UK AM founder: weak funding and low visibility hold back strong engineering
Jonathan Rowley, co-founder of Additive Companion, says British additive manufacturing has more expertise than it is credited with, but suffers from poor visibility, rigid funding rules and growing foreign price competition. His comments come as the UK prepares to be Partner Country at Formnext 2026 in Frankfurt, 17 to 20 November. AMUK data cited alongside shows public AM R&D funding falling from £81 million to £17 million in a year.