In our latest edition of Insights Success, India's Most Admired 3D Printing Solution Providers, we featured the companies popular globally for their excellent 3D printing services.

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Blow the Horn
How to Promote and
Spread Awareness to
make 3D Printing
more Popular
Gamechangers
The Marvels of
3D Printing
Redefining
Product Creation
Lakshay Wadhwa
Founder and CEO
India's Most
Innovative
PRINTING
Solution Providers

4. Editor’s Note
he way 3D Printing has permeated into most
Tindustries is nothing short of an explosion. The
past half-a-decade has seen a whopping rise in
the demand and supply of 3D printing services. And,
why not? It is a perfect blend of technology and art
with precision.
While 3D printing is not a new concept, its demand and
popularity have grown magnanimously over the past
few years. It is expected to become a $20.2 billion
global industry by 2024. Who had ever imagined that it
was possible to have 3D printing of stem cells! But it is
happening. Besides, 3D printing is being done for
artificial limbs, dental applications, personalized
medicine, and much more. Today, 3D printing is
everywhere - in the automotive industry, commercial
products, healthcare industry, education, architecture,
prototyping, etc. Customization is another advantage
of 3D prints. 3D printing has created jewellery designs
never seen before.The list could be exhaustive by the
end of this year.
WELCOME TO THE
WORLD OF 3D
PRINTING – A
REVOLUTION
IN ITSELF

5. The increasing demand is not just a fad; rather, it is
because 3D printing can communicate better than a
flat-screen image or a paper printout with precise
details of every aspect of the project or product. From
merely prototyping for automobile and airplane
industries around three decades back to the latest
advancements, 3D has come a long way; and is here to
stay.
There is growing expertise in 3D Printing in India. The
best part of 3D printing is that it allows designers to
identify the need for design revision quickly. These 3D
printing service providers are constantly pushing the
boundaries of 3D printing technology applications and
emerging as global leaders. Apart from the printing
technology, India is also house to printing machine
manufacturers and spare parts of the machines.
With many 3D printing service providers mushrooming
in the market and wooing customers with their low-
cost services, we thought of simplifying things for
those seeking these services. In our latest edition of
Insights Success, India's Most Admired 3D Printing
Solution Providers, we featured the companies popular
globally for their excellent 3D printing services.
Read this interesting edition to know more about the
industry. Also, do read the articles curated by our
editorial team. We hope this edition helps you choose
the best service provider for your customized needs.
Happy reading to you!
Sumita Sarkar
Editor-in-Chief
sumita@insightssuccess.com

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Gamechangers
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Forcyst
Thrust towards Innovation
Melt Rapid LLP
Bridging the Product
Development Gap Effectively
printOmake
Creating smarter reality with
Innovative 3D technology
and design

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9. Management Brief
Company Name
Mohnish Zaveri,
CEO
Mehul Ambalia,
Co-founder
Lycan 3D
Tuhin Bhattacharya,
Director
Melt Rapid LLP
GBT Solutions
Rahul Singh,
CEO
Forcyst is a research & development company providing a complete
start-toend service from concept to production to medical,
pharmaceutical, automobile, and industrial sectors and thriving to
deliver the clients the best engineering products.
GBT is formed by a group of professionals who are having more than
20 man years experience in the field of information technology,
security and surveillance, software based and physical intrusion
prevention.
Lycan 3D makes 3D Printing accessible to the market while
maintaining shorter delivery times, maximising creative freedom at an
efficient rate in order to deliver the best value for its clientele.
Melt is a rapid production service providing to start-ups, which is
bridging the gap between prototyping and production, with an initial
focus of utilizing advanced 3D Printing technology to design and
develop prototypes.
Forcyst Engineering
Ishan Bajpai,
Founder and CEO
printOmake
The services provided by printOmake make its 3D printing experience
a ‘one-stopshop,’ which favours various markets from engineering to
medical to education.
Anket Hajare,
Partner/Design Director
Shapefy
Shapefy provides end-to-end product development and manufacturing
solutions, helping customers starting from just an idea to full scale
manufacturing.
Lakshay Wadhwa,
Founder and CEO
STPL
STPL is one of the very few global companies that offer total
technology solutions for diamond manufacturing, including
diamond analysis and planning, processing, cutting, blocking
and polishing as well as safe diamond trading.
