Alex Kingsbury’s Post

📢 PSA for Additive Manufacturing community folks! Formnext has officially launched the revamped Formnext awards and the time to apply is NOW! This year I'm totally honored to be on the judging panel for the illustrious 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 and the brand-new 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 🌟 Winners get unrivalled publicity, 1:1 coaching, cash 🤑 and even the opportunity to exhibit at Formnext - that's unbelievable value for a young company. Even before joining the judging panel I *always* made a point of attending PitchNext and strolling down the start-up aisle at Formnext, it's where the best companies in AM launch themselves 🚀 We want to leave no good idea or fantastic start-up stone left unturned this year, so get ✍ And if you know of a great company that might be eligible - give them a nudge! Sometimes it's all they need to give them the confidence to apply. And there are also other new categories - namely the Sustainability award and the Ambassador award. Make it your mission to either apply, or tell someone else to, because there's something for everyone here! More info ➡ https://lnkd.in/gpRZh8KB #additivemanufacturing #formnext24 #formnextawards Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH Caroline Muders Arno Held Michael Petch Sascha Schwarz Peter Mayr Matthias Missling Sascha F. Wenzler Christoph Stüker

Couldn’t have said it better myself 🌟 Controlling your beam more intelligently, and choosing the right beam profile for the right material and geometry is a game-changer! #nlightadditive #simplybrilliant

Kicking off RAPID + TCT with the executive panel this morning. All this talk of consolidation (that isn’t happening) is getting tiresome 🥱 So I did love it when Marie Langer said “I do not like that word ‘consolidation’, I prefer ‘smart partnerships’” 👏 Additive is an ecosystem - I don’t think consolidating balance sheets is going to get us to the next phase of growth. Let’s all think more about how smart partnerships can get us there instead 🤝 It’s much less distraction and much more about productive teams working together! #additivemanufacturing #nlightadditive

Our announcement with EOS made it to the Nasdaq Times Square board in NYC 🎉 At RAPID + TCT this week? Come find me, the teams from nLIGHT, Inc. and EOS to find out more! #additivemanufacturing #nlightadditive #simplybrilliant

Guess who our special guests are at nLIGHT, Inc. today? 🐰 Bunny suits for all to get the behind-the-scenes tour of our chip production fab tour ⚛️ One of the coolest things about nLIGHT is that we are fully vertically integrated - we make everything from electrons from the wall to photons on a powder bed! #nlightadditive #verticalintegration

This is a big one ❇ The nLIGHT, Inc. and EOS will bring beam shaping to the whole EOS portfolio! https://lnkd.in/g2wRHzVX It's been a total delight working with the EOS team and I'm so happy to finally share this publicly. This news comes hot off the heels of the TCT award that we just won with AMCM GmbH, an EOS Group company 🌟 I'm looking forward to seeing everyone next week at RAPID + TCT 🎉 @additivemanufacturing @nlightadditive #strongertogether

We build winning partnerships at nLIGHT, Inc. 🌟 We applied for this award but it belongs every bit to the three other partners we nominated: AMCM GmbH, OPTOPRIM Germany GmbH, The Ohio State University. The AMCM M290 FLX takes one of the most robust metal AM systems out there and combines it with the breathtaking speed and flexibility of nLIGHT AFX lasers ⚡ And now it's an award winning machine! It's wonderful to get this recognition and even more wonderful to see the beam shaping community grow, with new customers coming online all the time. Watch this space - we're just getting started! 🚀 #nlightadditive #poweredbynlight

Bringing a new technology to market is a *craft* and oh boy I learnt the hard way! Understanding how an innovation finds it's way into mainstream use was a key learning for me, and really helped me refine my thinking and approach to the market - seek the people who will listen to your message and then understand what they need to convince them. One thing I didn't mention here is that it was around this time (~2015) that I read Geoffrey Moore's book 'Crossing the Chasm', which describes the chasm between the early adopters and the early majority. This book takes the Diffusion of Innovations theory to the next level, and it has been instrumental to my understanding of how to do my job (and career!) better, leading to a lot less wasted effort in the wrong places 🌟 I would say that it's a coincidence that Geoffrey Moore is on the board at nLIGHT, Inc. but I like to think that the universe has a knack for bringing the right people together at the right time. Yesterday I was honored to spend a whole day with Geoffrey, Bill Gossman and the nLIGHT leadership team, testing and mapping out our AM strategy. Geoffrey and Bill's insights and knowledge were outstanding and I'm so grateful they are there by our side as we work with innovative companies across the globe to bring beam shaping to the mainstream market 🚀 #additivemanufacturing #poweredbynlight #crossingthechasm

Great to visit Aconity3D GmbH today! Many thanks to Yves Hagedorn for showing us around their ultra impressive 2500 m2 purpose-built facility! Aconity3d recently celebrated their tenth anniversary 🎉 From humble beginnings at Fraunhofer ILT with a mere 16 m2, Aconity are building a strong a viable business in innovative machine tools for additive manufacturing 💪 Let that sink in: 16 m2 ➡️ 2500 m2! Aconity3d were one of the first to incorporate an nLIGHT, Inc. AFX laser into their system. From the get-go they have embraced innovation 🌟 And I think this goes to show that only with innovation can we continue to compete and succeed. #additivemanufacturing #3dprinting #poweredbynlight Optoprim Germany GmbH