RYSE 3D celebrates double success at technology awards

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Warwickshire-based additive manufacturing company RYSE 3D was awarded double success at the Technology Supply Chain Awards.

The RYSE 3D team celebrate a double win at the Technology Supply Chain Awards
The RYSE 3D team celebrate a double win at the Technology Supply Chain Awards - RYSE 3D/Technology Supply Chain Awards

The company won the ‘Engineering Innovator of the Year’ award, while its founder, 28-year-old Mitchell Barnes, took home the ‘Young Innovator’ award.

Barnes has taken the Shipston-on-Stour firm from a start-up in his mum’s garage to a near £5m manufacturer, supplying components destined for 23 Hypercar projects and providing components destined for HVAC units, brake ducts and wing mirror vision systems.

The judges praised him for the way his start-up has created 24 jobs and built extremely strong export revenues in a short space of time, with customers in the US and the Middle East.

RYSE 3D’s introduction of its own large format 3D printer was also highlighted, especially the way it has been designed, built and assembled in the UK.

“We are all about innovation… innovation in our products, innovation in our processes and innovation in how we tackle the 3D additive manufacturing world,” commented Barnes, who shared the award with his mother Corina, who has recently beaten cancer and was there on the evening to celebrate.

“That is why this Technology Supply Chain Awards mean so much. It’s all about the way we are changing the engineering world for the better – whether that is providing hypercar projects with lighter parts, the aviation sector with more flexible security options or through the introduction of LANDR.

Mitchell Barnes, founder of RYSE 3D, took home the 'Young Innovator' award - RYSE 3D/Technology Supply Chain Awards

“These high-powered 3D printers are now being used in our own production facility, as well as giving SMEs, tech disruptors and entrepreneurs access to this cutting technology at a price point that makes it affordable.”

Nearly £200,000 of orders are already in the pipeline, and Barnes hopes that these two awards will help generate further interest in the company.

In collaboration with his brother Cameron, Barnes tasked the engineers at RYSE 3D to create a large format FDM printer, as current models on the market were outside the company’s financial reach.

Twelve months later, and LANDR was born. RYSE 3D said that it is ten times less to buy than its nearest competitor, three times lighter and easier to fit into shop floor operations.

The printer offers an expansive 500x500x500mm build volume that gives users the scope to build larger and more complex parts, and can be applied to rapid prototyping and volume production for end-use in automotive, aerospace, healthcare and consumer sectors.

“2024 has been some year, with the King’s Award for Innovation, the Rising Star accolade and now the ‘Engineering Innovator’ and ‘Young Innovator’ titles to add to the collection,” added Barnes.