Rahul Gaywala,
CEO
India's Most
Innovative
PRINTING
Solution Providers

10. Lakshay Wadhwa
Founder and CEO

11. Redefining Product Creation
As a founder of Shapefy, I have always wanted to breathe life into machines and
ideas. My childhood was mostly spent playing a game called Mechanix. I used to
construct mechanical models and projects using steel parts, nuts, bolts, wheels etc. I
also tried repairing some of the electrical appliances at home, trying to fix them with
whatever expertise I had of using a soldering iron, changing some burnt out resistors
and capacitors, and instead I ended up making them non-functional in the process. All
of this resulted in me developing an interest towards learning new things and
implementing new ideas wherever possible.
In my early teens, I worked on some interesting electronics projects that ranged from
simple push button LED lights to remote controlled cars. Eventually, I purchased my first
3D printer six years ago, to print some small models and providing 3D printing as a
service. This led to Shapefy being born in one corner of my room, and the rest is history.
The Shapifier

12. s 3D printing infiltrates
Avarious industries, there are
not enough engineers who
have the background to design,
perform and operate the machines. For
additive manufacturing to become a
common method, manufacturing
companies must invest time and money
in employee training for both incoming
and seasoned engineers.
This can come at a challenge, though,
since seasoned manufacturers are often
reluctant to learn new technologies.
Also, the lack of awareness regarding
different 3D printing technologies
sometimes becomes a challenge. The
technical know-how required to
understand how the product will be
manufactured and the kind of quality
expected from each technology creates
a difference between expectation and
reality. Delivering what is expected
from an apex 3D Printing and
Manufacturing firm Shapefy is making
a difference in the 3D printing space.
Shapefy provides end-to-end product
development and manufacturing
solutions, helping customers starting
from just an idea to full scale
manufacturing. It helps individuals and
businesses with their projects at any
stage of development. “Our industrial
engineers take care of all the designing
and 3d printing iterations to provide
the customer with a working
prototype,” says Lakshay Wadhwa,
Founder and CEO of Shapefy. This
prototype can be used for design
verification and initial level product
testing.
After this vacuum casting can be
incorporated for low to medium
quantities of looks-like models for
beta/internal testing, marketing
photography, investor pitches, trade
shows or to fulfil initial customer
orders. This process acts as a fail-safe
method to test out the product before
investing heavily into injection moulds
and tooling.
For full scale production, the team of
Shapefy provides injection moulding
services in all commercially available
materials, SPI grade finishes and Mold-
tech equivalent textures. “With a vast
network of highly vetted manufacturing
partners, no part is too big or too
small for us,” shares Lakshay.
Functionality of Shapefy
The company has developed a digital
instant quote platform accessible
through the web. It helps potential
clients from across the industry get an
instant quote for their products and
move to production within minutes.
This helps save time and labour costs.
“The process of product development
is highly accelerated with the help of
our online platform as our clients can
Old

13. With both in-house setups and
manufacturing partners model,
we are always able to manage
huge spikes in demand and
deliver on time while maintaining
quality and accuracy
New
India's Most Innovative 3D Printing Solution Providers

14. see results quickly,” shares the team of
Shapefy.
Shapefy provides all kinds of rapid
prototyping and manufacturing
services including but not limited to
3D printing, Vacuum Casting, CNC
machining and Injection moulding.
Under 3D Printing we have Desktop
and Industrial FDM, Industrial SLA
and DLP, SLS, MJF and even Metal
Printing.
“With vacuum casting, you can get
production quality parts at low
volumes and without the high costs and
lead times of steel or aluminium
tooling,” informs Lakshay. This is
helpful for bringing new products to
market where one can get production-
grade products to test with new
customers and markets and validate
their design hypotheses before making
a substantial investment to scale
manufacturing.
Typically, each silicone mould will
produce 25 castings. It is also ideal for
prototyping elastomeric parts such as
complex gaskets and over moulds on
rigid parts.
