SLM Solutions launches “Print the Future” competition

SLM Solutions, headquartered in Lübeck, Germany, has launched a new competition to inspire artists, designers, and engineers to design with metal 3D printing in mind.

The “Print the Future” competition has asked people to submit and upload their 3D designs, one of which will be built by one of the company’s future-forward systems.

“The point of the competition is to open up metal-based additive manufacturing to those not normally able to take advantage of it,” said Sam O’Leary, the company’s CEO. “To many, additive manufacturing is seen as something unreal. However, it’s a future that has already arrived at the doorstep of many sectors and is disrupting traditional manufacturing as we speak. We are now setting a new paradigm.”

SLM Solutions has asked people to submit their designs whether functional, beautiful, or just plain crazy and select the metal of their choice for the design to be printed, with a significant focus on people presenting their wildest and most original content.

The competition closes on May 21, 2021 and submissions will be reviewed by an SLM Solutions jury. The winner will be selected by the end of May.