International design competition for additive manufacturing technologies
The 3D Pioneers Challenge is aimed at pioneers and innovators who are resilient in shaping a sustainable tomorrow. pushing boundaries.
The 3DPC will be held for the eighth time as part of the Rapid.Tech 3D, (Messe Erfurt, May 9-11, 2023), the future-oriented specialist event of the AM scene and a creative meeting place for start-ups as well as for experts and industry giants of additive manufacturing.
The FOCUS of the 2023 competition is "RESILIENCE. NOW. Advanced Technologies to enable a sustainable tomorrow." The 3DPC2023 invites pioneers of all generations with this way of thinking to use the platform and present corresponding concepts, projects or new business models.
Projects for the 2023 competition could be submitted until March 1. We are looking forward to publishing the FINALISTS 2023 here soon!
Who is on the top-class international expert jury? What competition categories are there? Which projects were victorious in previous years? Find out all the details on the 3D Pioneers Challenge homepage.
The prize money of 35,000 Euros was kindly provided by the Thuringian Ministry for Economics, Science and Digital Society.
This was 3D Pioneers Challenge 2022...
The 7th edition of the international design competition for additive manufacturing and advanced technologies called for the submission of innovative design projects. The challenge is part of Rapid.Tech 3D, the future-oriented specialist event for the AM scene and a creative meeting place for start-ups as well as experts and industry giants in additive manufacturing. The competition addresses students, young professionals / start-ups and professionals - who work in design or technical areas such as automobiles, software, research or the medical sector.
Find out everything about the 2022 competition focus - CONVERGENCE - directly on the 3D Pioneers Challenge homepage.
In 2022, prizes with a total value of 150,000 EUR were awarded in the following nine disciplines to the named projects:
Main Winner + Mobility: Bellow rail brake – Functionally integrated fail-safe-closed AM brake for Hyperloop
Architecture & Sustainability: WASP _ TECLA, the eco-sustainable 3D printed habitat / Dior Concept Store
Best student: GlasKlar
Design: Tanaruz Boats
MedTech: Multi-axis robot-based bioprinting system supporting natural cell function preservation and cardiac tissue fabrication
FashionTech: Setae Jacket for Chro- Morpho Collection by Stratasys
Digital: Partbox - Click and Print
Electronics: Future Electric Motor Systems 3 (FEMS3) - Aerospace Motor
Material: Geo Slate
The prize money of 35,000 euros was kindly supported by the Thuringian Ministry of Economics, Science and Digital Society.
If you missed the award ceremony of the 3D Pioneers Challenge and want to see all the winners of the 9 categories, you can do so on the 3D Pioneers Challenge YouTube channel or visit www.3dpc.io.
The 3D Pioneers Challenge is the world's most highly endowed and most renowned design competition of its kind for advanced technologies.
For further information on the 3D Pioneers Challenge please contact:
Simone & Chris Völcker
d.sign21 / Völcker & Völcker GbR
Fronhof 2/1
70378 Stuttgart / Germany