CNC Machining service with instant
quotes and feedback - Parts as fast as 2
days, Shapefy’s vetted network of
precision CNC partners can hit
tolerances as tight as +/- 0.005mm in
more than 50 different plastics and
metals. 3,4 and 5 axis CNC milling
capabilities for simple and complex
geometries. Standard and live tooling
capabilities are implemented for
cylindrical parts such as pins, shafts, or
parts with general rotational symmetry.
Injection moulding services with low
minimum order quantities and free
manufacturability feedback with every
quote is facilitated by Shapefy. T1
samples can be made in as fast as 10
days with no minimum order
quantities, the team of Shapefy can do
rapid design moulds which are ideal
for part design validation, low volume
production, and bridge production
quantities along with Production
Tooling ideal for higher volume
production parts, starting at 10,000
units with support for multi cavity
tooling.
Shaping the Future of Printing
Shapefy enables individuals and
businesses to bring their ideas from
inception to postproduction and
fulfilment with its end-to-end solution
offerings in 3D printing and
manufacturing. Founded in 2017,
Shapefy is headquartered in Hyderabad
with a network of innovative partners
around the world. The company has a
network of over 100 businesses and
has manufactured over 10 Lakh parts.
Unlike desktop printers or
makerspaces, the Shapefy platform
offers services from its own studios
and global supply chain network.
Printing in over 50 materials and
finishes, Shapefy provides 3D printing
manufacturing solutions to individuals
and businesses of all sizes across a
multitude of industries. Businesses in
medical, robotics, drones, education,
consumer products, to name a few,
have all benefited from direct access to
the most innovative technology and
industrial-quality materials.
The company not only caters to
businesses and corporates but also
focuses on individuals and studentsfor
their small projects. Its online platform
really makes it easy for individuals to
place and manage orders. Its team also
works with a lot of startups to help
develop their products and guide them
throughout their product life cycle.
The team of Shapefy plans to further
dive into the B2C space, targeting
normal school and college going
students. “This is where we think we
can make the biggest impact,” suggests
Lakshay. Incorporating 3D printing
much early into the product
development will result in a surge of
new technological advances. This is
where our online digital platform
comes into picture. Project
management and guided quote
generation makes it easy for a normal
consumer to go online and order 3D
prints and machined parts, etc., for
their projects.
“We plan to revamp our online digital
platform to bring more accurate
pricing for all 3D printing
technologies along with other
traditional methods of Vacuum casting,
CNC Machining and Injection
moulding,” states Lakshay. It will
further allow the team of Shapefy to
save labour costs in preparing manual
quotes and conduct deep
manufacturability analysis.
The initial impact of the Covid-19
pandemic resulted in a sudden decline
in the 3D printing and the
manufacturing demand as most
companies stopped their research,
development, and prototyping phases.
But somehow this resulted in even
more startups coming up with Covid-
related products helping in detection,
education, relief, and adherence to
COVID-19 guidelines etc. “We plan on
leveraging our expertise for customers
to get their Covid-19 solutions or
products designed and manufactured
seamlessly,” concludes Lakshay.

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19. D
3
printing is at a tipping point and is about to go
mainstream to its bigger picture. Many executives and
engineers agree on the fact that this technology is
moving beyond prototyping, from developing tools,
trinkets, and toys to large machines and infrastructures.
Additive manufacturing is creating a safe, reliable, and
durable environment for the products and is creating a
stable platform for the real customers in moderate to large
quantities.
There are diversified industries including aviation. medical,
home application, automobile, and consumer electronics
that are using 3D printing to ramp up their production.
The advantage of 3D technologies is that they are "cutting
edge". Few firms are being true pioneers in implementing
3D printing to enhance their brand while communicating
the benefits in a concise and value-added way.
As a result, many of the customers would not completely
understand the advantages of the new 3D services, and so
companies need to engage them with services that are
specific as per their requirements.
Promote and Spread
to make
How to
Printing
3D
Awareness
Blow the Horn
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20. Promoting 3D printing services include:
Providing Samples to Engage Customers
Companies can leverage the advancements of 3D printing
by engaging their customers with impressive and diversified
samples to display to them what is possible using 3D
printers and scanners.
If the client is an automotive designer, showcasing effective
solutions about how they can design and build automotive
parts from a 3D printer can develop a good connection
between attracting that customer to use the services.
