Collaboration is at the Heart of RAPID + TCT
In coordination with SME and Rapid News Publications, Ltd., these industry partners will play a key role in designing RAPID + TCT 2026. Each of them will curate a panel in the SME Theater with over 60 industry leading organizations represented in all. As forerunners, these partners were strategically invited to participate to foster greater industry collaboration, standardization, diversity, innovation, thought leadership and growth.
When you attend RAPID + TCT, all the facets of additive manufacturing technologies will enrich your experience.
Meet the 2026 Industry Partners

Additive Manufacturing Coalition
The Additive Manufacturing Coalition is a national membership organization recognized as the national voice for additive manufacturing with decision-makers and stakeholders, including federal agencies and Congress. We are committed to supporting our Members before the federal government and helping them navigate funding and legislative challenges.

Adia
Adia launched Another Day in Additive in 2023 to bring together New England’s best and brightest in the additive manufacturing and 3D printing space to connect on a regular basis, share ideas & common problems, and cultivate further expertise in the industry.

Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) is the statewide business association for more than 3,400 Massachusetts employers.
Companies from more than 150 industries turn to AIM for public-policy representation and expertise, business development, networking and human-resources services. AIM members speak with a shared voice to build a better state of business in the Commonwealth.
AIM believes the role of business is to increase value for society. Business is a force for positive change.

Additive Manufacturing Green Trade Association (AMGTA)
The Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA), founded in 2019, is a global trade association of AM-stakeholding organizations throughout the manufacturing ecosystem with a focus on identifying and promoting the environmental benefits of additive design and manufacture.

Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG)
The Additive Manufacturing Users Group’s origins date back to the early 1990s when the founding industry users group was called 3D Systems North American Stereolithography Users Group, a users group solely focused on the advancement of stereolithography (SL) use with the owners and operators of 3D Systems’ equipment. Today, AMUG educates and supports users of all additive manufacturing technologies. The primary charter of the group remains the same, but its members are much more diversified, global and focused in advancing additive manufacturing technology for rapid manufacturing and prototyping.

America Makes
America Makes members from industry, academia, government, workforce and economic development organizations, work together to accelerate the adoption of AM and the nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness.
Founded in 2012 as the Department of Defense’s national manufacturing innovation institute for AM and first of the Manufacturing USA network, America Makes is based in Youngstown, Ohio and managed by the not-for-profit National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM).

Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI)
The Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) is a Department of Defense-sponsored Manufacturing Innovation Institute, advancing the U.S. bioeconomy by enabling scalable, secure, and cost-effective production of regenerative medicine technologies. Through its program BioFabUSA, ARMI is accelerating the development of critical biotechnologies and building a domestic ecosystem for advanced biomanufacturing that supports national security, health resilience, and economic growth.

ASTM International: Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence
The ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) is a collaborative partnership among ASTM—and its 30,000 members—and representatives from government, academia, and industry that conducts strategic R&D to advance standards across all aspects of additive manufacturing (AM) which will accelerate the development and adoption of robust, game-changing technologies.

MassMEP
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a public-private partnership with Centers in all 50 states, and Puerto Rico, dedicated to serving small and medium-sized manufacturers. Established in 1996, MassMEP partners with you to deliver services and solutions and connecting you to the resources you need to be successful.

National APEX Accelerators
APEX Accelerators are dedicated to helping businesses across the country find, win, and perform on local, state, and federal government contracts. NAPEX is the National APEX Accelerator Alliance that supports the National network of APEX Accelerators providing guidance, professional development and advocacy support to its members.

SAE
SAE Group is the leader in connecting and educating mobility professionals and organizations to enable safe, clean, and accessible mobility solutions. SAE International, SAE Industry Technologies Consortia, the Performance Review Institute, and SAE Government Technologies enable standards, qualifications, collaboration, professional development, accreditations, and solutions for the mobility industries.

SAMPE Boston Chapter
SAMPE® is a global professional member society that provides information on new materials and processing technology either via conferences, exhibitions, technical forums, publications, or books in which professionals in this field can exchange ideas.

Women in 3D Printing
Women in 3D Printing is a global organization dedicated to promoting, supporting, and inspiring women who are using Additive Manufacturing technologies. Our mission is to increase the visibility of women in the Additive Manufacturing industry and encourage more women to use 3D Printing technologies.