2017 TCT show hailed a success by visitors and exhibitors

More than 50 presentations took place and a number of exciting show features to educate and entertain visitors.

With a record-breaking expansion of the show floor presenting more exhibitors than ever before, this event connected approximately 10,000 attendees (audit pending) from over 40 countries with an exciting and varied range of businesses that stood ready to help them solve their challenges.

Feedback from visitors to the show was extremely positive. Shashi Jain, innovation manager, Intel Corporation, said: "One of the great things about coming to TCT is not just seeing the exhibitors, but also meeting the people that are their customers. I’ve found that I learned something new every time I spoke to an attendee, which is remarkable. If you’re serious about 3D printing and you want to meet the people who are making it happen, then you must come to a TCT Show."

Pat Warner, digital manufacturing manager, Renault Sport Racing F1 Team, commented: "What a great show. Met some fantastic people, made contacts to help solve some problems and left with a huge shopping list."

There was also a huge amount of positive feedback from exhibitors including Andy Middleton, president EMEA at Stratasys, who said: “It’s clear TCT Show has moved up a level. I just spoke to a colleague and said ‘if I was a customer, I would be really confused. There are so many solutions which look and feel relevant for many customers'. I think it’s one of the challenges for companies like ourselves – clarity in our messaging and explanation of what can be done, and what can’t be done, to help customers make an informed decision if they’re looking to invest in a solution.”

Dana McCallum, head of production partners at Carbon, added: "The 2017 TCT Show was a great success, and continues to be the largest additive manufacturing show in the UK where companies are able to meet key evangelists in the industry. TCT fosters a community who want to lead the world to do production with additive manufacturing, and we saw this take place last week in several vertical markets including consumer, automotive, industrial and medical."

Edward Feng, President of Raise3D concluded: "I would recommend anyone to exhibit with TCT. You guys helped us happen."

Start-ups from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and the USA also seized the opportunity to unveil their innovations to the 3D Printing market in the Start Up Zone – including a pitch session where the new companies competed for the 2017 Start Up Award. The winner was FabRX, a start-up company looking to exploit the power of 3D printing for fabricating pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Alvaro Goyanes, co-founder and Director of FabRx, was presented with a cheque for £3,000 alongside the winners trophy.

Jim Woodcock, head of content for TCT Group, judged the start-up pitches and explained: "This application immediately appealed to my own journey from the pharmaceutical world to 3D printing. FabRx's potential application development could open up entirely new therapeutic areas while also addressing challenges such as dosing and compliance."

TCT Show is known for offering high quality conference and seminar tracks and this year was no exception. The comprehensive programme, grown and developed for this year’s show, took place across three dedicated stages split into key themes. Over 1000 attendees benefitted from product launches, demonstrations and presentations from a world-class speaker line up throughout the three-day show.

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