Moreover, companies can display a 3D-printed booth mock-
up by providing customers with an STL or CAD file for test
printing.
Besides, companies can make sure the materials they are
using in their samples are diversified such as wax, rubber,
polymers, nylon, carbon fiber, metal, etc., including color
options with diversified plastics, and resins.
The demand for printable 3D materials is constantly
increasing. The more materials companies are showcasing,
these products are more likely to impress their audience.
Targeting Potential Customer Audience
The variety of industries using 3D technology may shock
you today. Invisalign, a leading medical equipment
manufacturing company implements using 3D printers to
produce clear, custom orthodontic braces.
A shoe company wanted prototypes of different designs and
used 3D printing to get samples faster and cheaper.
Moreover, there was a tool manufacturer that required 3D
samples to ensure that its products were compact and
handy, and its switches are easily accessible.
So, who are the effective solution providers?
The answer is just about promoting business that enables
possibilities and never forgets about consumers. They will
be amazed if companies in 3D printing can provide
sustainable and quality assured 3D prints, products, and
novelties.
Digital signage companies, ad agencies, industrial and
commercial prototyping, packaging, marketing firms,
premiums, and incentives. There are several industries
including aviation, automotive, consumer products,
healthcare, governments, architecture, and engineering
where 3D printing can enable innovations and open doors
to new possibilities.
3D printing companies can highlight the products and
services that are inevitable in these sectors, enabling
widespread by promoting efficient 3D printing services.
Delivering the Value of 3D Technologies
While 3D printing is innovative and exciting, its advantages
are beneficial to most businesses' wants like good quality,
reduced material, and labor costs, faster time to market,
maximum flexibility in design, and mass customization.
Even complex 3D components are generally feather light
and, depending on technology and material, they are
equipped with better build quality and are more robust. The
best thing is that companies can offer extraordinary cost
savings to their clients while still marking up the company's
products substantially.
If any company has purchased a 3D printer, the company
can manage on-site demonstrations with an expert on hand
to explain how these machines work.
On the other hand, getting an expert from the company to
perform demonstrations can ease things to comprehend the
use of 3D printing devices if you have not purchased the
equipment yet. People feel more at ease while purchasing
when they are comprehending 3D printing with accuracy
and technical information.
Creating Innovative Brand Image
Today, anyone can purchase a consumer-level 3D plastic
printer and claim to offer "3D Print Services." With such
initial investment anyone can get a printer that can jet
plastic and produce small, uninterrupted objects with
extremely simple shapes, with quality assured production.
Companies can choose to work with such individuals with
an experienced 3D studio. It not only enables access to
high-end machines that can print complex geometries,
functional parts, and full-color models but also comprehend
valuable knowledge to properly operate equipment to
achieve cumulative results.
An essential fundamental in 3D printing is creating
sustainable solutions with quality, durability, concerning
time and delivery assurance.
On the brighter side, delivering quality services by
comprehending experience in a 3D printing studio enables
companies to create an immense brand value. These are a
few effective methods to promote services by creating
awareness about how 3D printing is enabling innovations in
numerous industries.
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22. Thrust towards Innovation
We offer high
quality,
timely
completion,
and safe
solutions to
projects in
any
mechanical
and
electronics
fleld.
forc yst
®
Research and development
(R&D) play a vital role and
provides massive resources
while designing products that require
core engineering. With innovations and
new emerging trends in technology, the
(R&D) industry experienced new and
enhanced features to boost the concept
designing and production.
The trends in technology provided
opportunities to companies for
accomplishing their goals with
engaging ideas and seamlessly
expanded their services for different
industries. Since then, many companies
have come into the spotlight with the
developments in working with
significant R&D skillset and excep-
tional use of modern technologies.
Forcyst, being a prominent name in
the research and development space
since 2016, provides complete start-to-
end services from concept to produc-
tion with the thirst and mindset for
developing innovative products. It
holds an impeccable record in high
quality, timely completion, and safe
solutions to mechanical and electronics
industry projects.
In an exclusive interview with Insights
Success, Mohnish Zaveri, the
Founder, and CEO, of Forcyst, sheds
light on the professional tenure of
Forcyst in the research and develop-
ment industry,
Kindly brief us about Forcyst and its
journey so far.
