UK Additive Manufacturing: Jonathan Rowley on funding, skills and global competition

## UK Additive Manufacturing: Jonathan Rowley on funding, skills and global competition

As the UK prepares to take centre stage at Formnext 2026, Additive Companion co-founder Jonathan Rowley argues that British additive manufacturing has more expertise than it receives credit for. But difficult access to funding, growing international competition and a failure to communicate the industry’s capabilities are holding it back. British additive manufacturing companies are better…