Jeremy began his engineering career customising industrial electric motors. He completed an apprenticeship and followed this with a degree in mechanical engineering. He spent his early career as a production engineer for CNC machining and finishing processes before becoming a Development Engineer creating hardware and software for automated CNC machining centres. Jeremy first came across 3D printing in 1995 and became actively involved in Additive Manufacturing technologies in 2002 whilst working for Renishaw PLC. He went on to create their Rapid Manufacturing Centre producing electronic and mechanical prototypes as well as low volume production utilising both additive and conventional technologies. He managed and developed this department for 12 years before leaving Renishaw in 2016 to join biotech company Sartorius. He is currently the Head of AM and Manufacturing Technology with responsibility for the global Additive Manufacturing strategy across the group.
In 2012 he was voted into the TCT list of the top 25 most influential people in the world of Additive Manufacturing. In 2019 he was awarded a DINO (Distinguished Innovator Operator) award by the AMUG (Additive Manufacturing User Group) in the USA. He is a member of Editorial Advisory Board for the Rapid News Group for their Additive Manufacturing publications in Europe and North America and serves as a member for the organizing committee of the UK AM users group. He is also a member of the ASTM F42 committee for international standards in Additive Manufacturing.
A talk concerning the adoption of additive manufacturing into the biopharmaceuticals market. Looking at the technological, regulatory and industry barriers to adoption as well as the progress and potential for future applications.