For the first time, the conference took place in person at West Palm Beach, Florida, and online.
The attendance breakdown this year consisted of 27% parts manufacturers, 30% powder & feedstock suppliers, 24% equipment & service providers, 8% end users/consumers, and 11% other, organizers said.
The conference began with a presentation from keynote speaker Gary Jaworek, engineer at Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices (J&J), which highlighted the recent developments the company has made to improve its speed to market and design processes utilizing metal injection molding (MIM) and metal additive manufacturing (AM) during its process development. He also shared some of J&J’s sustainability goals that they are working on both internally and with their suppliers.
In addition to 27 technical presentations, 18 companies showcased their products at the tabletop exhibit.
