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Membership of the North West AM Forum is free and open to organisations and businesses already active within the additive manufacturing sector, as well as those who are looking to diversify. As a regionally-focused cluster, prospective members must have a trading location and presence in one of the North West's five counties.
You can register your interest in becoming a member by filling out our short enquiry form here. A member of the team will then get in touch with you to confirm your membership or discuss your enquiry in more detail.
You can find company information and contact details for existing AM Forum member companies through our online directory below. The directory is intended to spark connections, foster collaboration and increase awareness of capabilities and current initiatives across the North West. All members listed below have agreed to share the displayed information and the director should not be used for any other purpose than those listed above.
Steering Group Members
Steering Group Members
FDM Digital Solutions
FDM Digital Solutions
FDM Digital Solutions are one of the UK leaders in polymer Additive Manufacturing and have established themselves as a go-to specialist in the UK. Their experience and design engineering minded solutions allows them to apply all this and work with a wide variety of customers from a broad range of sectors, always choosing the right design, technology and material for their application.
Capabilities include:
Large format additive manufacturing (LFAM)
5-axis gantry milling
Composite tooling / routing fixtures
Large scale high performance polymer FDM printing
HP multijet fusion (MJF) 3D printing
The Making Rooms
The Making Rooms
The Making Rooms is a community-focused digital fabrication lab and makerspace, empowering individuals to turn their ideas into reality. Its focus areas include: education and workshops, digital fabrication and technology and society, making it the perfect platform for businesses and individuals looking to make a start on their additive journey.Equipment includes:
- Brother VR Digital Embroider
- Fortus 450MC
- Bambu X1 Carbon
- Farmbot Genesis v1.7
- Epilog Fusion M2
Labs:
Repair Space Blackburn
FABric Lab
Precious Plastic Blackburn
Eco Lab
Additure
Additure
Additure is a Lancashire-based Metal AM subcontractor with over 120 years’ combined manufacturing experience across industries and technologies. Its two primary technologies are laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM), offering planning, post processing and inspection services.
Manufacturing Capability:
Nikon SLM® 500
GEFERTEC Arc405
One Click Metal MPrint
Post-Processing:
Solukon SFM-AT800-S
Nabertherm NA 120/65
Rosler STD 1000 PS
Renishaw
Renishaw
Renishaw is one of the world's leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. Thanks to its position as a leading metrology business, it is perfectly positioned to help customers develop an end-to-end solution, from AM build, all the way through machining and post-processing, providing an end-use engineered component.Services and capabilities include:
- Metal AM systems
- Systems software
- Metal powders supply
- Ancillaries
- Training
University of Lancashire
University of Lancashire
UCLAN's Research and Knowledge Exchange Institutes, established in 2024, enhance the quality of our research environment and create more opportunities to achieve world- leading impact through its activities. Facilities include an additive manufacturing laboratory, through which its technicians can provide design and printing advice, alongside printer training through the Manufacturing Club.
Kit and capabilities include:
Powder Bed Fusion (EOS Formiga P110)
Directed Energy Deposition (Meltio Engine)
Material Extrusion printers (Ender 3, Ender 5, 1 x CR10, Hangprinter, Voxel8)
High temperature printer (Intamsys FUNMAT HT Enhanced)
Continuous fibre composite printer (Anisoprint Composer A3)
Vat Polymerisation printers (Form1+, Form 2, Anycubic Photon)
PrintCity, MMU
PrintCity, MMU
PrintCity is equipped with a large range of facilities that will allow businesses to move from concept to finished product using a variety of coloured resins, fibre-reinforced nylon, metal alloys and fully-coloured gypsum.
They also offer services for students, including ADHOC access to their printing facilities alongside AM courses and modules.
Kit and capabilities include:
Member Directory
Member Directory
Sellafield Ltd are a pioneering group of highly skilled professionals working together to lead the country’s decommissioning and environmental restoration efforts.
With around 60,000 team members, suppliers and contractors working on site, we bring people together from all locations, backgrounds and walks to deliver our vitally important work.
THINKITTECH LTD is a UK-based software engineering company specialising in additive manufacturing, with a focus on metal powder lifecycle management for high-regulation industries such as space, aerospace and defence.
The company is developing AMSynchro, a platform providing traceability, genealogy tracking and predictive quality assurance of metal powders to reduce defects, waste and compliance risk.
THINKITTECH is actively engaged in space-sector innovation and is currently supported through the European Space Agency Technology Broker Programme to develop space-related applications.
Website: https://www.thinkittech.co.uk/
CNC Robotics is a Liverpool-based robotic systems integrator, specialising in large-format additive manufacturing and CNC machining. Founded in 2010, we pioneer the use of industrial robots as an alternative to traditional machine tools, delivering systems to manufacturers across aerospace, automotive, composites, construction and creative sectors.
In large-format AM, we work with robot-based extrusion systems capable of printing complex geometries at scale, from tooling and moulds to structural components and direct parts.
As the UK reseller and integration partner for Caracol AM, we supply and integrate the Heron and Vipra AM platforms, combining Caracol's advanced extrusion technology with our own integration expertise.
Capabilities include:
Large format additive manufacturing
Robotic 3D Printer (CARACOL) – volume 2m x 2m x 2m, Robotic machining.
Website: https://www.cncrobotics.co.uk/
The NAA was launched in March 2004 backed with the support of regional government funding. In 2010, the funding landscape changed and as a result, we became an independent, not-for-profit company. Fast forward to the present and we now have circa 90 member companies from across the North of England.
We provide a membership service combined with a project management delivery function. Our services range from strategic, business and technical advice to the provision of training, funding application support and our sponsored awards
Website: https://northernautoalliance.com/
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