Forcyst was an idea to develop
products with a focus on core engineer-
ing. I started it as a freelancer in the
year 2015, providing computer-aided
designs on a project basis. In, 2016
along with my college batchmate
Mehul Ambalia, I decided to take the
journey further together with the same
goal and mindset. Luckily, we got our
first break in the design and
prototyping field with our first
technological project for IIT Bombay,
Powai. We slowly got our hands-on
experience in design and prototyping,
exploring different cost-effective
solutions.
Being the technological company in
the service industry, we have always
concentrated on the four main pillars
for each project which are always
solution-based, that is, technology,
cost-effective, lead time, and quality
assurance. What started as a designing
service provider in 2016 was success-
fully evolving year after year into a
full-fledged product development
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23. company with its complete focus on
core engineering. Today, as we see
Forcyst, it is the one-stop solution for
all product development needs, right
from an idea to a marketed product
under a single roof. The technological
progress is taking Forcyst to the next
level year after year.
What was the motivation behind
commencing Forcyst in the research
and development industry?
The feeling of bringing your ideas into
existence is a dream come true for
anybody. The thirst and mindset for
developing innovative products and
finding solutions for day-to-day
problems have been within from early
days, which got wings during our
graduation and later shaped into the
dedicated workforce entity. Over the
years, there have been many motiva-
tional personalities all over the world
whom we look up to and who have
inspired us in many ways. Our goal is
simple: we need to be better than
yesterday. We strongly believe in the
thought of “one team, one dream!”
Brief us about the services and
products that Forcyst offers.
Forcyst is a research & development
company providing a complete start-to-
end service from concept to production
to medical, pharmaceutical, automo-
bile, and industrial sectors and thriving
to deliver the clients the best engineer-
ing products. Our integrated services
span the project life cycle from
feasibility studies, consulting services,
provision of proprietary technologies,
design engineering, raw materials, and
project management, along with after-
sale technical support. We offer high
quality, timely completion, and safe
solutions to projects in any mechanical
and electronics field.
Over the span of fewer than five years,
Forcyst has developed innovative
products and has diversified immensely
in building a trusted brand and created
one of the desired workable organisa-
tions with strong work ethics. Over
these years, we have specialised in the
Six main domains, that are:
• Research & development,
• Design & development,
• Prototyping,
• Analysis & simulation,
Mohnish Zaveri, CEO, and Mehul Ambalia, Co-founder
India's Most Innovative 3D Printing Solution Providers
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24. Various industries utilise 3D
printing. Are there any specific
sectors that Forcyst focuses on?
Please share.
We provide prototyping services to
industries like medical & pharma,
automobiles, electrical, and fast-
moving consumer goods and products
(FMCG).
What has been the effect of the
pandemic on Forcyst, and how do
you plan to or have already coun-
tered the same?
The pandemic has affected the global
markets adversely. Since we are into
service industries and are dependent on
the supply chain, the first lockdown in
March 2020 got us on the toes for the
next six months. First, we ensured the
safety of all our team members at
offices and production units and
implemented the work from systems
for our maximum workforce.
Since the supply chain was getting
disturbed, the team ensured that the
ongoing projects were completed at the
earliest before completing the stand-
still. We are a product development
company with all resources to develop,
test and manufacture. We quickly took
the responsibility of playing our part in
the pandemic by manufacturing the
ventilators, oxygen hoods, medical
essentials, safety goggles, and sanitiser
bottles.
In this way, we ensured that our
production units ran uninterrupted with
a 25% workforce on the shop floor and
the rest working from home. We have
implemented the policies of work from
home till March 2022 for different
divisions within the company.
According to you, what is that one
recent development in 3D printing
that could possibly be the next big
trend?
If we consider the Indian market, there
have been good variants of affordable
desktop printers launched by overseas
companies in collaboration with Indian
companies. The best part is it comes
with a wide range of material selec-
tions. So, these days even professionals
like doctors, engineers, and freelancers
can use these desktop printers for their
daily work. Metal 3D printing is still
quite costly in India, so there is huge
potential in various sectors if there are
affordable solutions for metal 3D
printing.
Brief us about Forcyst's future
perspectives.
