From most directions in society, there is a rising desire and need to close the production loop and create circular waste streams. One WillowFlex customer, Rik Olthuis, took on that challenge and created the Voronoi Runners which later won the New Zealand James Dyson Award. The sustainability award recognizes engineering and inventions that address a […]
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Updates, Customer Stories and Best Practices for WillowFlex, Flexible 3D Print Filament
Fashion-tech Designer and pioneer Sylvia Heisel partnered with Morphi, Ultimaker and WillowFlex to create a 3D printed dress, the “Names Dress” from compostable raw materials. The 3D printed dress is a fashion celebration of women who contributed to the advancement of STEAM fields and to promote environmental sustainability. The dress is part of the ongoing […]
In 2015, Kickstarter backers brought WillowFlex into its initial production run. In 2019, we began producing WillowFlex for industrial 3D printing as additive manufacturing moves into serial production. A big driver for keeping costs low are materials becoming reliable using consistent quality and offering unique material properties for specific use cases. WillowFlex has spun-off from […]
The Zeitgeist has arrived: 3D Printed Shoe Soles One of the spaces where 3D printing has the most potential for immediate impact is in footwear. In the past year we have seen various announcements about 3D printed shoe soles and inlays including Kickstarter campaigns, and major players like Nike and Adidas. 3D Printing has hit […]
WillowFlex for 3DPrinting Imagine instead of going to a retail store or an online shop for a flexible plastic product, you just print it for yourself. For a lower price and it is compostable when it is no longer needed. What can it replace? Almost anything that you use in your daily life from flexible […]
The Creation of WillowFlex Flexible 3D Printer filament from Compostable Raw Materials Press Release (originally released under name BioInspiration GbR)23-Jul-15 The Creation Story BioInspiration (Eberswalde, Greater-Berlin, Germany) prides itself on identifying materials that follow nature’s lead -compostable, upcyclable, harmless, innovative, resilient. In particular they look for opportunitiesto expand the material options for Makers and for […]