The 2022 Formnext Start-up Challenge Winners are selected by jury looking for enterprises that are “new, creative, viable, and above all, sustainable business ideas from the world of Additive Manufacturing”.
今年获奖者是Photosynthetic(Netherlands),Lattice Medical(France),Rivelin Robotics(UK),SphereCube(Italy), and阿尔法粉(Poland). A further award, theAM VenturesImpact Award, went to Lattice Medical.
You can meet the winners in Frankfurt this week atformnext, Hall 11.0, D72.
Also, read more in our series on the2022 FormNext启动挑战获奖者这里。
3D Printing Industry: Please introduce yourself and your company?
Dr. Alexander Kostenko, CEO & Founder, Photosynthetic:我是一位科学家，他必须学习如何开展业务。我于2009年来到荷兰获得博士学位。在应用物理学中，此后从事学术和工业研发之间的职业。
In 2018, I had an idea to reverse the process behind the computational algorithms that were made to calculate 3D images of objects in X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) and to use them to make physical 3D objects instead. Because the 3D objects would be constructed using photopolymerization reactions controlled by light, a company called Photosynthetic was created
3D Printing Industry: What is the problem your business solves?
Dr. Alexander Kostenko:On one hand, many new cutting-edge technologies depend on our ability to make structures smaller and smaller. On the other hand, making complex three-dimensional forms at microscale is very difficult and expensive – the structures would be too small for the conventional 3D printer technology and too large (and expensive) for the nano-fabrication technology.
新的微型产品的示例是用于护理点测试，药物测试和药物输送的微流体，传感器和数据传输技术中使用的微观触发器等。
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Dr. Alexander Kostenko:We are developing a technology that can be seen as a very fast 3D printer that works at the microscale that has the potential to become the fastest and, at the same time, the most reliable 3D printing technology of the future. It enables a form of Additive Manufacturing (AM). We are expecting that it will be used in conjunction with various other manufacturing processes, both additive and subtractive, to create complex products.
3D Printing Industry: What are your expectations and hopes from exhibiting at Formnext 2022?
Dr. Alexander Kostenko:我们希望找到可以帮助我们实现未来产品的工业化以及寻找客户和投资者的聚会。
3D印刷行业：您将为考虑在3D印刷行业开设初创企业的人提供什么建议？
Dr. Alexander Kostenko:Develop 3D printers that can reach the micro-scale! There is a huge demand for such instruments, while the existing micro-3D printing technology is very expensive and slow. The future of micro 3D printing is not limited by the resolution itself but by the capital cost and throughput.
3D Printing Industry: How would you describe the roadmap for your enterprise over the coming years?
Dr. Alexander Kostenko:We would like to raise funds to turn our lab-based prototype into a serially-produced MVP in 2023. Initially, we are starting to produce the first printed structures in-house as a service for private and public R&D groups, developing our customer leads and increasing the visibility of the technology. In 2024, we want to start selling serially produced instruments to academic and industrial customers. After that, we will focus on increasing the throughput of the printing process, which will enable the serial production of microstructures.
3D Printing Industry: Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Dr. Alexander Kostenko:We are working on a platform technology that may be used in a wide variety of high-tech applications, and our launching customers will use the technology for prototyping mostly. In the mean-time, we want to focus on a narrow band of applications in the biomedical field, optimizing the printer for high-throughput serial production of drug-delivery systems.
Learn more aboutPhotosynthetic这里。
本周在formnext上与法兰克福的获奖者会面。11.0厅，D72。
2022 FormNext启动挑战陪审团
Kristian Arntz, CEO,Fraunhofer Center for Networked Adaptive Production, ICNAP
Stefanie Brickwede, Head of 3D Printing Deutshse Bahn, Managing Director,移动性具有附加功能
Arno Held, Managing Partner,AM Ventures
Peter Mayr, Professor of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing,Technical University of Munich
亚历山大·奥斯特（Alexander Oster）, Director Additive Manufacturing,Autodesk
迈克尔·皮奇（Michael Petch）, Editor-in-chief,3D Printing Industry
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