA) event series, a set of online conferences examining the deployment of additive manufacturing across critical industrial sectors and specifically designed for core…

Why I Was Wrong About the AMUG Conference

I once described the AMUG Conference as agenda-setting. That was imprecise, but not in the way you might expect. The problem wasn’t that AMUG doesn’t shape what the industry talks about. It’s that agenda-setting implies a program committee deciding what…

Six Fault Lines That Will Reshape Additive Manufacturing, 2026–2028

The AM industry has spent years perfecting the technology. The next two years will test whether the business models, regulatory frameworks, and institutional structures around that technology can keep pace. Six structural pressures are converging, each rooted in forces already…

Confidence returns to Additive Manufacturing as Executives Signal Improving Outlook for 2026

After a few rough years, the mood among additive manufacturing executives is shifting. Not euphoric, but noticeably better. New data from the 3D Printing Industry Executive Survey shows that 70.3 per cent of respondents expect business conditions in 2026 to…

The Future of 3D Printing: The End of Additive Manufacturing

What does 3D printing look like in 2036? To find out, we asked dozens of industry leaders, CEOs, founders, CTOs, and analysts from across the additive manufacturing ecosystem to look beyond the immediate horizon and share their longer-term forecasts. The…

Formlabs IPO Speculation as Public-company Veteran Joins Board

The 3D printing group appoints former Cognex chief Rob Willett as it quietly reshapes its governance. And starts to look a lot like a company getting ready for something. When a privately held industrial tech company replaces a founding-era board…

The Future of 3D Printing: Additive Manufacturing Expert Forecasts for 2026

3D Printing Industry asked some of the most influential people in additive manufacturing to identity the near term trends in the 3D printing industry to watch for 2026.  The annual 3DPI Executive Survey asks a cross-section of executives, technologists, service…

[INTERVIEW] Thingiverse Reboot Targets Creator Pay Tools and Tighter AI Controls after MyMiniFactory Acquisition

Thingiverse, one of the oldest and most visited libraries of downloadable 3D-print files, is being repositioned around creator monetisation, human-led curation and stricter handling of AI-generated uploads after its acquisition by MyMiniFactory (MMF). Romain Kidd, the newly appointed chief executive…

Dutch additive manufacturing software group Dimanex declared bankrupt

Small but influential digital supply chain startup collapses amid tightening capital and slower enterprise adoption A Dutch software company that sought to transform industrial supply chains through additive manufacturing has been declared bankrupt, underscoring mounting pressure on smaller players in…