Young businesses have a platform for innovation at TCT Show

The Start Up Zone will return bigger and better at TCT Show in September, introducing the latest and most promising start-ups to enter the industry.

With exhibitors from the UK, France, Germany, Spain and the USA, the 2017 Start Up Zone will be a truly global platform for dynamic new businesses to unveil their innovations to the 3D Printing market.

This feature, returning once again to one of the world’s leading 3D manufacturing technology events, offers the unusual opportunity for young businesses to exhibit beside industry giants like Stratasys, 3D Systems, HP, GE Additive and Renishaw. Here, visitors will see launches of software, components, hardware and materials from the newest members of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing world including 3D Visualization, Metal Technics 3D, ADMG and Proto-pasta.

What’s more, the Start Up Award will make its much-anticipated return to TCT Show after a successful introduction at last year’s event. Start Up Zone exhibitors will have the opportunity to present short, sharp presentations about their products or services during the “Start Up Pitches” session on the Tech Stage, 26th September. An esteemed judging panel will assess each presentation in turn and vote for the best new technology presented at the show.

Holly Delaney, TCT Show visitor marketing manager, said: “The Start Up Zone is a key part of our mission to accelerate the adoption of 3D technologies for design, development and manufacture across all industry sectors. Without the introduction of new perspectives, the 3D technology industry would miss out on the very innovation that drives us forward. We are proud to be in a position to provide a platform for these exciting start-ups to present their ideas and receive the attention they deserve.”

Exhibition space in this area is reserved for new companies with limited revenue and a promising idea. Because of this the Start Up Zone, Start Up Pitches and Start Up Award form a unique ecosystem for the promotion and celebration of the cutting-edge. With this feature, visitors across all the three days of TCT Show will have the opportunity to see the ‘next big thing’ before it hits the mainstream.

TCT Show will take place in Hall 3 of the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, UK, from 26-28 September 2017. Registration is completely free.