Up to 50% Price Reductions on MJF Manufacturing Costs with the UK’s Largest Capacity Expansion to Date

3DPRINTUK, part of the TriMech Group, is excited to unveil a transformative £2 million internal investment aimed at significantly enhancing its HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) capacity, setting a new benchmark for scalable, local additive manufacturing (AM) in the UK. As part of the first phase of this strategic expansion, 3DPRINTUK will increase its MJF capacity by an impressive 60%, adding three state-of-the-art HP 5210 PRO systems, cementing its position as the UK's largest MJF service provider.

Three Core Values Driving 3DPRINTUK's Ambitious Expansion

Nick Allen, CEO of 3DPRINTUK, outlined the company's vision for growth:

"We're thrilled to launch stage one of our MJF expansion plan. Guided by our three core values—reducing manufacturing costs, enhancing quality, and delivering fast lead times—we are taking bold steps to decentralise manufacturing and create opportunities for our customers where they didn't exist before."

These core values are the driving force behind the company's ambitious growth strategy:

• Reducing Manufacturing Costs: Driving down the cost of AM to make high-volume production more accessible and competitive, closing the gap with traditional methods.
• Enhancing Quality: Ensuring exceptional precision, consistency, and reliability, even as capacity scales.
• Minimising Lead Times: Maintaining fast production turnarounds to keep customers ahead in an ever-changing market.

Unprecedented Price Reductions: What They Mean for Customers

From January 2025, the increased capacity enables an average 20% reduction in MJF manufacturing costs, with price drops of up to 50% for certain geometries and order volumes.

Key customer benefits include:
• Significant savings on high-volume orders
• Extended opportunities to keep production within the AM ecosystem for longer
• Greater design flexibility, empowering businesses to iterate and innovate without cost constraints.

This pricing shift allows customers to approach injection moulding as a strategic decision rather than a cost-driven necessity, bringing greater agility to the production process. With AM now more accessible and affordable, companies can innovate and iterate designs more freely, scaling up their production with greater ease.

The Largest MJF Capacity in the UK

With this £2 million investment, 3DPRINTUK has undertaken its most significant expansion to date to meet growing demand for scalable, local AM solutions.

Highlights of the expansion include:

• A 60% capacity boost, increasing the MJF machine fleet from five to eight HP 5210 pro systems.
• The ability to maintain market-leading lead times, even with increased order volumes.
• Strengthened capabilities to bridge the gap between additive manufacturing and traditional injection moulding.

Nick Allen, CEO, explained the strategic significance of this investment:

"With this capacity boost, we're enabling customers to scale their production within the AM ecosystem for longer. The expanded machine fleet allows us to offer lower prices, faster lead times, and greater flexibility, making AM a viable alternative to traditional manufacturing at higher volumes."

The capacity expansion is designed to help businesses bridge the gap between additive manufacturing and injection moulding by delivering cost-effective, high-volume production with unmatched flexibility.

Maintaining Uncompromising Quality at Scale

In tandem with its capacity expansion, 3DPRINTUK has introduced the cutting-edge RAMP Calibration System, developed in-house to uphold quality across all powder bed fusion technologies. Nick Allen explained:

"Expansion often comes at the expense of quality, with rapidly growing manufacturers focusing on quantity over consistency. This can lead to variability in part quality and reduced repeatability. At 3DPRINTUK, we've tackled this challenge head-on to ensure that scaling up never means compromising on the quality our customers expect."

The RAMP Calibration System analyses thousands of data points across hundreds of hours to fine-tune each machine for maximum accuracy and repeatability. This innovative calibration process ensures layer-to-layer consistency, delivering the strongest, most reliable parts on the market.

Championing Local, Agile, and Sustainable Manufacturing

3DPRINTUK's investment supports the shift towards decentralised manufacturing by reducing reliance on overseas production. This approach mitigates risks like customs delays and shipping disruptions while aligning with sustainability goals.

Customer advantages include:
• Faster lead times
• Low shipping costs and reduced carbon footprint.
• Greater flexibility to adapt to demand shifts.

Looking Ahead: Phase Two of the Expansion

The £2 million investment is just the beginning. Phase two of the expansion, set to be revealed in early 2025, will introduce further enhancements to meet the evolving needs of businesses across industries.

Alan Sampson, Group CEO of TriMech, commented:

"By increasing MJF capacity by 60%, 3DPRINTUK now boasts the largest MJF manufacturing facility in the UK - taking a leadership position in production-ready additive manufacturing. This is a major step towards making AM a mainstream solution for mass production - further closing the gap between injection moulding and production-ready additive manufacturing."

For more information on 3DPRINTUK's expanded MJF capacity, pricing updates, or how the company can transform your production process, please visit [LINK].


About 3DPRINTUK
3DPRINTUK is a specialist in low volume production using state-of-the-art powder bed fusion (PBF) 3D printing systems with polymer materials. The company bridges the void that exists between prototyping and injection moulding, such that if tooling costs are prohibitively expensive for an application that does not require the volume demanded by injection moulding, 3DPRINTUK can provide a high quality, cost-effective and fast solution.

3DPRINTUK has mastered the process of 3D printing with polymer powders, with no need for support material, virtually no layer lines and short turnaround times. The company is an ideal partner for producing one-off prototypes through to production runs of tens of thousands of parts — on demand.