Tom Drye is Vice President of Emerging Markets, Innovation, and Application Development for Techmer PM, a materials design and solutions provider of custom engineered compounds. Mr. Drye will address the role that engineered compounds (in collaboration with large part additive printers) have played in US manufacturing. Aspects discussed will be: design freedom, speed, cost, tool management, size, customization, autoclavability, and end-of-life recycling.