During this call we teamed up with all partners active in the Interreg SUSTAIN3D project and their stakeholders. These included: members of the FME Additive Manufacturing network, 3D print service providers/ 3D print experts/ knowledge institutes and other stakeholders active in 3D printing from Denmark, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Peter Astrup took us into the context of the small scale project SUSTAIN3D by Interreg Northsea. Within the SUSTAIN3D project barriers, solutions, and mitigating initiatives are identified to help SMEs implement additive manufacturing (AM). The partnership consists of knowledge institutions and business developers with a strong outreach to SMEs. The main objective is to ensure that companies can profit from new technologies and be at the forefront of R&D. https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/sustain-3d
One Dutch partner Herman van Bolhuis, director 3D Makers Zone (https://www.3dmakerszone.com/index-eng.html) is convinced innovation will happen by cooperation. After implementing successful Smart Industry Fieldlabs “3DMakers Zone” and “Bouwlab R & Do”, they were up to a new project. An open system metal printing fieldlab where best practices are shared. Cooperation on different aspects like materials, machines, software etc is key! Both research and production are covered as working together in a transparent way with Delft University of Technology & University of Gotenborg and other companies.
After this presentation we facilitated a discussion on international cooperation. Think of supply and demand in 3D printing Services where we can reinforce each other within the different countries.
Please find a record of the session in the following link: https://youtu.be/FboUhtjR1Nw