Forcyst, being in the service industry,
has always focussed on strengthening
the core technical team, implementing
cutting-edge technologies, and
simultaneously expanding the produc-
tion facilities so we can provide many
options to our clients. It will be a bit
early to say at this stage, but Forcyst is
coming upcoming up with a new
production facility in 2022, that will
focus on advanced design, research &
development, and manufacturing
services to cater to defense, aerospace,
automobiles, and medical products.
The year 2023 will be a very important
year for Forcyst as it will benchmark
its footsteps with the launch of its
homegrown products. The company
will release an official statement timely
through its various platforms; till then,
kindly follow our website
www.forcyst.com to know for more
updates.
• Batch Production and manufactur-
ing,
• Project management.
What unique propositions does
Forcyst offer, giving it an edge over
its competitors?
As Forcyst provides complete product
development from start to end, we
believe that the combination of core
mechanical and electronics with
prototyping and manufacturing under
one roof is the need of the hour and has
given us a unique identity in the
market as one of the key players in the
product development field. Our team
always focuses on the combination of
cost-effective, least delivery time, and
highest quality outputs for any projects
or services.
3D printing being a niche area, what
are the challenges that this sector
poses?
3D Printing has become quite a
competitive market because it has its
own requirements, customers, and
products. The first most important step
in any prototyping project is selecting
the best suitable technology for it. Our
technical team understands the
requirement of clients and studies them
thoroughly to arrive at a selected
method.
The main challenge is to maintain the
consistency and quality output within
committed lead time at economical
rates. It is assumed that 3D printing is
a full machine dependency job, but in
actual it is equally both machine and
manual dependency work where output
depends on the technical person’s
inputs at different prototyping stages.
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26. Ishan Bajpai, Founder and CEO
Bridging the Product Development Gap Effectively
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27. 3
D printing is an exciting industry
that is rapidly advancing in
popularity and affordability. The
main aspect of 3D printing, which
makes it exciting is its versatility. 3D
printing is now being utilized in almost
every industrial vertical: Architecture,
Medical, Manufacturing, Packaging,
Jewelry, Dental, Automobile, Space
Tech, and so on.
Though the adoption on a larger scale
is still in process but, understanding
the advantages of the technology over
conventional methods is attracting
companies to invest and improvise
their productivity. The main challenge
irrespective of the industry is that
adopting 3D printing on a larger scale
will still need time to match the
industry-specific processes in a
streamlined manner.
One such company that provides end-
to-end rapid production solutions is
Melt Rapid LLP. The company tries
to cater to the complete solution from
prototyping to manufacturing under
one roof, which has led the company to
be the leading service provider in the
same across Eastern India.
Melt is founded single handily by
Ishan Bajpai, Founder and CEO of
the company, who is a mechanical
engineer having experience in product
design and development, who has
successfully converted his passion into
his work and is working towards
bridging the product development gap
effectively.
In the interview below, Ishan talks
about the challenges and journey of
Melt Rapid.
Kindly brief us about your company
and its journey so far.
Melt is a rapid production service
providing to start-ups, which is
bridging the gap between prototyping
and production, with an initial focus of
utilizing advanced 3D Printing
technology to design and develop
prototypes. We are now providing
prototyping as well as production
solutions, also covering industrial
manufacturing methods such as sheet
metal fabrication, injection moulding
etc. Started in the eastern region of the
country i.e., Kolkata, West Bengal and
expanded into Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh,
Patna, and Bihar. Currently, we are
providing services across PAN India.
Talking about the journey, I would say
that it has just begun and like any other
start-up it was never easy, developing a
strong vision to land in a competitive
market was itself challenging. It is
because of those few people who show
their support in your journey be it your
friends, flatmates, family, or any other
person who has trusted or have shown
faith in your vision either financially,
morally, or psychologically. It was the
reason that we have come this far,
though still, we have a lot more to go.
Already I have been failed a few times
in my earlier projects because of lack
of funding, time, and support. I was
looking for something that could just
sync with my passion, and it was then
when it struck my mind that it is not
the final goal that I am aiming for but
the process where I can implement my
ways, thoughts, emotions and develop
something out of it. For the first few
months, I was working on my own,
managing both my office as well as my
work at the same time, it was hard but
not impossible.
