The King's Award for Enterprise

RYSE 3D achieved The King’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation in 2024. RYSE 3D is one of the UK’s leading disruptors in additive manufacturing, setting the standard for production ready 3D printed components for customers involved in 23 global hypercars, aerospace, renewables, and the medical sector. The Shipston-on-Stour company has come a long way since it was formed seven years ago by 28-year- old Mitchell Barnes, who persuaded his mum to turn her garage into a 3D printer hub that could print car models for Coventry University students. Fast forward to 2024 and the business now employs 24 people, is one of the country’s leading manufacturing stars and is nearing £5m in annual turnover, a significant amount of which is exported all over the world. RYSE 3D has developed innovative 3D printed injection moulding tools that allow UK tooling manufacturers to compete with low-cost overseas operations. The solution involves developing new materials that work with the additive manufacturing process to create moulds that can be used to make components in production volumes. This innovation, which was carried out in partnership with several F1 and automotive firms, has significantly reduced tooling costs for companies and provides faster turnaround times – in some cases as a quick as a few days. Over £1.5m has been invested in equipping its state- of-the-art factory with more than 100 printers to build on this technology, providing 3D printing capabilities for parts as small as 1mm x 1mm and as large as the customer requires. Cameron Barnes, Head of Sales and Marketing at RYSE 3D, said: “The profile of the King’s Award is like no other and we have seen huge interest from new and existing clients in the US, as well as from potential customers in sectors we never thought would be suited to additive manufacturing. “Our 3D printed moulds were the reason we won the prestigious title, but that’s just the first part of our story. We’ve now built on this with the launch of LANDR 500 earlier this year, a new large format 3D print that is designed, built and assembled in the UK. “Being able to apply the King’s Award badge to this new product has broken down barriers and accelerated our entry into a new market that was crying out for this cost-effective technology”. Case Study – RYSE 3D