The first UK-built large-format hybrid 3D printer is due to be unveiled later this month in what could drive a major reshoring boom.Rapid Fusion will showcase ‘Medusa’ at a special open day on 26 February at its Skypark R&D centre in Exeter.The company has tapped into a £1.2m grant from Innovate UK to develop, test, design and build the industrial 3D printer, which it says is three times faster than conventional machines, twice as accurate and promises to reduce training and maintenance costs by 30%. Among project partners are Rolls-Royce, AI Build and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

Open day registration https://tinyurl.com/r-f-medusa