I started operating from my P.G. room,
where I had managed to convince my
flatmates to install a small machine in
the kitchen. It was difficult for me to
manage both the 8 hours of job and
then again 8-9 hours of work for my
startup. I had many sleepless weeks,
where I used to complete my sleep in
the office during lunch hours. For the
startups, I used to conduct meetings in
café and restaurants and used to take
orders based on my design and
development skills. Those days of
struggle made us improvise our lead
time from weeks to few days as of
now.
Brief us about the featuring person
and the motivation behind choosing
this particular industry?
I have always been passionate about
upcoming and trending technologies,
which can add something to national
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just synced with my thought process as
it was something new that came up and
had a very huge market ranging from
Automobile, Aerospace, and Industrial
to Medical and Healthcare.
The basic requirement in this
technology was a visualization of
products and their production process
and being a designer that is what I have
been doing for the past four to five
years. This inspired me a lot and hence
I just kept learning more about it. After
gaining much knowledge from the
internet, I made up my mind to just
start by focusing on a small market
area and then slowly expanding to the
greater ones. As I was much confident
by then knowing what my skills are
and what is required in this very
market.
Brief us about the services and
products that the company offers.
We showcase ourselves as a Product
Design and Development service
bureau, where we are utilizing 3D
Printing as a prime method to provide
the solutions. We are focused on the
services side (Design, Prototyping,
Reverse engineering and so) and some
part in setting up rapid prototyping labs
(3D Printers, Filaments and more) in
industries and institutes in order to
promote and increase the awareness of
the technology.
What are the unique propositions
that the company offers giving it an
edge over competitors?
Our approach has always been
customer-oriented where we keep the
complete process from handling the
client, guiding them throughout the
process of the order, packaging,
delivery and to after-sales support
simple and convenient. Special
attention to any damage deliveries,
which might happen due to courier
mishandling was to tend to replace the
order with a new one, no question
asked.
3D printing is utilised by various
industries. Are there any specific
sectors that the company focuses on?
Please share.
As said, we are a service bureau where
we are not specific to any industry
although as per current time we are
being approached more by industries in
Manufacturing, Bio-Medical,
Electronics, Engineering, and Dental
sectors.
Our flexible business model has
allowed us to work with companies in
the vast industrial segment like Gifts,
Miniatures and Sculpting, Jigs and
Fixtures, etc., which allow the clients
to explore our strong technical
knowledge and utilize it in their favor.
What has been the effect of the
pandemic on the company and how
do you plan to or have already
countered the same?
Pandemic was a major hit across the
globe breaking the supply chain across
all the industrial sectors leading to the
shutting down of various businesses.
Instead of breaking down, my
company took this as an opportunity to
find a product meeting the demand
during that time and eventually, we
came up with a highly demanding
product - Face Shield.
My company along with the national
3D printing community developed few
designs of the face shield and using the
3D printing technology we were able
to quickly bring them to market, which
could have only been possible via this
technology. Considering the
circumstances, it was not a downtime
for us in fact we supported a lot of
hospitals and front-line workers in our
region.
According to you what is that one
recent development in 3D printing
that could possibly be the next big
trend?
Two advancements in 3D printing that
could possibly mould the way
manufacturing or development will be
done in the coming future are in the
areas of metal and construction.
Considering the current progress in the
mentioned fields there would be a time
where 3D printing houses and metal
fabrication will be a common thing
across the nation, reducing time to
market and improving product
functionality and material properties.
Brief us about the company’s future
perspectives.
With our stream of work in the product
development domain, our future plan
holds growth and expansion in the
same also to add more similar solutions
to broaden our portfolio. Considering
trends in this sector we have been
observing exponential growth across
the past two years and expecting the
same in the coming time as well.
Having said that we are also working
towards including as many industries
as possible to increase the reach and
awareness of the technology.
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Itechnology and its innovations in
redefining the boundaries of productivity
and creativity. These innovations gave rise to
emerging trends like 3D printing.
Since the commencement of 3D printing, it is
not only enabling cost-effective solutions but is
also increasing the working efficiency in several
industries. Levering the advancements in
technology 3D printing is enabling
sustainability that includes:
Low-Cost Service
In the 3D printing sector, services are providing
online manufacturing of required products. This
means that you can upload your design, get an
instant quote about pricing, see your products
being made almost immediately.
This is a colossal step forward from the
complex traditional method earlier used in
manufacturing and it is significantly saving time
and production costs. As a result, applications
compatible with 3D printing technology are
experiencing growth on a daily basis.
Flexibility in Production and Manufacturing
Implementing traditional manufacturing
methods in designing complex products was
difficult. 3D printing enabled efficiency for
designers and entrepreneurs by providing them
with new printing materials, including metal,
fabric, resulting in expanding the scope for
adopting 3D printing to multiple sectors.
Industries like automobile, energy, aerospace,
and real estate are being efficiently driven by
the involvement of this technology and its
presence is being felt across the industrial
spectrum, around the globe.
Powering Medical Advancements
3D printing is making new developments in the
field of medical science. The victims of
accidents are being provided with 3D printed
bone implants that are created with absolute
precision.
These implants often mean that metal plates or
fastenings do not require surgeries for their
removals after the bone is healed.
Treatments are significantly influenced by such
preoperative models and surgeries are being
substantially reduced at times. 3D printing is
powering new developments in the medical
field with consistency.
Enabling Sustainability
The consistent and streamlined process of 3D
printing is eventually speeding up production
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manufacturing time for the long-haul
procedures and reducing energy
consumption altogether.
The method of additive manufacturing
produces less waste compared with any
other manufacturing process, and when
it comes to plastic, these factors are
driving the growth towards a
sustainable clean environment.
In this modern age, 3D printing is
redefining the boundaries of creativity
and expanding the frontiers of what is
possible.
Here is a glimpse of how 3D printing is
enabling eye-catching innovations:
3D Printed Robots from Living
Tissues
Students at the University of California
are creating Bio-bots – tiny bots
indulged with living tissues. They can
move and walk, but they do not have
any electronic parts.
What they do have are muscles. These
students have cultured cells within a
hydrogel so that they grow into rings
of muscles. These are attached to the
bot's 3D printed backbone. These bots
are functional when students shine a
blue light to get them to contract,
possessing them to exercise for
building strength. The contraction of
these muscles is driving their
movements consistently.
Fixing Fractured Bones With 3d Bio-
Printed Silk from Spiders and Moths
South Korea's Rural Development
Administration and Hallym University
created a modular 3D silk printing
system that produces components that
are suitable to use within a living
organism.
This system is developing new silk
'filament' is made from fibroin protein
that also constitutes seventy-five per
cent of the silk, naturally produced
from the spiders and moth larva. This
fibroin is being used to recreate the
plates and screws that are being used to
fix broken bones.
The First-Ever 3D Printed Office
An infra-structure created using a 20-
foot-tall 3D printer with a 120-foot
robotic arm sits in Dubai. It has
enabled tremendous cost efficiency in
construction-related expenses
including labour and waste and saved a
lot of time for the process. Leaders in
real estate are predicting 3D printing is
evolving properties and is changing the
ideas of traditional brick and mortar
houses.
Properties that are built using 3D
printers are convenient and are easy for
the users to operate efficiently, as they
are prefabricated. There is a similarity
between these houses and the ones that
are made from Lego.
A Respiratory Diagnostic Device
Maya Verma, a student from Stanford
University California has developed a
diagnostic device made from a 3D
printer that can analyse a patient's
breathing patterns and rectify if the
person is suffering from pulmonary
disease.
One of the tools that are available for
this procedure is a spirometer,
however, it is expensive. Just like a
spirometer, this device consists of a 3D
printed mouthpiece, an electronic
board, and a smartphone.
This device works by getting the breath
of the patient into its 3D printed
mouthpiece that is connected by the
PCB that processes the data and a
smartphone gives out precise results,
eventually leading to the diagnosis.
Enabling Innovations for A
Sustainable Future
It is inspirational to experience the
emerging uses of 3D printers and the
innovations that are happening across
the industries. This technology is
playing a vital role in developments
with efficiencies that are driven by 3D
printers. It is a drive towards a
sustainable future.
- Abhishek Joshi

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